I think it's interesting the children are wearing helmets, but not CP Mary. She should be wearing one as well!

I agree Mary should be wearing a helmet as well. Very poor modeling behavior.:sad:

I dare to say that it's how it works by the largest part of Danish parents. I totally agree that it is a good example that the parents also using helmets, but in Denmark it is almost classical to see that the children are always using helmets, but that the parents bicycles without. To be frankly, it's the same at my house :mellow:

But at least the Crown Prince couple always use helmets to their children unlike others in the Danish royal family! :whistling: The adults have a choice, but children must always wear helmets IMO.

Thank you! That's a cute photo, it looks like they had a nice day out. :flowers:

I agree, I think its because the parent generation grew up riding a bike without a helmet. I am Mary's age and I've never worn a helmet in my life and I never considered starting to wear one. Same with my friends & family. When you grow up with something it seems natural but my or Mary's generation probably consider this one health & safety (the term 'h&S' wasnt even known when we grew up) commitment too many. Back then it was about getting on with things, use common sense and not worry too much about what could happen. Life is not without risk, with or without helmet. Adults can decide for themselves whether to take them or not.

I´m fairly the same age as CPss Mary and I wear helmet, when I´m bikeriding.
But it´s becuase of my nephew, who looked at me from head to toe and asked: "Auntie, don´t you love me? I love you and I would you to be there when I grow up."
After that I started wearing helmet and a danish designed helmet that you can customise: YAKKAY

Adults can decide but I know 2 adult bike riders who would be dead now without helmets.
I grew up not wearing seat belts, helmets for skiing or bike riding. That has nothing to to with what I do now. People also smoked in cars and airplanes when I grew up.
I find it shocking that Mary and Fred do not wear helmets while bike riding. I am sure she wears one when horse back riding.

They are certainly lucky that they can do normal things like bicycle around Copenhagen with only a few minutes of press intrusion.

Still, it's the individuals freedom. Wearing seatbelts or smoking etc is now regulated by law. If I have to wear a helmet because of law when riding a bike, I'll do it. There is a difference between riding a bike when going on a bike tour or the condition of the street where people are riding (bumpy, heavy traffic etc) whrere a helmet becomes a necessity and people would naturally wear a helmet - or the odd ride out, where you consider yourself safe and don't mind the risk (obviously in Mary's case).

If H&S continues to go on like in the last decade or so, I am pretty sure even pedestrians will have to wear helmets in future decades when being out and about on the street (I am not being cynical). If electric cars will be all over the streets - they are extremely quiet - we will know lots of pedestrians who would be dead if they had not worn a helmet.

Back to Mary, horseriding is one of the things where helmets come naturally, riders have already worn helmets 50 years ago.

Yes, there are photos of Frederik out biking with a friend a few weeks ago, wearing a helmet and the speed was obviously very much faster than this little outing Mary and the kids were on.

One should also consider that Nihola bikes are more stabile than normal two-wheeled bikes. I agree that it's pretty common for adults not to wear helmets when riding bikes here, I haven't worn one myself since I was a little kid.

B.T. celebrates Frederik's and Mary's wedding anniversary today with a nice and large gallery "Nine years of love" :flowers:
Ni års kærlighed: Mary og Frederik fejrer bryllupsdag | www.bt.dk

And Billedbladet with an article
Kronprinsparret fejrer bryllupsdag

And also a vídeo of their wedding waltz Video: Gense Mary og Frederiks brudevals

This along with Victoria & Daniel's is such a lovely wedding waltz. It's one of
my favorite moments for their wedding. I wish we could see the wedding waltz
from other royal couples.

a friend of mine almost ran into mary today :-) she was on her bike and cycled among all other copenhageners. maybe on her way to pick up vincent&josephine from nursery? :-) i really really like our down to earth crown prince couple. you can at any time run into them on the street like was it you or me, or any other dane :-)

Thank you for sharing the picture. Is it me or does the white fluffy thing look like a dog in the basket of Mary's bike? Maybe a new dog.

I thought it was dog as well.

how cool is this:flowers:
great for the cp couple to be able to go about

and about the white fuffy thing, it looks the same blanket that is behind the twins on their last bicycle ride
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...86760800_n.jpg

It's really nice to see Mary out and about like this! She surely seems to love her Nihola-bike. And with Mary being one of Denmark's absolute most well-known/photographed/exposed woman I am pleased that she still can go undisturbed and act just like 'normal people' in the streets. It's just nice!

I think polyesco has right about the white fuffy thing - I'm pretty sure it is Vincent and Josephine's blanket :flowers:

Its a blanket , if it was a puppy it soooooo would be squashed there is only enough room for the twins