Muhler
Imperial Majesty
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Summary of article in Billed Bladet #42, 2018.
Written by Trine Larsen. (Who IMO clearly is the best royal reporter at BB.)
QMII was out and about last Friday.
She presented Queen Ingrid's Research Award at Amalienborg to the Arthritis Association. - Something QMII herself is painfully aware of.
And not far from Amalienborg, in the small Churchill Park at the Citadel, she unveiled a bust of Thomas Dinesen, brother of the author Karen Blixen.
He fought with the Canadian Black Watch (*) during WWI and was decorated with the Victoria Cross. He received it after distinguishing himself at the Allied offensive at Amiens in August 1918.
Present were the ambassadors for France, Canada and UK, as well as various veterans associations and not least representatives of the Canadian Black Watch regiment.
It is of course called the Churchill park for a reason. It's located next to the English Church and there are a number of monuments to fallen Allied soldiers in the park.
IIRC Thomas and Karen Blixen's father, Isak Dinesen wrote a charming account about his travel through what was still somewhat the Wild West in USA towards the end of the 1800's. His mastery of English (and American culture) wasn't perfect, which of course makes it more authentic and charming.
He referred at some point to a Mr. Platte (actually Mr. Platt) whom he had visited.
To Danish ears it sounds perfectly reasonably to spell and pronounce Platt as as Platte, with an audible e at the end. ?
(*) You learn something every day! I didn't know there was a Canadian regiment called The Black Watch. I knew about the Scottish regiment of course and also that Canada has several highland regiments, but not that they use the same names.
Anyway, here are the scans of BB #42, 2018.
https://app.box.com/s/qev7niejez7od2290qvp3v553jc6k55c
Written by Trine Larsen. (Who IMO clearly is the best royal reporter at BB.)
QMII was out and about last Friday.
She presented Queen Ingrid's Research Award at Amalienborg to the Arthritis Association. - Something QMII herself is painfully aware of.
And not far from Amalienborg, in the small Churchill Park at the Citadel, she unveiled a bust of Thomas Dinesen, brother of the author Karen Blixen.
He fought with the Canadian Black Watch (*) during WWI and was decorated with the Victoria Cross. He received it after distinguishing himself at the Allied offensive at Amiens in August 1918.
Present were the ambassadors for France, Canada and UK, as well as various veterans associations and not least representatives of the Canadian Black Watch regiment.
It is of course called the Churchill park for a reason. It's located next to the English Church and there are a number of monuments to fallen Allied soldiers in the park.
IIRC Thomas and Karen Blixen's father, Isak Dinesen wrote a charming account about his travel through what was still somewhat the Wild West in USA towards the end of the 1800's. His mastery of English (and American culture) wasn't perfect, which of course makes it more authentic and charming.
He referred at some point to a Mr. Platte (actually Mr. Platt) whom he had visited.
To Danish ears it sounds perfectly reasonably to spell and pronounce Platt as as Platte, with an audible e at the end. ?
(*) You learn something every day! I didn't know there was a Canadian regiment called The Black Watch. I knew about the Scottish regiment of course and also that Canada has several highland regiments, but not that they use the same names.
Anyway, here are the scans of BB #42, 2018.
https://app.box.com/s/qev7niejez7od2290qvp3v553jc6k55c
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