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What an exciting project for the Crown Prince and will be a warmer climate than Denmark during his stay!
What a great way to get exposure to a world so different to the one Christian will inhabit for the rest of his life.Crown Prince Christian will privately stay in East Africa from September 4 to December, it was announced by the Palace today:
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AFAIR the school trip was to Jordan, not East Africa.I think that’s a great tradition. Didn’t CP Christian go on a school trip in that area last year? He must have enjoyed the experience.
Apparently 4 days ago the Danish government announced that the development cooperation with African countries will be further strengthened. The choice of East Africa as "experience"-place for the CP is therefore also seen in a political context.
My first thought was Tania Blixen and "Out of Africa" though. I wonder if this book is standard reading in Danish schools.
From what I have seen so far the echo of the Danish Media is very positive. Christian follows the tradition but at the same time Africa is new territory for a Danish royal. (His father and grandmother were in Asia and America, his uncle and cousin in Australia.)
I am wondering if 2 farms in East Africa actually means 2 different countries?
It's fun to speculate but I hope the media respects his wish for privacy and understands that it is necessary for his security to keep a lid on things. I am sure Christian will tell us about his experience and the details of his stay in his first interview or the first biography "Christian Under the Beam", I for one can wait.I won’t be surprised to learn more details over the course of Christian’s stay ricarda … three months is a long time to keep a lid on things these days.
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And I expect Mary may pop down at least once to visit. Maybe with the twins in the school holidays for them to see their brother and experience somewhere so different.
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She was prepared to leave Denmark for three months before Covid broke out … and be with the children in Switzerland … so this wouldn’t suprize me, a visit from Mum.
If he stays the whole three months I expect he will return home lean and tanned through no conscious effort.
I won’t be surprised to learn more details over the course of Christian’s stay ricarda … three months is a long time to keep a lid on things these days.
The Ol Donyo property I mentioned upthread actually has two farms … though called ranches as they are owned by the Maasai people who run cattle.
The ranches, “Mbirikani” and “Merueshi”, are supported by the luxury lodge which passes over fees, has built schools, donates teachers salaries, and pays compensation for any stock lost to predators as a way to encourage letting the natural ecosystem continue.
Christian is heading to East Africa at the right time of year. Tourist numbers will start to drop off from September, as will the rains, but the big animal migrations will be impressive.
The hot and dry conditions of this time of year give people a chance to view the animals as they seek out the water-holes and so gather in these places.
I think it will be a big change from Denmark for the Crown Prince, though not quite as primitive as some Danish reports I’ve seen. I don’t think Christian will be living in rough conditions wherever he ends up going.
And I expect Mary may pop down at least once to visit. Maybe with the twins in the school holidays for them to see their brother and experience somewhere so different.
She was prepared to leave Denmark for three months before Covid broke out … and be with the children in Switzerland … so this wouldn’t suprize me, a visit from Mum.
Christian will have some form of Danish security I guess, and maybe a couple of friends with him too.
There will certainly be a lot to do.
If he ends up at a place like this, animal-watching is done by bicycle and on horseback and walking, and by helicopter, not just by vehicle.
Visitors to this place are encouraged to bring school supplies and toys with them for the schoolchildren, and many places are now in private hands to enable the great corridors that the animals traverse to remain so as they migrate across vast tracts of land … so plenty of conservation experience on hand for him.
Christian of course has travelled a bit, but East Africa is so different to Denmark that the contrast will be quite extreme for him, especially the physical side, working in the heat and dust.
If he stays the whole three months I expect he will return home lean and tanned through no conscious effort.
It's fun to speculate but I hope the media respects his wish for privacy and understands that it is necessary for his security to keep a lid on things. I am sure Christian will tell us about his experience and the details of his stay in his first interview or the first biography "Christian Under the Beam", I for one can wait.
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I was thinking of Mary's new patronage UNEP which has its headquarter in Nairobi, Kenya. It's very possible she will visit her son and her new patronage IMO.
As for his siblings, last year the family visited New Zealand (and Australia) in December. Perhaps they plan to travel to an East African country this year, perhaps at the end of Christian's stay and then return to Dk with him?
You sound very knowledgeable about the whole thing @Sun Lion.
I hope that Christian will also experience some of "real life" in Kenya and not only the luxury part. We have been to Kenya several times, among others visiting a German friend who lived there after retirement as well as the family of a high school friend of our son. Besides doing the touristic part of safaris which is indeed something you'll never forget there are many other aspects worth seeing, and some, sadly enough, are not so nice to look at.Well Prinsara, places and experiences capture me more than fashion and jewellery and such, so when something comes along that piques my interest, well the internet is a wonderful thing really.
I’ve watched some promotional videos the last couple of days about luxury tourism in Kenya.
I don’t know if Christian will indeed go to Kenya, but there are connections between the Danish Royals and this part of East Africa.
Wonderful experiences to be had, and the Dutch Royals have stayed here as well. (This place in particular, where Christian’s parents honeymooned.)
The sense of adventure that going … as a young person … to this part of the world evokes, well I wish it was me!
I hope Christian throws himself into it all with gusto.
To have the experience of sleeping under the stars with wild animals nearby, and to wake up to a view of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Wow, lucky him.
I hope that Christian will also experience some of "real life" in Kenya and not only the luxury part. We have been to Kenya several times, among others visiting a German friend who lived there after retirement as well as the family of a high school friend of our son. Besides doing the touristic part of safaris which is indeed something you'll never forget there are many other aspects worth seeing, and some, sadly enough, are not so nice to look at.
He is due to be at the Paralympics on September and and begin his stay in East Africa on the 4thIs Christian going to the Paralympics in Paris and then to Africa, is that known?
There is a photo amongst the montage released for Christian’s eighteenth birthday hereditarytitles that shows all the children … Christian, Isabella, Vincent and Josephine, with Mary … smiling broadly in what appears to be a schoolroom somewhere in Africa.
When it first came out where the Crown Prince was going, it surprised me. But now I realise they all, the whole family, have probably been there already.
To me it looks like Africa, I can’t think where else it would be. So maybe this destination for Christian should not be so surprising.
(The montage is on the official Instagram account, October last year, if anyone wants a look.)
He is due to be at the Paralympics on September and and begin his stay in East Africa on the 4th
It sure looks like a class room in Africa. Since Denmark has good relations to Kenya I believe that's the place where Christian will probably go.There is a photo amongst the montage released for Christian’s eighteenth birthday hereditarytitles that shows all the children … Christian, Isabella, Vincent and Josephine, with Mary … smiling broadly in what appears to be a schoolroom somewhere in Africa.
When it first came out where the Crown Prince was going, it surprised me. But now I realise they all, the whole family, have probably been there already.
To me it looks like Africa, I can’t think where else it would be. So maybe this destination for Christian should not be so surprising.
(The montage is on the official Instagram account, October last year, if anyone wants a look.)
The Ngorongoro Crater is a beautiful place. I would just recommend to ensure that your car doesn’t get overheated or you will have to walk (as we had to) while knowing that lots of wild animals also walk around in that same area.