Crown Princely Family Visit to Greenland: August 1-8, 2014


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Thank you Roskilde and Muhler for the summaries on the interview of DR.

I watched it and it was fantastic even though not a word was understood by me lol.
They seemed relaxed, happy and with pride in their faces on talking about their kids and the trip.
some nice footage and beautiful scenery
Nice to hear Mary's Danish is doing so well : D
Frederik may not be the most prolific speaker but he beams with charisma and a down to earth nature that im sure many embrace.

On another note, we already saw Josephine recycling some of Isabella's clothing, and I think Vincent has also recycled Christian's coat.
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A selfie with Frederik . the lucky winner
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Selfie-konkurrence: Sådan skal den skæres, Elise! | Sermitsiaq.AG
 
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Do we know if Mary still speaks English with the children as she did with the older ones? Do M&F converse in mostly English or now changed to Danish?
 
DR1 and TV2's two programs with the Crown Prince family in Greenland received very high viewer ratings. In fact, the two programs were the most watched of all Danish programs all week! Tells quite a lot about the interest and popularity this family has.

TV-seerne er vilde med kronprinsfamiliens rejse til Grønland | Billed Bladet

TV pressemeddelelser fra TV-Meter


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I see Muhler has described it before me with better information :flowers:

Incidentally the viewer rates went sky high!
The TV2 programme was watched by 649.000 viewers, making it the most watched programme at all last week.
DR1's interview was watched by 740.000 viewers.
- In a country with a population of 5.6 million... Even counting the Swedes, Norwegians and Germans who could watch as well.
 
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The DM has a nice piece today about the official dinner at the end of the tour. Look at it if only for the pictures. There are as usual, issues with details (I think the cross on the neckchain is the Dannebrog cross?) Prince Frederick and Princess Mary of Denmark mark end Greenland tour with night out | Mail Online

wow the DailyMail really fails in doing basic research
here is how they described Frederik's outfit
"Frederick looked less formal in charcoal trousers and matching leather shoes, teamed with a loose-fitting white shirt.
Missing buttons, the Prince adorned it's blank canvas with an array of royal medallions and a large crucifix handing from a short chain around his neck. "
:bang:

 
wow the DailyMail really fails in doing basic research
here is how they described Frederik's outfit
"Frederick looked less formal in charcoal trousers and matching leather shoes, teamed with a loose-fitting white shirt.
Missing buttons, the Prince adorned it's blank canvas with an array of royal medallions and a large crucifix handing from a short chain around his neck. "
:bang:
And have they managed to find out that this was an official visit, not a holiday cruise....?
 
And have they managed to find out that this was an official visit, not a holiday cruise....?

Yeah I laughed out loud and shook my head when i saw that headline.
A nice "holiday" with a full official agenda :whistling::ROFLMAO:

Some more pictures
from local blogs with first hand accounts and pictures
Kamilla Fuglsang - Nuuk: Nu som hofreporter
Filipina In Greenland: The Danish royal family visits Nuuk

the people where so close to the CP family. The kids did a great job going and shaking hands in those crowds.

another gallery
Kronprinsfamilien vandt alles hjerter i Grønland - Her og Nu

I see Vincent and Josephine got a nice treat to eat
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Frederik and Mary
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the way Isabella looks at her mom
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little Josephine getting cozy with dad
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and my favorite, Vincent seeing that another man is also wearing these special pants like he is
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Some more pictures
from local blogs with first hand accounts and pictures
Kamilla Fuglsang - Nuuk: Nu som hofreporter

Thanks for that blog, Polyesco.
I think it's the best and funniest account from Greenland so far.

It really deserves a full translation, but I haven't got the time right now.

So briefly. The author of the blog and her friend, like everybody else wanted to go see the rotals and get a handshake. But how to reach that objective?
Hmm, they then spotted five elderly in the back of the crowd, apparantly abandoned by everyone. Now elderly attract royals like honey attract bees, so our two friends kept close to the elderly.
Initially not much result, but then a police officer noticed them, opened up the crowd that made Mary notice the elderly (and our two friends). Mary signalled Frederik and went towards the elderly.
Now, is it appropriate to stick a young hand out between the older hands in the hope of getting a royal handshake. - Hell, yeah!
Our friends and the elderly got their handshake. Frederik even remarking to one of them that her hand was cold.
Christian was very attentive towards the elderly, shook their hands and also caressed the chek of one of them. (He's going to be a cult figure one day if he continues like this).

- Thus was the climax of a very good day!
 
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Thanks for the translation, Muhler - it is the smartest thing I've read lately. Made me smile.
 
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Thanks for that blog, Polyesco.
I think it's the best and funniest account from Greenland so far.

It really deserves a full translation, but I haven't got the time right now.

So briefly. The author of the blog and her friend, like everybody else wanted to go see the rotals and get a handshake. But how to reach that objective?
Hmm, they then spotted five elderly in the back of the crowd, apparantly abandoned by everyone. Now elderly attract royals like honey attract bees, so our two friends kept close to the elderly.
Initially not much result, but then a police officer noticed them, opened up the crowd that made Mary notice the elderly (and our two friends). Mary signalled Frederik and went towards the elderly.
Now, is it appropriate to stick a young hand out between the older hands in the hope of getting a royal handshake. - Hell, yeah!
Our friends and the elderly got their handshake. Frederik even remarking to one of them that her hand was cold.
Christian was very attentive towards the elderly, shook their hands and also caressed the chek of one of them. (He's going to be a cult figure one day if he continues like this).

- Thus was the climax of a very good day!

One of the best words to describe Christian is IMO the word gentle. May sound exaggerated to say it about a just 8-year-old boy, but Christian really has the king potential :wub:
 
Thanks for the links, photos and translation- really enjoyed following the tour.

Yeah I laughed out loud and shook my head when i saw that headline.
A nice "holiday" with a full official agenda :whistling::ROFLMAO:

Some more pictures
from local blogs with first hand accounts and pictures
Kamilla Fuglsang - Nuuk: Nu som hofreporter
Filipina In Greenland: The Danish royal family visits Nuuk

the people where so close to the CP family. The kids did a great job going and shaking hands in those crowds.

another gallery
Kronprinsfamilien vandt alles hjerter i Grønland - Her og Nu

I see Vincent and Josephine got a nice treat to eat
http://www.herognu.com/ImageProvider/PageFiles/696972/13__b468m.jpg
Frederik and Mary
http://www.herognu.com/ImageProvider/PageFiles/696972/08__b468m.jpg

the way Isabella looks at her mom
http://www.herognu.com/ImageProvider/PageFiles/696972/03__b468m.jpg
little Josephine getting cozy with dad
http://www.herognu.com/ImageProvider/PageFiles/696972/19__b468m.jpg

and my favorite, Vincent seeing that another man is also wearing these special pants like he is
http://www.herognu.com/ImageProvider/PageFiles/696972/16__b468m.jpg

The photo of Josephine and Vincent does appear to show that Vincent is left handed.

In the last photo Vincent maybe thinking "so others do wear these pants" can understand why it was a little hard to get a three year old to wear them.

Sweet photos of Isabella with mum and dad
 
Second part of the BB coverage of the Greenland tour.
Written by our reporter in the far north, Ulrik Ulriksen.

Summary of the second part of M&F's visit to Greenland.

Like last week I'll write the summaries based on where they went.

Nuuk.
Here M&F went to a gala dinner at the grandest hotel in Greenland, Hotel Hans Egede. (*)
The host was the chairman of the Greenlandic Parliament, Aleqa Hammond. She said: "It was a pleasure to see Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Princess Ivalao and Prince Minik playing with the children. The thing about royal etiquette vanish everywhere where the children went along. We are very proud to have a CP-couple who is also a Greenlandic CP-couple".
Present was also the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Greenland, Sven Hartenberg, with wife. The permanent secretary had accompanied M&F throughout the journey.
A local dance-troupe, The Tapdance, wearing Greenlandic national attire, down to kamikker (boots) showed a tap-dance... (Would have loved to see that one!)
Here Frederik amongst others gave a warm and personal speech, where his love for Greenland and delight for the welcoming his family had had, shined through.
The cuisine was very local: Smoked whale meat, reindeer and mutton.
M&F were seen having a good chat with the prominent Greenlandic politician, Lars Emil Johansen, whom the article says is a close friend of M&F.

Earlier on that day the whole family in Greenlandic attire was greeted by the public at the harbour. That can be pretty strenous if you are a three year old Princess, but fortunately it helps having a supporting older brother and older sister.
The twins returned to Dannebrog while Christian and Bella accompanied mom and dad to the more official events at the townhall, where someone had placed a red carpet, and combined with fog and drizzle such a carpet can get quite damp, Christian found out that kamikker are quite useful for surfing or sliding along a carpet. (See small pic in Greenland-06).
Well inside the townhall, there were lots of loooong speeches by adults, and even though Bella soldiered on, she did at some point need a hand to support her head. Greenlandic tapestry in the hall
of the townhall, how interesting is that? A mythological seagull hidden among the details of the tapestry? What gull? Where? - And this is where big brother Christian stepped in. He simply grabbed Bella's head and pointed her nose towards the elusive seagull. Oh, there. Big deal. (Greenland-05 & 06).

If there are classes for royal children in kissing babies, holding babies hands and pushing babies gently on the nose, M&F's must be said to have passed that class with flying colors, because they were seen doing that - a lot!

Qeqertarsuatsiaat.
This hamlet of 200 people got their first royal visit and that had to be commemorated with a plaque placed on top of a nearby hill, which incidentally also serves as a helicopter platform. So under a blistering sun and 15 degrees C, everybody and everything struggled up the hill.
It was actually Bella and Christian who were to have unveiled the plaque, but Mary suggested the twins took over and so it was.
Down again, in the hot weather. Now to visit the local kindergarten, where the itchy bitchy-whatever spider song was sung in Danish and Greenlandic with something resembling the correct finger movements.
Like all other kindergartens in Greenland, this one has also implemented the local version of Free From Bullying, Kamaagiita.
Now it was time for presents. Mary got a ruby, that is there hadn't been time to cut the ruby from the stone it was embedded in yet, so Mary got the stone as well as the ruby. She responded: "What a lovely memory".
Christian also got a present, a clock in the shape of a wood carving depicting Greenland. He responded: "Thanks, that's going to hang in my room". (I remember from one of the docus that Frederik referred the twins to "their room", so presumably their share a room, at least at Kancellihuset at Fredensborg).
It was on the way down from the hill that a local girl found a bird, a chick and showed it to Bella and Josephine. Bella said: "Oh, how nice it is, what's it's name"?
The girl replied: "Marie", and let Bella hold the bird. "Look, it's sleeping".
Josephine: "May I see"?
After quite some fascinated study of the bird Mary said: "Now, you'd better hand Marie back". (**)

While on top of the hill, the family posed for BB's photographer, Hanne Juul. And our reporter, the Ulrik Ulriksen told them that it was her birthday. That led Christian to say a few sweet words and Bella to clap. (See Greenland-10).

Paamiut.
It was in this town Ivalo and Minik were presented for a couple of local twins. And Frederik later on noticed that one of the twins: "Hey, you've got the shoes on the wrong way", so he went down on his knee and made sure the shoes were put on the right feet. - I guess with two lively twins, four feet and four identical shoes in the same size, something is bound to go wrong sometimes!
It was also here Christian took part in a children's relay in a sweltering 15-18 degrees C. But before that the whole family had embarked on a nearby lake sharing pedal boats. Dad and Bella in one boat, mom and Josephine in another. Vincent wasn't in the mood for no pedalling so he had returned to Dannebrog and Christian and the captain of Dannebrog (the adjutant from Dannebrog is the captain, Ulrik Ulriksen!) in a third.
Apparently Bella and Christian played explores because they landed on a small islamd/rock in the middle of the lake and had a look around.
While in Paamiut, M&F and children, along with the locals, formed a heart, which symbolized the warm bonds between Greenland and the DRF.

(*) Named after a 1700's Danish missionary IIRC. Greenland's history as a nation and as a people, rather than isolated bands, started with the Greenlanders becoming Christian and in that way establishing a common modern identity.

(**) No reference to our Marie here, nor from the children. Presumably it didn't even occur to Bella and Josephine, because the Greenlandic girl would have pronounced Marie in Danish, which sounds very different than the French pronunciation, which I guess is what the DRF use.


And to keep it simple here is an overall link: https://app.box.com/s/gsodm4fg6wdt8wt97sm8


And here is a thoroughly mean "caption this", I've been looking forward to sharing with you: https://app.box.com/s/lezrhbfvwy8yrlznznt8
Frederik says to Josephine: "Can you say..."?
:D
 
oh i miss this trip :wub: we were so privileged to have tons of new photos and sweet moments of the whole family eight days in a row..to se them sing itsy bitsy spider was one of the greatest :)
 
The Greenland trip really gave us the sweetest moments, didn't it? A fantastic trip which I almost miss a bit... So at this grey rainy evening I have collected some of the most glorious gifs all made by our Archduchess Zelia and which I kindly have been allowed to share with you because...

Because Christian, Isabella and Ivalo in particular (aww, look at her) looks so excited and Vincent is just all like: Oh my, one little Itsy Bitsy Spider song and they all go ga-ga! :lol:
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Because this is royal professionalism :cool:
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Because Ivalo has the cutest expression when mom says: "Be careful that it doesn't eat your fingers..."
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Because these two are lovely together.
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Because this is pure love :wub:
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Because I want to introduce you to the Vincent trick: 1... 2... 3... disappear! :wizard:
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Because this only can bring a smile to your face.
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Because she really fell in love with that little baby, didn't she?
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Because it's good with a big brother to keep you warm in the cold weather.
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Because this is a beloved little moment of a man and his woman.
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Because this is the spririt of Bella :p
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Because sometimes you need a brotherly hand of support :hug:
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Because our future King is a proper gallant gentleman!
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Because... just because.
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OMG thank you, Roskilde:flowers:

It's no wonder I love this family so much, I mean just look at them they're perfect:heart::wub:
 
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Hi everyone! Long time lurker here and finally decided to create account because my obsession with the DRF and F&M are back and need to be around people who understand how awesome this couple is!

Thanks for the wonderful pictures! :)
 
Hi everyone! Long time lurker here and finally decided to create account because my obsession with the DRF and F&M are back and need to be around people who understand how awesome this couple is!

Thanks for the wonderful pictures! :)

Hi, welcome torquaydev, to the royal forums! I hope you'll have a nice time here:flowers: the DRF, especially F&M and family are very easy to love:wub:
 
Thank you Archduchess Zelia and Roskilde. Absolutely beautiful.
 
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On Facebook, people have shared their pictures and moments with Frederik, Mary and children in Greenland. Here is one from a Inger Amalie, which I would like to share :flowers:

Two of her pics:
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"I've lost my heart to Prince Christian, he is just so dear and so thoughtful, he walked freshly over to the elderly who are sitting in a row and gave them his hand, and then he began to stroke one of them fondly on the cheek. A bit later, he walked over to a blind man and shook his hand, he definitely has his heart in the right place, the young prince. His parents have done well."
 
what a lovely picture of Christian.
It seems most people were able to get quite close to the CP family

Nice to see that the visit was quite popular
 
This is slightly off-topic, and I'm not sure where to post it, so the moderators can move it if necessary.

Did any of the US members happen to catch 'House Hunters International' on HGTV last night? It was about a couple shopping for a house in Greenland. I missed the first few minutes, but I gathered that he's Danish, she's Australian, they met in China and had a long-distance relationship. Sound familiar? She moved to Denmark and they lived in Aarhus. He got a job working for the government radio in Greenland, so they were relocating to Nuuk. They ended up with a new, modern apartment but had also looked at some houses. So all of us who were wondering what the inside of those colorful houses look like, now we know. Pretty ordinary, actually - but it was an interesting program. They sometimes do repeats, so if you go to their website, you can find out if it's going to be repeated any time soon.
 
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