BB has finally caught up with the DRF events around Christmas.
Summary of article in Billed Bladet #01, 2019.
Written by Ken Richter.
In contrast to the other BB reporters Ken Richter writes about what he observes himself or is told himself and keep speculation and the sugary fill to a minimum.
So you can rely on that what he writes is what he has seen himself. (*)
Here covering the Christmas services on the 24th 25th and 26th.
The DRF arrived en masse in the afternoon on the 24th to Aarhus Cathedral where the 1.200 seat were all occupied. Except for a small screened off area near the baptismal font, reserved for the DRF.
That area consisted of three rows of chairs.
QMII sat in the middle in the front row with the smallest of her grandchildren. Henrik, Vincent, Athena and Josephine flanking to both sides.
On the second row sat Christian, Frederik, Mary, our Marie, Nikolai and Isabella.
On the third row sat Joachim with Felix.
During the service Vincent was observed making a spyglass from the booklet with psalms. There was a good deal of cheerful chatting between the children and their parents and farmor Margrethe.
Margrethe and Mary sang along to the psalms.
The DRF arrived as the last and left as the first. (**) On both occasions the congregation stood up as a sign of respect.
Felix and Henrik were seen arriving in the same car as their farmor. The rest of the family presumably arrived in the van.
On the 25th the adults of the DRF arrived for the high-mass. (Not sure how to translate the correctly. But it's a long service.) Which may be why the children were left behind.
On this occasion it was royal confessionarius, Henrik Wigh-Poulsen, who was in charge of the mass.
Just as PH always did, Frederik as the only one left before communion.
On the 26th QMII was the only one to attend service.
(*) However, it happens he gets distracted. I clearly remember him using half an article to write about a vintage car.
I'm not sure that was of particular interest to the majority of regular readers of BB.
(**) Just like in the navy. The highest ranking enter the boat as the last, but leave the boat as the first.
- This weeks scans will eventually be posted in the general DRF thread along with an account of how QMII celebrated her New Years Eve.