Princess Marie, Current Events Part 2: June 2016 -


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Follow up on the police manhunt Friday.

It was due to an immediate risk of what appears to have been an assassination attempt on a particular individual. That person in now in a safe place. No persons seems to have been apprehended. Nor is it known who was the target.

The police has been extremely secretive and are still reluctant to disclose any information.

What is known is that Swedish Säpo and Danish PET have worked closely together.
I personally don't think so, but ex-president Obama could have been the target of someone coming in via Sweden.
I find it more plausible that the target was a Danish national.

- So that ends this curious affair in this thread at least.
 
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Thank you, Iceflower.

What I find most fascinating is the ehh, gentleman, second from right, who is wearing the suit he was confirmed in some twenty years ago.
https://imageservice.nordjyske.dk/s...ABIaujTy_dMOvw.jpg?w=960&mode=crop&scale=both

And that is also why you wear a V-necked pull-over when you wear a tie.
He would have been arrested on the spot, had the fashion police been present! ?

And here by the way are some photos from Voergaard Slot, which is wellknown for the Christmas decorations there:
https://www.visitnordjylland.dk/sit...jylland/dscn2660-1700x600_0.jpg?itok=cGhYuHy-
http://www.kanalfrederikshavn.dk/typo3temp/_processed_/csm_75455_15112536600647_64f3c7ebd4.jpg
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http://www.kanalfrederikshavn.dk/typo3temp/_processed_/csm_75455_15112536603532_38d0a07312.jpg
https://klubnordjyske.dk//media/484...&width=1138&height=759&rnd=131856385080000000
http://www.kanalfrederikshavn.dk/typo3temp/_processed_/csm_75455_15112536596969_e57501dc49.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8A2xDiyHtvo/UMMA2JAlLAI/AAAAAAAAGOs/ZkpkI62s90I/s1600/P1060129.JPG
 
Summary of article in Billed Bladet #50, 2018.
Written by Dorte Quist.

Recently our Marie went about as far from Copenhagen as you can go in Denmark. To Voergaard Manor, located near the east coast of Northern Jutland.

The manor has a well-deserved reputation for beautiful Christmas decorations, with a strong hint of inspiration from France, hence why it was natural for Marie to go there.
That the place also is home to a collection of paintings by Rubens, Raphael and Goya, didn't exactly make the visit less interesting!
A number of the furnitures are French antiques, from the age of Louis XVI and Louis XVI. (In DK the Danified names for French monarchs is still used, the Louis are called Ludvig. That is also the case with Henry VIII, he is also still known as Henrik VIII. Probably because he is so iconic.)
But why is Voergaard Manor so French, I hear you ask. Because in 1955 the place was bought by the Danish-French count Ejnar Oberbach-Clausen and he very much influenced how this medieval manor looks today.

After the tour of the place Marie said: "It's been fun to visit the most beautiful manor in Denmark and I'm very impressed. It's a fantastic collection of French art and very, very fine Christmas decorations."

See here:
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https://app.box.com/s/u05xi1ho7lqaj00n9lfv2trimtdvt7vw
https://app.box.com/s/voc4v0nf975c154p99ddiq5684vtsmak
https://app.box.com/s/5oi4me62em1cqy9skwr3o8bqhnhvomar
 
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Summary of article in Billed Bladet #52, 2018.
Written by Henrik Salling.

As you may recall our Marie went with the delivery van from the Food Bank an early morning before Christmas in order to be present when the surplus food was delivered and eaten.

That took place at Gildbro School at Ishøj north west of Copenhagen. A low income, immigrant heavy area, with a considerable number of people with social issues.
The food distributed from the Food Bank is food that is close to the expiry date and as such destined to be discarded by the shops. In order not to waste the food it is instead donated to the Food Bank. (Saves the shops money too in reducing the amount of waste that has to be taken away.)

In the case of this school, as well as other schools, the donated food is served to the children in the morning, because far from all children eat well in the morning - if they have breakfast at all.

Marie said: "It's a really good idea with a breakfast cafe. We have so much surplus food in Denmark and together with the Food Bank the pupils can have breakfast.
There are many children in Denmark who don't eat enough and who go to school without having eaten breakfast. Here at this school they have the breakfast cafe, where they gather and eat healthy food together. That makes good sense."

Marie took part in handing out the food to the pupils and while doing that, she had a chat with many of the children.
"I asked among other things the pupils whether they had eaten breakfast and why they don't eat breakfast at home. Some said it is because it's more cozy here. And some said it is because it taste better here. And some said it is because their parents work very early, so they don't have time to prepare breakfast.
So everyone are very glad that they can eat here at the school."
 
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Princess Marie visited the Danish company Citizen Dane that produces movies and communication. Director Marcus Mandal and Creative Director/CEO Klaus Schiang-Franck told her about how they produce films.


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That I think is needed.

From being a matter of course to take French lessons in High school prior to 1960. French has pretty much faded away in the Danish school system. To be replaced by first Japanese and now Chinese.

However, as you all know, French is still spoken in many countries world wide.
 
That is interesting what you say Muhler about the languages being taught in schools now. When I was at high school it was either French or German. I opted for German.
Today the main language seems to be Japanese being taught. However, I am sure many schools offer Chinese/Mandarin and other languages.
BTW as that was last century when I failed my German test, don't expect me to remember much about it today.
 
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Thanks, Iceflower. ?

I was wondering what our Marie was doing in a mall in France, so I looked it up.
The mall has been restored by a Danish architect firm.

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Now, this is interesting!

Summary of article in Billed Bladet #13, 2019.
Written by Dorte Quist.

Our Marie no longer has an LiW. That's common knowledge as well all know, after Siesbye resigned a while back. But it now appears she will not have a new one - at least not on this side of their stay in France.
Instead she has an unofficial escort in the shape of PH's nephew, Charles Henri Keller, who has been accompanying her on most official jobs recently.
- Henri Keller is married to a Dane (IIRC), he lives in Copenhagen and he holds a trusted position in the Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik's Foundation. And of course he is family.

It's a neat solution, I think.

(I will leave it to the moderators to decide whether this little piece of info should be lifted from this summary and placed elsewhere.)

But back to Marie.
She gave her speech at Danish Industry's HQ in Copenhagen on the "Speak French Day."
Danish Industry is a very influential organization consisting of all Danish production and export companies in DK, and as such they work very closely with the DRF.
If Danish Industry say "Jump" the government jumps!
If the organization think it's a great idea to send M&F to Saudi Arabia of all places - then it is also the wish of the government so M&F goes...

To a packed hall consisting of business leaders and ambassadors from French speaking countries, where we would very much like to export our products, Marie gave the opening speech. In her speech she emphasized the importance of learning languages, and as such also the culture as well as the importance in being able to interact (do business deals) in a common language. She also quoted Nelson Mandela for saying: "If you speak one language, that a man understands, then he understands with his brain. But if you speak to him in his mother tongue, then you speak directly to his heart."
Marie stayed for about an hour, listening to several speeches and having a cup of coffee with a number of those attending.
 
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thank you Muhler for this insightful description of Princess Marie's visit. With regard to the posted video with Bjarke Ingels, do please enlighten me about what he is showing her on his cellphone! I have a bet with myself that it is a picture of his baby (son?), although it could be one of his buildings too (not much difference to an architect, no?) Ingels has projects all over the world, we have one of his buildings going up here in Toronto:flowers:
 
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It's difficult to hear, but I believe our Marie says something about "the first child", so presumably and like most happy new dads, he is only too willing to show photos of his firstborn.
That's very likable. ?
 
Muhler said:
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It's difficult to hear, but I believe our Marie says something about "the first child", so presumably and like most happy new dads, he is only too willing to show photos of his firstborn.
That's very likable. ?
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Mange tak! I have won my bet, I think:flowers: Here is a link to his Toronto project King Toronto
 
The King Toronto project is with roof garden and all. Urban gardens incorporated into major buildings is becoming increasingly popular.

The fascinating thing about buildings like that is that they offer a surprising amount of privacy, while offering the best possible view and light intake from the individual apartments.
 
Muhler said:
The King Toronto project is with roof garden and all. Urban gardens incorporated into major buildings is becoming increasingly popular.

The fascinating thing about buildings like that is that they offer a surprising amount of privacy, while offering the best possible view and light intake from the individual apartments.
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All signs of good architecture; integrating interesting buildings into an already extant community. I wish we had more Danish architecture in Toronto to compensate for the very dull and annoying residential towers rising out of the ground here like cancerous growths.:bang:
 
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:previous: She sure did, Iceflower, she sure did.

Summary of article in Billed Bladet #16, 2019.
Written by Ken Richter.

Our Marie visited the Tirpitz Museum on the west coast of Jutland.
The museum is about Danish stretch of Hitler's Atlantic Wall. It's named Tirpitz because the anti-ship canons stationed in main bunkers along the coast were of the same type used in the German pocket battleship Tirpitz.
But apart from bunkers and canons there were also laid out 1.5 million mines along the coast. Even though the minefields were marked, it took many years to clear the mines - at cost of many lives too.
Mainly former German soldiers. At the end of the war, a couple of thousand predominantly teenage German soldiers were "persuaded" to take on the task of clearing the mines. They got a fee and they were fed. But they had only a minimum of training and many were killed. In hindsight that must be considered a Danish war crime. But things were of course seen in a different light back then.
In fact the last minefield was cleared only a decade or so ago.

As such the purpose of Marie's visit and speech was appropriate. To point out the danger of mines worldwide.
Marie told our reporter: "These mines claim victims daily. More than 2.000 people die annually from mines or other unexploded ordinances. 40 % of the victims are children. The mines makes it dangerous for children to go to school or play freely. That's why DanChurchAid among others help clearing mines in Libanon, Libya, South Sudan and Congo. There is still a need to help victims of landmines."
 
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