Queen Mary, Current Events Part 1: January 2024 -


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She looks wonderful. And yes, nice to learn more about Countess Danner. Great cause and poignant day as well on the UN International Day for Stopping Violence Against Women.
 
A most worthy case.
And women's rights, basic rights, like being allowed to decide to do with their own bodies, their own lives, is being pushed back these years.
Even the right to be a woman, is bizarrely under attack.
And women are still being abused with no social segment at all, being exempt, as we have learned recently.
And if you look at YouTube there are loads of incel-videos out there. (I use incel in the broadest possible definition.)
And what is even more absurd: So many attacks on women, in all kinds of ways, are perpetrated by other women.

I sometimes despair, but that's a luxury we cannot afford ourselves, we must not afford ourselves.

A rather depressing report from UN Facts and figures: Ending violence against women | UN Women – Headquarters
Figures for 2023:
Every ten minutes worldwide a woman or a girl is killed.
140 killed a day or 85.000 a year.
60 % of these killings are committed by the partner/spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend of the woman or a close relative.

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On another and more cheerful note. It was windy today but very balmy for this time of year! 15 degrees C no less, and even with the wind it didn't feel cold at all. In fact I was out in the garden this afternoon doing some work and didn't even zip up my jacket.
So even though Queen Mary was dressed for this time of year, she wouldn't have been cold.
 
I have mixed feelings about the Countess Danner memorial. I understand the inclusivity they were attempting to design this with — but wasn’t there any other way to draw attention to her work and beliefs without leaving the infamous shunned mistress as a faceless woman, still?

If her photo is not on an informational plaque somewhere, I think people will know a little more about what she did but not necessarily who she was.
 
Queen Mary presented the Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s EliteForsk Awards 2025 today, February 25:


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video of Mary's arrival

From the DRF

 
There appears to be a very clear facial resemblance between the minister and the flower-girl. A grandchild methinks.
 
Today, Queen Mary was due to attend the Danish Heart Association's 2025 awards ceremony at the Hotel d'Angleterre in Copenhagen.

However, the Queen has been forced to cancel her attendance at the event due to illness, according to the Royal Household.

"Her Majesty The Queen, like many others at this time, has been taken ill and is therefore unfortunately unable to attend the Heart Association Awards Ceremony", the Royal Household said.

Message from Queen Mary:
Thank you for your consideration. What a lovely surprise to receive this bouquet and designs, even though illness prevented me from attending the Heart Association's "Together for the Heart" event. I was looking forward to presenting the Heart Award with children Alma and Ellen and meeting some of the young people living with heart disease.

I hope we can meet another time.

As patron of the Danish Heart Association, I would like to congratulate the healthcare staff at Denmark’s three largest outpatient pediatric cardiac clinics on receiving the Cardiac Award 2025 – thank you to you and all those who make a difference in the field of heart disease every day.
 
What a lovely gesture that Queen Mary posted about the event even though she was unable to attend and posted the drawings! A very sweet message! Hopefully, a visit can be scheduled soon.
 
Queen Mary attended the opening of Realdania's conference "Our Quality of Life" in Copenhagen today, March 20:


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Her speech in Danish:


 
Queen Mary attended the opening of Realdania's conference "Our Quality of Life" in Copenhagen today, March 20:
And as you can tell the temperature today is a tropical 11degrees C.
 
A very good speech by Mary on the Quality of Life,
Would want to highlight this, we need more visions like this
"A good example is the upcoming Mary Elizabeths Hospital. Here, the vision is that life should be lived – even during illness.
The hospital is built so that the hospitalized children, adolescents and pregnant women, as well as their families, can maintain the life they know.
Quality of life is considered in the framework and design because it is considered part of the overall treatment.
Whether we are sick or healthy, we need other people in our lives."
 
Queen Mary inaugurated the round trip REGAN Vest-Stien in Skørping today, April 6:


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More photos:
 
I've often been to Rebil, both the hills and the forest there. It's ideal hiking ground and very scenic and I should be very surprised if the royal family haven't hiked often in that area when they visit Trend.

Rebild is BTW also the only place outside USA where the 4th July is celebrated every year and has been so for more than 100 years now. Apart from a short pause in the 1940s.
The US ambassador usually attend the celebration where Americans living in or visiting DK also attend, as well as Danes who have an affiliation with USA or are just curious. I've been there once during my early childhood, so my memory is vague.
The trail to the place where the celebration takes place is lined with state flags: https://rebildfesten.dk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MG_5418.jpg
The DRF occasionally attend the celebration: https://www.tv2nord.dk/img/asset/aW...jpg?w=1200&s=6d9109b81741dfc5e77bb1750859c98e
The actual celebration. It looks small, right?
It isn't:

But back to the hiking trail. A part of if goes along the small "valley" where the 4th July celebrations takes place. As you can tell from the photos posted there is plenty to look and listen to if you are fond of birds, or insects.
 
She looks great. Nice hike on a Sunday afternoon



Queen Mary out and about in nature with the community. She talks about how important being in nature is. She's always spoken about how she loves being out in nature.

Indeed she has. And part of her starting a "wild" garden in their home.

A few more photos from inside the bunker/tunnel

Interesting to learn about this
 
Very poignant visiting the Cold War bunker. This was just the kind of visit the Queen of Denmark should be making in these uncertain times - hiking with the people in beautiful surroundings in a historic place. Well done.

Thank you for the extra photos.
 
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