tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203147212012-01-11T16:11:07.001+01:00<a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/lotte52/DRWsBanners/BabyBanner-2-1.jpg"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/lotte52/DRWsBanners/BabyBanner-2-1.jpg"></a>gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663945555770120680noreply@blogger.comBlogger8561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20314721.post-58429772825167276782011-01-14T19:43:00.003+01:002011-01-15T00:09:45.934+01:00

Crown Princess Mary, Crown Prince Frederik and their newborn twins have left Rigshospitalet via a walk 'n talk with the press and also greeted hospital patients, staff and members of the public who gathered to see them at a little after 3:30pm Denmark time. Mary carried the little prince and Frederik carried the little princess. This blogger has to say that Prince Henrik's humour needs some

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As well as today's other Royal Danish news with the twins, today is the 39th anniversary since Queen Margrethe ascended the throne, following the death of her beloved father Frederik IX.

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© AP Photos/DayLife Crown Princess Mary leaves hospital today with her newborn twins who were born on January 8, 2011 26 minutes apart. As they did with Christian and Isabella, Mary and Frederik will leave through the foyer at Rigshospitalet past the arrayed media. It will not be a drawn out departure, probably not much more than 10 minutes, and the media has already been asked to keep the noise

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As reported, the Crown Prince Couple will leave the hospital with the twins in the late afternoon tomorrow (Friday). It has been speculated in the press that the twins may have been jaundiced, which is very common among twins and premature babies. Chief Obstetrician Morten Hedegaard said the twins were born early at the press conference last Saturday. He said they had been due towards the end of

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Photo © Martin Høien/Billed Bladet The Crown Prince Couple's website: TRH the Crown Prince and Crown Princess are leaving Rigshospitalet Issued Thursday January 13, 2011 Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Crown Princess are leaving Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen with the new born twins tomorrow on January 14 in late afternoon. There will be a brief photo opportunity in the vestibule at

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Photo © Billed Bladet | Jesper Sunesen: Frederik busy going between the palace and the hospital In Denmark today there is no information yet on when Crown Princess Mary and the twins might be leaving hospital. This is no doubt a good thing since it should be the health of the twins and their mother which determines the media schedule, not the other way around. Billed Bladet reports that at 9:30

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After the excitement of the birth of the twins, news has slowed down as we wait to find out when the Crown Prince Couple will leave hospital with the newborn babies. Ekstra Bladet reports that the hospital foyer might be mistaken for a painter's conference because of the 30 or so step ladders crowding the area. The media organisations and photographers set up step ladders for the best vantage

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Graphic:Politiken. The new line of succession following the birth of the twins. Let's get to some updating! After a long and eventful day at Rigshospitalet, Crown Princess Mary had some relative calm and rest on Saturday night, with Crown Prince Frederik by her side, reported Billed Bladet and B.T. Prince Christian and Princess Isabella have visited Mary and the twins, but did so through a

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Crown Prince Frederik has appeared at the traditional post birth press conference with the same elation we witnessed when Prince Christian and Princess Isabella were born, but 'times two'. Chief Obstetrician Dr Morten Hedegaard said the birth started spontaneously, it was around 5 hours long and Crown Princess Mary did very very well to give birth without complications. He said it was a ”

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The Queen said the twins are not so big but are very fine and all in the family are very happy. Normally the Queen is a bit reserved with the press, but today she was a radiant and proud grandmother. The Queen's visit lasted about an hour and she spoke to the press afterwards. "They are not so big but very fine ... We are all very pleased, all of us in the family... and the parents are feeling

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It appears Mary's delivery was natural, no caesarian, and she was told she would be due at the end of January, so they have arrived early as is typical for twins. Christian and Isabella will visit later # Birth team was on from six o'clock this morning # 11:52:47 Mary's due date was in late January, said the birth team # 11:52:04 "Birth began spontaneously" birth team now speaks (above^^^)

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So we get to know his face - Christian Schønau, the new Chamberlain of Crown Prince Frederik's and Crown Princess Mary's Court - he replaced Per Thornit last year. He was given the courtesy title of Chamberlain in the Queen's New Year's honours list on January 1, 2011 The Danish Court: A Prince and a Princess are born On 8. January 2011 Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary gave birth to two

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Photo T2 - The happy father Frederik shows how long and how high the twins are # 11:47:34 "Christian and Isabella will come later" # 11:47:04 "They both have dark hair" "So there's no doubt about who are the parents,"he told the press # 11:46:09 "We knew that it was a boy and a girl" he continues # 11:44:11 "I did not want to leave the maternity ward" # 11:43:45 "The birth has been

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Report: Labouring at home for quite awhile before coming into hospital is what many do. Frederik will explain more. # 11:43:31 There was no nail-biting # 11:43:21 "There are two small hearts to watch all the time" # 11:43:06 "The progress has been just as exciting - almost as if it was the first time I had to be a dad" he explains # 11:42:28 "Both mother and children are doing well and we

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A girl and a boy! The girl's weight is 2554 grams and 46 cm, the boy is 2674 grams and 47 cm. A Princess and a Prince - there will be a 43 gun salute today at midday in Denmark :))

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11:04:07 | TV 2 News says the court's press officer Lene Balleby has told them she will arrive at the hospital soon with news... The press officer has arrived at the hospital but it will be Frederik who makes the announcement Standby...

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Photo © Kim Agersten/EB The news is being reported in Denmark and also Australia.  Australian reporters in Denmark said yesterday that the Court spokespeople have been very helpful and assured them that they would not be hiding news if there was any news. The Court is not in the habit of concealing or distorting information, which is an important part of the Crown Prince Couple's relationship

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It is confirmed by Lene Balleby, Communications Chief for the Royal Court, that Crown Princess Mary is in hospital. From Politiken: The royal twins birth is in progress confirms the court Crown Princess Mary has been hospitalized at Rigshospitalet to give birth to her and Crown Prince Frederik's twins. This has been confirmed by the court to DR news. The Crown Princess was hospitalized at 7am

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Photo © Hanne Juul/Billed BladetSo where are we at? Mary has had a check up at the hospital but is not in labour and the court has confirmed that Crown Prince Frederik has cleared his calendar of an event for January 13. Since the twins have not yet appeared he is bound to be on extra Daddy-duty in the near future. The photos of Frederik's arrival perhaps look a little more dramatic than what was

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Photo © Polfoto/EkstraBladetWednesday 5 January 2011 | Queen Margrethe, Prince Henrik and Crown Prince Henrik attended the final New Year's Court at Christiansborg Palace today for the officers from Defence and Emergency Management, the First, Second and Third rank classes and invited representatives of major national organisations and each of their patronages. The Queen and Prince Henrik

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Photo © Jens Nørgaard Larsen/B.T.Today Queen Margrethe, Prince Henrik and Crown Prince Frederik attended the New Year's Court for the judges of the Supreme Court and the two Guards regiments, the Guard Hussar Regiment and the Royal Life Guards, at Christian VII's palace, Amalienborg, and then later attended the New Year's Court for the Diplomatic Corps at Christiansborg Palace. These courts are

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Photo © Keld Navntoft /Scanpix / TV2 NoAccording to Lene Balleby, the Royal family's communication director, there are no plans for inducing the birth of the Crown Princess' twins. "We will wait for the birth to begin in the natural way," she said. "It happens when it happens. It was also the case with Prince Christian and Princess Isabella", explains the Royal head of communications. But this

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Photo © Hasse Ferrold / ICCQueen Margrethe, Prince Henrik, Crown Prince Frederik, Prince Joachim and Princess Marie have attended one of Royal Denmark's grandest occasions of the year, the New Year's Court and Banquet for the government, representatives of official Denmark and the Court in Christian VII's palace at Amalienborg. Princess Elizabeth (cousin to the Queen) was on the guest list, but

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Photos © Marc Høm / Vogue.deAnticipation for the birth of Crown Princess Mary's twins is building among royal watchers in Denmark, Australia and a world wide sprinkling too* and in the Danish and Australian media. The Crown Prince Family has spent its first Christmas and New Year at the recently renovated Frederik VIII's Palace at Amalienborg with their first night at their new home on December

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Photo © Keld Navntoft/Berlingske TidendeQueen Margrethe delivered her New Year's speech in her inimitable style this year, warning it is important for Danes to emerge from the economic crisis with dignity and good social values intact. The Queen expressed an eloquent idea by saying "We have achieved a freedom to shape our own life which previous generations have never experienced, but we should

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Photo © Hello! Frederik, Mary, Christian and Isabella attend the Queen's handiwork as scenographer and costume designer for a children's ballet, December 14, 2010. DR broadcast its annual royal review for 2010 on December 27 and December 28. The first part chronicles the year for Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik. The second part covers Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary, Christian and

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Photo © ReutersLet's crank this blog up again. Things are happening. As I write the Sydney fireworks are 'going off' (the place where this 'connection' began) and in four hours Queen Margrethe will give her traditional New Year's speech to the nation. There is other stuff happening too!See the Queen's speech live here - it will be broadcast at 6.00pm | 18.00 in Denmark. See the World Clock here

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Crown Princess Mary left her friend Amber Petty's Adelaide apartment this morning, 22 August 2010, arriving in Melbourne this afternoon for a flight to Europe. Photos © Zimbio/Photo Agency, Zimbio PacificCoastNews.comThe Herald Sun (Melbourne) - Dancing Princess Mary shakes her bootyThe Adelaide Advertiser - Princess Mary - from princess to 'lifemaid'The Herald Sun - Merry Mary quite

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Crown Princess Mary and her friend Amber Petty arrive at Amber's 40th birthday celebration at The Promethian, August 21, 2010 in Adelaide, Australia. Amber has asked the 150 invitees not to take phones or post information or photos on networking sites. More to come... the Australian election has dominated news tonight. Mary leaves the party: Photos © Daylife/GettyImages, Zimbio/

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Today Crown Princess Mary has been in Adelaide visiting with her friend Amber Petty. The friends went out to lunch at an Italian-style restaurant with two friends and during the afternoon many friends arrived to visit at Amber's apartment. One of the visitors was Amber Petty's father. Many of the mutual friends are familiar from Sydney days before Mary left to live in Denmark. The lunch companion

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Photo © News.com.auYesterday Crown Princess Mary was seen in Hobart having lunch and doing some selective shopping with sisters Jane and Trish and friends. Today Mary left Hobart and flew to Melbourne for a connecting flight to Adelaide, where she was driven to friend Amber Petty's apartment, arriving around 1pm. Reported plans include a reunion of shared friends from Sydney for Amber Petty's

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Photo © Zimbio/The Photo Agency Crown Princess Mary has arrived in Hobart for a private visit with her family and friends. The visit was confirmed yesterday while Mary was in transit by Court spokesperson Lene Balleby. Mary has not visited Australia since 2008. Mary made an early low-key arrival in Sydney and immediately took a connecting flight to Hobart, arriving around 10am local time. The

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Photo © Uffe Weng/B.T.On the day the official announcement of Mary's twin pregnancy, Frederik was sailing in Marstrand in Sweden in the Dragon Gold Cup 2010 and told Ekstra Bladet that "It is a double miracle". From B.T. Frederik was reported saying it will be quite a handful having twins. He said he didn't know how it would be to be a father of four, he supposed he will find out in six months.

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Photo © DR.dkIt has been confirmed by the websites of the Danish Royal Court and the Crown Prince Couple that Crown Princess Mary is expecting twins, due in January 2011. The Crown Princess will give birth at Rigshospitalet, where Prince Christian and Princess Isabella were born. It means Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik will become grandparents to seven. According to TV2’s reporter at

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April 22, 2010: Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary hosted a formal farewell reception for Per Thornit, their chief-of-court, at Amalienborg. It was announced on March 30 that Per Thornit would retire at the end of this month. A new chief-of-court is yet to be announced. Per Thornit, 68 in June, has worked for the court for 25 years, supporting and advising Frederik, Joachim, Alexandra

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Over the weekend (23-24 April, 2010) Prince Philippe of Belgium (Duke of Brabant) and his wife Princess Mathilde (godmother to Isabella) have been celebrating his 50th birthday with numerous royal guests including Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and her fiancé Daniel Westling, the Oranges, Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima of the Netherlands

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Princess Isabella has celebrated her third birthday on April 21 at Chancellery House in Fredensborg with family in the morning and then in the afternoon a party with her nursery school friends and other guests including her grandmother, Queen Margrethe. Billed Bladet pointed out Isabella is number three in the Danish succession and 224th in the succession to the British throne (as a descendant

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8th April,2010: One of the nice traditions at Fredensborg is the fakkeltog. It is a torchlight procession at 9pm (fakkeltog) in which the towns-people of Fredensborg go in torchlight procession into the inner courtyard of Fredensborg Palace to greet the Regent Couple on their spring return to the palace from their winter 'quarters' at Amalienborg. Fredensborg mayor Thomas Lykke Pedersen made the

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Tarriq Mikkel Khan/POLFOTO8 April,2010: Queen Margrethe had a busy day on April 8 with the 'Margrethe 2' exhibition opening at Amalienborg Museum during the morning and a press conference in the afternoon at Fredensborg. The traditional Fakkeltog followed in the evening. At the press conference Queen Margrethe said "I have been overwhelmed that so many want to celebrate me. It isn't only the

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8 April 2010: Queen Margrethe, Henrik, the Prince Consort, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary took part in the opening of the exhibition “Margrethe 2nd” at the Amalienborg Museum in Christian VIII's palace, Amalienborg. The exhibition tells the story of the Queen’s 70 years through photos, clothing and other memorabilia. Frederik and Mary surprised tourists in Amalienborg Square by

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7th April 2010: As part of the celebrations for the Queen's birthday Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik opened an exhibition "Queen Margrethe II - A life-work" comprising the Queen's own art from childhood to today at Skovgaard Museum in Viborg. The Queen's works from her earliest drawings to her latest paintings are included. Apart from paintings, the exhibition has book illustrations done by the

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Official 70th birthday portrait by Tine Harden A new stamp has been released to mark the Queen's birthday - reported here on Lokalavisen.dk - with stamps available from Post Danmark for the keen stamp collectors The National History Museum at Frederiksborg Castle has a portrait exhibition of Queen Margrethe for three months. The portrait exhibition marks the Queen's 70th birthday with a

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Photo: DR.dk/JJ FilmsQueen Margrethe will turn 70 on April 16. We are familiar with the annual birthday greeting, usually on the balcony at Amalienborg, but it is a tradition to make a bit more of the celebration when it is a significant number. We saw this in 2008 for Crown Prince Frederik's 40th birthday. A monarch's birthday is one of those occasions when private and public merge. It becomes

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...is this thing still working? Hand me some pliers, I'll change the spark plugs! Since the drought is over in Sydney I'll give the blog a wash and polish one of these days. Meanwhile, the Queen of Denmark is celebrating her 70th birthday and the Danes are celebrating the 'big birthday' as only the Danes can. As for catching up with a gazillion missed posts, I will. I'll let you know when I post

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Today Prince Henrik celebrates his 75th birthday. Born in France, he has lived in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Paris, London and, of course, Denmark. Henrik is a most interesting consort, who speaks multiple languages and has talents including author, poet, sculptor, pianist, cook, sailor, tennis player and winemaker. By his own admission, Henrik was a strict father, but appears to be a very attentive

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Prince Joachim turned 40 yesterday and spent the day at the historic and classic cars race festival at Padborg Park. He won a couple of races in the pre-1965 class and scored a birthday cake at the race festival, which was also attended by Princess Marie.Photo © Niels Henrik Dam/Billed Bladet (right with cake) Billed BladetBilled Bladet gallery

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Crown Prince Frederik celebrates his 41st birthday today. The Danish royals make a big deal of significant birthdays, as was done for Frederik last year, but this one is to be celebrated in private. After the Greek state visit and before starting the Copenhagen Marathon 2009 last Sunday, Frederik was in Capri for four days doing some Farr 40 sailing in advance of the Farr 40 World Championships

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Photo © Birger Storm/Billed BladetLast week Prince Joachim and Princess Marie stepped out for a walk at Amalienborg with their new little prince travelling incognito in a large pram. They were accompanied by Princess Marie's mother Françoise Grassiot, who did the honours of also playing grandmother to Apple.Billed Bladet reports today that although there are no confirmed reports yet, a July

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On Sunday May 17, the day before the Greek state visit, Mary and the children were at an equestrian show jumping competition at Wiegaarden, near Copenhagen. Princess Benedikte was the officiating royal, but this is an event Mary has visited regularly over the years. We learn from Billed Bladet's Anna Johannesen that both Christian and Isabella have begun learning to ride (see story summary below)

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Yesterday there was a low-key departure from Denmark of President Karolos Papoulias and Mrs May Panou Papoulias at the end of the state visit. The presidential couple took formal leave of Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik at Fredensborg Palace at 9.30am and then President Papoulias went to the Danish Parliament which included a meeting with Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen at

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The second day of the Greek state visit has been busy with Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary doing the heavy lifting of accompanying the presidential couple through their programs during the day. In the evening the Royal Family attended the return gala at the Royal Museum of Fine Art where the Greek delegation put on a concert followed by dinner. During the morning Crown Prince

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Queen Margrethe, Prince Henrik, Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary, Prince Joachim and Princess Benedikte have formally greeted the President of Greece Karolos Papoulias today, at the beginning of a three-day state visit accompanied Mrs May Panou Papoulia, by other Greek officials, and a business delegation. It is the first state visit to Denmark by a Greek head of state in more than 40

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Crown Princess Mary was at Copenhagen University early in the afternoon to present the Crown Princess Mary Scholarship for 2009. The recipients of the grants this year went to law student Rebecca James from the University of Queensland and another law student, Jeffrey Feng, from the University of Sydney. It looks like Mary's red hair was an anniversary day special - a matter between herself and

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Today Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary. Mary has been at the official opening of the 2nd Nordic Aphasia Conference as its patron at the University of Copenhagen. It may be a normal working day, but Mary appears to have decided a change is as good as a holiday by changing the colour of her hair. The anniversary will be celebrated quietly and

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To mark the fifth wedding anniversary of Frederik and Mary on Thursday, May 14, 2009, the royal court has released some new official photos of Frederik and Mary, and one with Christian and Isabella, taken by Steen Evald. Photos © Steen Evald/Kronprinsparret.dkKronprinsparret.dk - download for private useSteen Evald.com

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As Princess Marie and Prince Joachim were taking their safely delivered new little prince home on Thursday, May 7, 2009, Crown Princess Mary opened a photo exhibition in aid of the charity Maternity Worldwide at Lauritz Kunsthal in Copenhagen, Denmark. The aim of Maternity Worldwide (MWW) is to fund programs and campaigns to save lives in childbirth. MWW's goal is to save women's and children's

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Princess Marie and Prince Joachim have left hospital with their new born son, who slept through his first meeting with the media and members of the public who had turned up to greet Denmark's new prince. Princess Marie looked happy and well as she carried her new baby wrapped in a knitted baby-hoodie. Both Marie and Joachim were beaming with happiness as they passed through the Rigshospitalet

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Today Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary have visited Princess Marie and the new baby, as have Marie's parents Alain Cavallier and her mother Françoise Grassiot. The general mood of happiness at the birth among members of the Royal Family evidently continues. Friends of the couple have also visited. Photos © Tariq Mikkel Khan/POLFOTO/Fyens Stifstidende, Martin Høien/Billed

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Photo © Nanna Kreutzmann/Polfoto/Jyllands PostenQueen Margrethe has visited the hospital to meet her newest grandson around 5pm after an official duty, to farewell the outgoing Secretary General of NATO at Amalienborg. The Queen spoke only briefly to the press and arrived shortly after Prince Henrik, Prince Nikolai and Prince Felix left after their visit. Both Crown Prince Frederik and Crown

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The birth of the new prince to Princess Marie and Prince Joachim, which was at 4:57am, had gone to plan, which is to say a normal labour and natural birth without complications, although Princess Marie did have an epidural block. The baby is 3.032 kg and 49 cm and both mother and child are described as well. Princess Marie and Prince Joachim arrived late yesterday evening at Copenhagen's

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Photo © Uffe Weng/Berlingske TidendeJust over two hours ago Princess Marie gave birth to a son. Princess Marie went into labour and hospital early Sunday evening. Prince Joachim has appeared in the Rigshospitalet foyer and given the obligatory "the baby is this long" shot for photographers and expressed, naturally, that it was Marie who had done the work and he also thanked hosptial staff who

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Last Sunday (we have it on good authority from some of our readers) some U.S. followers of Danish royalty were astonished to find Frederik and Mary on the cover of PARADE Magazine,which is a light-Sunday-style insert with a circulation of 33 million and a distribution in more than 470 newspapers across the U.S. The main article is by Simon Winchester who visited Amalienborg. The editor Janice

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Today Princess Isabella turns two. Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe is Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, and was born at Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet) on April 21st, 2007. Isabella is third in the order of succession to the throne after Prince Christian and she was christened at Fredensborg Palace Chapel on 1 July 2007. Early last November Anna Johannesen and Jan

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Photo © Per Heegaard/Bådmagasinet SejlCrown Prince Frederik took part in a local regatta to christen new training yachts sailing under the auspices of the Royal Danish Yacht Club on April 18, 2009 in Rungsted, reported Bådmagasinet Sejl. The local regatta was to christen the Royal Danish Yachtclub's six new J-80 yachts. To mark the new training boats to be used by the club, the J-80s were sailed

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Queen Margrethe is celebrating her 69th birthday today and has appeared on the Amalienborg balcony to greet, and be greeted, by thousands in Amalienborg Palace Square. The Queen was joined by Prince Henrik, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary with Christian and Isabella, Prince Joachim, Princess Marie and Nikolai and Felix. Photos © Hanne Juul/BilledBladet, Keld

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Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik have been welcomed to summer at Fredensborg Palace at the traditional fakkeltog, a torchlight procession, on April 17, 2009. Queen Margrethe attended a State Council meeting in the morning in Copenhagen before the formalities of the Regent Couple's move from winter at Amalienborg to spring and summer at Fredensborg Palace. Each year the local residents hold a

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Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary have attended a reception to mark the 150th anniversary of the Naval Officers' Society at the old Naval Hospital (Søkvæsthuset) at Christianshavn yesterday afternoon. The Naval Officers' Society was founded in 1859 as a social club for naval officers and April 2nd is the foundation day. It has had numerous homes in its 150 years but has been at its

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Queen Margrethe, Prince Consort Henrik, Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary, Prince Joachim and Princess Marie and Princess Benedikte attended the 60th anniversary parade of the Danish Home Guard yesterday at Nymindegab. Crown Princess Mary and her private secretary and lady-in-waiting Caroline Heering were uniformed participants in the parade. In the evening Crown Prince Frederik and

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Crown Prince Frederik and Cown Princess Mary attended the 2009 American-Scandinavian Foundation Dinner tonight at the Pierre Hotel in New York City. The American-Scandinavian Foundation is a non-profit organisation which promotes international understanding through educational and cultural exchange. At the gala the ASF has honoured , former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, and his wife Deeda Blair,

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New official photos of the Danish Royal Family have been released today. The photos were taken in January 2009 in Amalienborg Palace. They are by three different photographers: Martin Mydtskov Rønne took the group photo, Steen Brogaard took the photos of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie and Steen Evald took those of the Crown Prince Couple. Photos © Martin Mydtskov Rønne, Steen Evald,

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Today Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary travelled to Denver, Colorado, to take part in the topping-out ceremony for two new Vestas Wind Systems manufacturing plants. They lunched privately with local business people and business leaders within the climate and energy sector in Denver. Later in the afternoon they were at the groundbreaking event at the Vestas Factory March 25, 2009 in

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Today Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary have visited Grand View University in Des Moines, which is the second of the two universities in the U.S. to still maintain close historical ties to Denmark. Frederik's grandparents visited Grand View 70 years ago, and Queen Margrethe II visited 33 years ago and he said he and Mary were proud to carry on the tradition. Grand View was founded in

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Today the Crown Prince Couple has taken part in the Climate and Energy Conference in Chicago, arranged by the City of Chicago and the Royal Danish Embassy in Washington DC. Crown Prince Frederik gave the opening speech at the conference. Later in the morning the Crown Prince Couple were given a presentation on Chicago's green initiatives, including a visit to Chicago's "green roofs" at

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Yesterday afternoon Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary visited the Danish Design event at The Spires Sales Centre at the NBC Tower in Chicago to help promote and show off new designs. It featured Bang&Olufsen, Georg Jensen and Louis Poulsen in a joint event for an invited audience. The Danish ambassador in Washington, Friis Arne Petersen, is accompanying Frederik and Mary and

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Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary have arrived in Chicago for the beginning of their six-day official visit to the United States which will take in Chicago, Illinois, Des Moines in Iowa, Omaha and Blair in Nebraska, Denver, Colorado and then New York next Friday. Their arrival was confirmed by reports in Jyllands Posten and Politiken. As widely reported, their flight from Copenhagen

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Crown Prince Frederik attended a Social Inclusion Games event as the patron for the games to be organised by the Danish Peoples' Sports Organisation for Socially Marginalised People in the Grøndahl Centre in Copenhagen on Thursday March 19. As the patron Frederik attended this indoor event as part of the 2009 program. The new term 'Udsatte Legene' is the international sports competition for

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The Queen greets boxer Mikkel Kessler.Last night Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik hosted a big gala evening for nearly 400 guests from the worlds of culture and sport. It is eleven years since Queen Margrethe hosted the last ball to honour artists, entertainers, musicians and sports people. The celebration was at Christainsborg Palace with guests among Denmark's most pre-eminent architects,

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Crown Princess Mary attended the Defense Force and Air Force's Medal of Honour dinner in Christian VII's Palace at Amalienborg last night. The Medal of Honour dinner involves serving military and there are no photos of this event, but, we do have a bird's eye view of Mary, Christian and Isabella visiting the patient at Rigshospitalet today. Photos © Jesper Sunesen/Billed BladetBilled

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Yesterday Crown Prince Frederik attended the opening of the University of Copenhagen's climate change conference: 'Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions' currently underway at the Bella Centre in Copenhagen. The conference is an interdisciplinary one on climate change with more than 2,000 participants from 80 countries. It results from cooperation between ten of the world’s

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Crown Prince Frederik has been taking part in Farr 40 sailing at Acura West in Miami, Florida from Thursday March 5 to Sunday March 8, 2009. Prince Christian featured in the pre-race preparations at the dock while he followed his father's every movement before the yacht sailed. Poor little Prince Christian, who like his parents does not escape the photographer's lens while in public, ended up as

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The Crown Prince Couple and Christian and Isabella have been skiing near Klosters in Switzerland for a later than usual break in the snow this year, at the end of February rather than at the beginning. This ski-break has the distinction of giving Billed Bladet its scoop interview with Christian (imagine tongue firmly in cheek, but it is very cute!). Christian tells how good it is to be on a ski

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Crown Princess Mary participated in Danish Home Guard officer training from January 19 to 21, on January 28 and then from February 17 to 19, 2009. Mary's further training was at the Home Guard's education centre in Christiansminde, near Jægerspris, in North Zealand. The course Crown Princess Mary has done, together with her her friend and private secretary Caroline Heering, was an officer

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Crown Prince Frederik attended the World Cup in track cycling on February 13, 2009, at the Ballerup Super Arena as its patron. See the Track Cycling World Cup 2009 site for all the news. Copenhagen has been designated the first Bike City of the world from 2008-2011 by the International Cycling Federation, UCI, and Crown Prince Frederik is its protector. When asked for his opinion on Denmark as

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Some news on two fronts. Politiken reports that the Folketing voted yesterday in favour of the proposed change in the succession law to give equal rights for firstborn female children of future Danish monarchs to succeed to the throne. Eleven parties voted in favour, while only the left-wing Unity List party voted against the new law. There will be a referendum on June 7th this year at the same

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Crown Princess Mary was at the Designers' Nest Award and the CPH Vision 2009 show on Saturday, 7 February, 2009 as part of Copenhagen's Fashion Week (CIFF). The Designers’ Nest Award was inaugurated in February 2005 to encourage a promising design student through acknowledgement by the established world of fashion and design. The winner of the Designers’ Nest Award receives a cash award of DKK

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Crown Princess Mary attended the CIFF show By Marlene Birger at Docken on 6 February 2009. Over the years Malene Birger has proven to be one of Mary's favourite Danish designers. Countess Alexandra was present too and the two chatted together after the show. Also there were Tanja Doky, Mary's friend and stylist, Anja Camilla Aladji, Frederik's and Mary's Chief -of-Court Per Thornit and his wife,

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Another royal birthday last week was Princess Marie's - her first as a princess. So another happy birthday wish to Marie for February 6. Early reports said she celebrated the day at Schackenborg, but it was quickly followed up by a winter holiday in the snow. Marie, Joachim, Nikolai and Felix were in Switzerland skiing on the snowfields near Geneva, familiar to Marie since her schooldays.

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Frederik attended the Olympic ice hockey qualifier between Denmark and Norway on February 8, 2009. Denmark had beaten Kazakhstan and would have made Danish sporting history had they qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Denmark had never competed in ice hockey at Olympic level, but unfortunately, it was not to be, despite strong national support, including Frederik's. The Crown Prince's support

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Crown Princess Mary attended the premiere of the CIFFKIDS Trend Show at the Bella Centre in Copenhagen on her birthday. Mary is the patron of Denmark's fashion industry, one of the country's biggest economic sectors. A crowd broke into a rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’ in recognition of Mary’s 37th birthday as she arrived at the Bella Centre. The little girl who presented a bouquet of flowers to

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Today Crown Princess Mary celebrates her 37th birthday. The family is in Denmark rather than visiting Verbier, as has been the custom. Mary has an engagement later this afternoon with one of her patronages, the premiere of the CIFFKIDS Trend Show at the Bella Centre in Copenhagen which is a part of the Autumn/Winter 2009/2010 at the Copenhagen Fashion Fair.CIFFCIFF press releases (in English)

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Photo © Hanne Juul/Billed Bladet (and various below)On January 5 the Regent Couple and the Crown Prince Couple received the Supreme Court, the Royal Lifeguards Officer Corps and Guard Hussar Regiment's Officer Corps in Christian VII Palace at Amalienborg, and then later in the morning, they attended the New Year's Court for the Diplomatic Corps serving in Denmark at Christiansborg Palace. This

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The Regent Couple, Queen Margrethe and the Prince Consort, held the first and most exclusive of the New Year courts, a gala court banquet at Amalienborg Palace this evening for "official Denmark". The Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen (pictured below) had the distinction of being in two places at once as he arrived as his New Year address was broadcast on television. Traditionally the

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Queen Margrethe has delivered her 37th New Year message from Amalienborg Palace and bid Danes to remember to give thanks for their privileged position and suggested Denmark shouldn't let go of its international responsibilities. A smile and a thanks to fellow human beings will help carry Danes safe and sound through the financial crisis. The Queen said Danes can say thanks for what they get, even

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From the place where Mary and Frederik met, it is already 2009! Photo: Craig Greenhill/The Daily Telegraph It is time to wish you all a Happy New Year! This is the anniversary of our third year, although many a loyal reader might have doubted the blog this year. As I have told many of you who have been kind and concerned and sent emails, this blog is a spare time activity, and real life does get

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On Monday evening (29 December), Crown Prince Frederik awarded this year's Discovery in Danish Sport 2008 at Politiken House in Copenhagen. Rower Morten Jørgensen, 20, who was a part of Denmark's Beijing Olympic gold medal winning team in the lightweight fours, won the award. Jørgensen won in front of other contenders, including the silver medallist kayaker René Holten Poulsen, the racing cyclist

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All photos © Flemming Jeppesen/Billed BladetBilled Bladet has published photos of Christian and Isabella at the playground near Marselisborg Castle with their nannies Merete and Signe. Just as cousins Nikolai and Felix had proven (see post below), the playground at Memorial Park near Marselisborg was irresistable during the Christmas holiday.

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© Se og Hør/Hans BølchoThe Danish Royal Family has celebrated Christmas at Marselisborg in Århus and attended a Christmas service at the 800 year-old Århus Cathedral. The whole family attended church together this year with the exception of Isabella, who remained at home since she is still too little to last through a full church service. It is Marie's first Christmas as a princess of Denmark

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Isabella, Christian and Mary in the Marselisborg replica doll's house, a christening gift to Isabella from Århus Municipality presented earlier this year. Christmas will be a cosy affair for the Danish Royal Family this year. The Danish royals traditionally spend Christmas at Marselisborg Palace in Århus. Spokesperson for the court, Lene Balleby, has confrimed the Regent Couple will move from

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Crown Prince Frederik has taken Prince Christian to see his grandmother's handiwork at Susanne Heering's Ballet School's annual production in Copenhagen yesterday. Queen Margrethe has designed costumes, sets and posters for her long time friend's annual productions for more than 28 years. The production is often of a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, but this year there is a departure so

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Crown Princess Mary has attended the gala premiere of the movie Australia at the Imperial Biografen Cinema, Copenhagen. The gala was held to benefit The Save the Children Fund and funds will go towards projects both in Denmark and abroad. The secretary general of Save the Children in Denmark, Mimi Jacobsen, received a cheque for the proceeds of the evening before the movie began from Fox Films in

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