Australian Reception for the Twins

30 May 2011

Crown prince Frederik & crown princess Mary attended a recpeption at the Australian embassy in Hellerup that was organized to mark the birth of their twins, prince Vincent & prince Josephine.

Mary wore a new dress by Hugo Boss and carried a new clutch by Pura Lopez. Her new necklace was custom made by Charlotte Lynggaard (for the jewellery brand Ole Lynggaard).

They were recieved by ambassador James Choi.

Mary was accompanied by her lady-in-waiting, Tanja Doky.

Grants for the Danish Heart Foundation

6 November 2010

As patron of Hjerteforeningen, crown princess Mary handed out grants to Børnehjertefonden.

The activity took place at Experimentarium in Hellerup.

Mary was 6,5 months pregnant with the twins. She was wearing a new blouse/dress by Malene Birger that had also been seen on her equally pregnant friend, baroness Caroline Fleming a few weeks earlier.

Visit to the Cardiology Ward + Expo "Hjernen"

30 September 2009

As patron, crown princess Mary made a visit to the Cardiology Ward of the Rigshospital in Copenhagen. She was informed about new therapeutic methods in heart surgery and met patients.

At 16:00 the crown princess opened the exhibition "The Brain" at the Eperimentarium in Hellerup.

Tanja Doky was lady-in-waiting at both activities.

Journalist Anna Johannesen asked Mary what she does to keep her brain fit.
Mary answered: "I read a lot, I rest, I excersize, I eat healthy and then I do sodoku. So that's good. And then I've learned that I am apparantly in the process of building up a (neural) network in my brain by learning the Danish language".

Experimentarium

18 January 2009

Mary and the children were spotted at the Experimentarium in Hellerup.

While Frederik flew out to Florida for the Acuba Key West regatta, Mary and the children paid a visit to the active science museum on Sunday afternoon. They were accompanied by Caroline Heering and her two daughters, Emilie & Rosemarie.

Watching Frederik sail & Opening the Summer Ballet

29th August 2007

Mary took her two children along to watch husband Frederik sail in the Farr 40 finale in Hellerup.

In the evening crown princess Mary returned to her official duties after 4 months of maternity leave with the official opening of the summer ballet at the Bellevue Theatre in Klampenborg.

Mary wore a new necklace and bracelet by Monies.

She was accompanied by Julie Mølsgaard and Sarah Zobel.

Mary's new pumps were by Prada.

Fri for mobberi

1st February 2007

Six month pregnant crown princess Mary launched the new anti-bullying campaign of Save the Children Denmark at "Humlebien" Kindergarten in Hellerup. The project was based on the Australian "Better Buddies" school campaign, developed by the Alannah and Madeline Foundation.

(Translated) parts of Mary's speech: 

"It was a pleasure to bear witness the friendship between big and small children which was visible when they were working together on a project together. I was also impressed by their answers to my many questions. Their responses weren't learned by rote. This was very clear when I asked, for instance, "What is tolerance?" The kids formulated their own interpretations. I asked a 5-year-old girl 'What does empathy mean?", which is a fairly difficult question, I thought, for a kid of that age. Her answer was "If I see someone fall down in the school yard, then I will go over to them and ask if they are okay and if I can help". I asked another one, what 'acceptance' means, and the answer was, that it is important to understand, that we are all different, and that this makes life more interesting."

"My role as international sponsor for the Alannah and Madeline Foundation was made public in October 2005. I said 'yes' to the task because I would like to support their goal and becuase I was impressed by their postive achievements.

For this reason it was natural for me to think of Denmark, and whether the many good ideas and tools against bullying developed by the Alannah and Madeline Foundation could be used here.

I talked to Red Barnet [Save the Children], who were ready immediately to take on the idea and modify and use the experiences from Australia to help to prevent bullying in Denmark.

The contact was created between Red Barnet and the Alannah and Madeline Foundation. Red Barnet created a steering commitee to help start the program, which involved modifying and developing the Australian program to suit Danish conditions. I have been a member of this commitee, which has existed for almost a year. "

"As a mother I am obviously engaged in the subject. I can't bear the thought that my son would be exposed to bullying or would bully others. We all have a responsibility as parents and teachers to teach our children to create communities - and to make the children's lives 'free of bullying'."

"I am looking forward to keeping track of the work to prevent bullying in kindergarten, and it is my hope that the project will spread out to other kindergartens and in schools all over the country, and who knows - perhaps to other countries as well."

Mary had visited the Australian project at the Aspendale Garden Primary School in Melbourne 2 months earlier, during her holidays: http://maryfromthestart.blogspot.be/2015/03/trip-to-australia-day-8-patronage-nr.html

It was at this kindergarten, "Humlebien" in Hellerup that Mary & Frederik sent their twins from September 2011 when they were 8 months old.