Forskningens Døgn 2010 + Goodbye to Per Thornit

22 April 2010

As patron, crown princess Mary was present at the official opening of "Research Day", at Planetariet in Copenhagen.

Mary arrived at 10:00

Mary also handed out the Forskningskommunikationspris.

Later that day, Mary joined Frederik, Joachim & Mary for a farewell reception for the crown prince couple's retiring chief of court, Per Thornit.

Mærsk McKinny Møller was also among the guests.

Mary was in the first stage of her third pregnancy, expecting twins. The news hadn't been made public yet.

Per Thornit would later say he was one of the first to hear from Frederik that Mary was having twins. Thorning had become very close to both Frederik and Joachim over the years, and he'd been Mary's mentor on her way to becoming crown princess, guiding her during her first years in Denmark.

Margrethe 70: Gala for Danish Officials

For more than a week Queen Margrethe II's upcoming 70th birthday was celebrated with a large number of festive events in Denmark, culminating in a various galas. Mary was at the very start of her third pregnancy, expecting twins. The news hadn't been made public yet. 

13 April 2010

A first grand gala banquet for queen Margrethe's 70th birthday was hosted at Christiansborg. Apart from the royal family, princess Benedikte & prince Richard von Sayn-Wittgenstein Berleburg, guests included the members of government and other officials such as mayors and judges.

The royal guests arrived at 19:30.

Mary wore the red gown, designed by Uffe Frank that she originally wore on the night before her wedding day. She's also worn it to the gala for the Bulgarian state visit in 2006.

Greeting the guests.

PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen.

Leader of the Social-Democrats, Helle Thorning-Schmidt.

Foreign Secretary Lene Espersen.

Minister for the Environment, Lykke Friis.

The banquet.

Around this time Mary's third pregnancy started. At this stage it was still very private, and the couple possibly wasn't aware yet they would be having twins.

EliteForsk 2010 + Gala for Government - Extra Labels

First New Year's Court of 2010

1 January 2010

At 19:00 queen Margrethe hosted the traditional first Nytårskur & taffel for the Danish government at Amalienborg Slot in Copenhagen. She was assisted by prince Henrik, the crown prince couple, prince Joachim & princess Marie.

Mary wore a new gown by Jesper Høvring.

She also wore a new set of diamond "Love Bands" rings by Ole Lynggaard.

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.

Environment Minister Lykke Friis and Minister for Development Cooperation, Ulla Tørnæs.

Economy Minister Lene Espersen.

Court's communications chef, Lene Balleby.