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.

20 Years of Children's Rights: Day 1

19 November 2009

Crown princess Mary of Denmark spent 2 days in Sweden to participate in activities for the 20th anniversary of the United Nation's Declaration of the Rights of the Child.

Other royals attending were: king Carl Gustav & queen Silvia of Sweden, crown princess Victoria of Sweden and her fiancé Daniel Westling, princess Madeleine of Sweden & her fiancé Jonas Bergström, queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, queen Sofia of Spain, queen Paola of the Belgians, grand duchess Maria-Teresa of Luxembourg, crown princess Mette-Marit of Norway, princess Margarita of Romania and princess Katherine of Yugoslavia.

In the morning, the royal delegation visited a children's home in Stockholm.

Mary wore 2 new bracelets by Georg Jensen.

A group photo at the royal palace.

At night there was a concert at Berwaldhallen in Stockholm.

This was one of last times Madeleine & Jonas were seen together in public. The engagement would be broken off a few months later.

Mary burst out laughing when she got the heels of her Louboutins stuck in a grating while trying to pose for the press...

Mary didn't need a hotel, she stayed at the royal palace in Stockholm.

Visit to Flensburg

6 May 2009

Crown prince Frederik and crown princess Mary spent 5 hours on German soil, visiting the Danish minority population of Schleswig-Holstein for the 3rd time since Mary's transformation to crown princess. They travelled by helicopter.

This time they visited the city Flensburg. 

Mary carried a new clutch by Rika.

Caroline Heering accompanied them as Mary's lady-in-waiting.

When visiting the Danish kindergarten, a girl asked whether Mary cooks for her family, or if that's done by her lady-in-waiting ("No, we don't cook every day." Frederik: "She bakes Australian coconut cookies with our children"), if Mary has gold shoes ("Yes, but they're not made from real gold, that would be too heavy") and whether she has tiaras ("Yes, I have 2 tiaras, one that's white and red, and another that's white with many diamonds that sparkle").

The couple was very relaxed and spontaneous during their visit to the kindergarten. 

Sun Campaign 2009

28 April 2009

 As patron, crown princess Mary launched Kræftens Bekæmpelse's 'Solkampagne 2009' at the Teknologisk Institut in Taastrup.

Tanja Doky acted as lady-in-waiting.