After 10 days away from the rest of her family - solo holidays in Australia and a wedding in Greece - crown princess Mary returned to Denmark.
The swimming event 'Christiansborg Rundt' marked the start of her official activities after a 2 month summer break. Tanja Doky accompanied the crown princess as lady-in-waiting.
As patron of the Danish Swimming Union Mary gave the official start.
Two years later Mary would participate herself in this event: a 2000 meter swimming race through the Copenhagen canals. At the 2010 race she was already asked if she would participate. She answered that she couldn't because of her pregnancy, but "who knows, in the future...".
Mary wore new "Gwenneth" earrings by Julie Wettergren.
She handed the prize to the winner of the swimming race.
Later the same day, Mary, Frederik & the children stopped by countess Alexandra's villa to take part in prince Nikolai's 11th birthday party.
Frederik & Mary attended the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada from the 9th to the 19th of February. While crown prince Frederik of Denmark was present as an official IOC member, Mary had no official activities and was only listed as accompanying her husband. She arrived later. The children were at home in Denmark.
12 February 2010
Crown prince Frederik & crown princess Mary attended the official opening ceremony alongside crown prince Haakon of Norway.
Crown prince Frederik and crown princess Mary donated 250.000 Danish kroner from their mutual fund to Aarhus' AGF Swimming Club for their integration project.
At 10:00 the crown prince couple arrived at the Århus Swimming Stadium. They were staying at the nearby Marselisborg estate for the Christmas holidays.
Mary wore her new "Veleno" Pomellato ring and earrings.
As patron, crown princess Mary attend the annual Christmas carol concert of Det Danske Musikkonservatoriums Børnekor at Esajas Kirke in Copenhagen. She was accompanied by her family and by the Heering family.
