Opening a Health Center

21 April 2006

About 600 people were waiting for crown prince Frederik & crown princess Mary to open a new advanced Health Center in Odense, at 11:30.

An hour earlier the crown princes had arrived with prince Christian at Hotel Knudsens Gård in Odense. The 6 month old prince staid there with his nanny while his parents were received at the town hall and opened the health center.

video (with a kiss at the end)

Visit to Schleswig-Holstein: day two, Kiel

18 February 2006

At 8:00 the Danish delegation moved from Hamburg to Kiel, the capital of the Schleswig-Holstein region. They stopped at the Kieler Kaufmann Hotel with Christian, so he could be breastfed by Mary.

At around 11:00 the crown princely couple arrived in a limousine at the Kiel Kunsthalle to visit a Danish art expo with PM Carstensen.

Mary carried a new Prada purse. Her new suit and shirt were by Strenesse.

At noon the prince & princess had lunch with regional prime minister Peter Harry Carstensen. Mary went to breastfeed Christian who had been brought to the Waldschlösschen Hotel in Schleswig.

At 14:45 Mary & Frederik were shown the Valdemar wall at the Danewerke, a Danish fortification system that used to be the border between Denmark and Germany.

Last stop of the day was the Gottorf castle, where the couple was shown the famous globes and a reception was held, in the company of 60 Danes living in this German region.

After their official 2 day visit to the Schleswig-Holstein region Frederik, Mary and Christian left for Verbier, Switzerland, to go skiing with friends.

Australia tour: day 11

7 March 2005

Frederik & Mary were at the Sydney Opera House where the Danish crown prince named a few prominent Australians HC Andersen ambassadors. Among them Andrew Denton, who interviewed the couple earlier on.

Mary herself was also named ambassador by Frederik...

Mary wore a new Prada dress.

 

The couple also unveiled a Hans Christian Andersen bust at Observatory Hill.

In the late afternoon Mary & Frederik attended the Danish consul's reception at Sydney Opera House's restaurant "Bennelong".

This was their last day in Sydney, the next day they left for Canberra.

Video of their day:

Mary was in the first stage of her pregnancy with Christian. The news hadn't been made public yet.

At Psykiatrifonden

16 February 2005

Crown princess Mary attended a meeting of the Danish Association for Mental Health, accompanied by her lady-in-waiting countess Victoria Bernstorff-Gyldensteen.

In the evening she would be seen at a fashion show, together with Alexandra Manley, Prince Joachim's ex wife.

Mary was in the first stage of her pregnancy with Christian. The news hadn't been made public yet.

Third Patronage: Hjerteforeningen

19 January 2005

Mary inherited the patronage of the Danish Heart Association from her father-in-law, prince Henrik.

The press of course mentioned the link to Mary's mother, Henrietta Clarke who died during heart surgery in 1997.

At night Mary had another public activity, attending the premiere of the musical "Beauty and the Beast".