Margrethe 70: Exhibition + Fakkeltog

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. 

8 April 2010

At 11:00 queen Margrethe, prince Henrik and the crown prince couple were at the Amalienborg Museum, housed at Christian VIIIs Palae, to open the exhibition "Margrethe II" that retraced Margrethe's life through paintings and other artefacts.

In the evening both couples were in each other's company again at Fredensborg Palace where they greeted the crowd of locals who had come to sing to them at the end of the traditional torch light walk, celebrating the queen taking up her annual residence at Fredensborg Slot.

Mary wore a new jacket by Joseph.

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. 

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. 

Donation for Refugee Council & EliteForsk Conference 2009

29 January 2009

At 11:00, crown princess Mary accepted a donation from the Danish Demining Group (part of the Swedish Lottery Group) on behalf of her patronage, Dansk Flygtningehjælp. The audience took place at Amalienborg, Christian VIIIs Palae.

Mary wore a new skirt by Alberta Ferretti.

In the afternoon, Mary attended the EliteForsk conference at New Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen where various researchers were awarded for their work.

One of the recipients, Milena Penkowa (in the middle) saw her prize later taken away from her because she committed fraud.

Mary's new brooch was by Yves Saint Laurent. She new pumps were Louboutins.