Visit to Australia 2011: Day Three

The Danish crown prince & crown princess were on an official 7 day visit to Mary's home country, followed by 3 weeks of holidays in Tasmania. Mary & Frederik's first week in Australia was an official trade mission with cultural exchanges and top diplomatic encounters.

22 November 2011

10:15
Arrival at Canberra Airport.

11:30
Meeting with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and lunch in Parliament House.

13:30
Meeting with opposition leader Tony Abbott at the House of Representatives.

14:30
Visit to the "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander" art exhibition in the National Gallery of Australia.
Mary also posed in front of her own portrait and met the painter, Jiawei Shen.

15:30
Visit to the National Arboretum where crown prince Frederik & crown princess Mary planted a field maple (Acer Campestre).

Mary was wearing a new diamond "Vivianna Pavé" watch by Georg Jensen.

16:25
Wreath laying ceremony at the Australian War Memorial.

Summer Cruise 2011: Skagen

22 August 2011

The first stop on the crown prince family's summer cruise was Skagen.

10:00 Arrival with the highlight of the day, showing the 7 months old twins to the public.

Greeting the large crowd waiting for them.

10.40: Carriage ride to Kappel Borg, Skagen's new arts center which would be inaugurated by the crown prince & crown princess.

Tanja Doky accompanied Mary on the tour as her lady-in-waiting.

12:00: A showing of the exhibition "Skagen Gold" at Skagen Museum.

13:00 Lunch at Hotel Brøndums.

14:25 Visit to Daycare "Rainbow" and "Willows".

15:00 Visit to Skagen Arthritis and Rygcenter.

15:50 Visit to the studio and production premises of Electro Marine.

16:30 Guided tour of Klitgården that had been built by the Crown Prince's great-grandfather King Christian X in 1914.

17:10 Carriage ride back to the Dannebrog.

19:30 Reception aboard the royal yacht.

22:00 The Dannebrog leaves Skagen for its next destination, Hanstholm.