The Royal Correspondent

This evening at Fredensborg Palace Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II threw a lovely gala dinner in honor of the South Korean state visit to Denmark.  The entire Danish royal family were at tonight’s event including H.R.H. Crown Princess Mary who was absent this morning when Mr. Lee Myung-bak, the South Korean President, arrived at the airport.

Nonetheless, all of the Danish royal women wore their tiaras and best gowns.  H.R.H. Princess Marie wore a daring V-neck white gown and her bridal tiara.  While, H.R.H. Crown Princess Mary wore a new dark blue long-sleeved dress and her wedding tiara.  Interestingly, the crown princess made some additions to her diamond wedding tiara whereupon she added pearls around the base as well as in-between each row of diamond spikes… if that makes any sense.

Once everyone had found their assigned seats at the dinner table, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe gave a nice speech.  She also noted that the crown princely couple will visit South Korea sometime in 2012.  Here is a snippet from her speech:

Mr President,

Next year, the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess are planning to visit Korea. I know that they are looking very much forward to this visit and to taking active part in ensuring that the warm Danish-Korean relations are being continued.
In wishing the Korean people continued happiness and progress, and in the hope that the good relations between our two countries will prosper and develop, I raise my glass together with the Prince Consort to propose a toast to the President of the Republic of Korea and Mrs Kim.

To read Her Majesty’s speech in its entirety please click the link here.

To view the photos from the gala dinner please click here, here,  here here here, here, and here.

To watch a video from the dinner please click the link here.  However, I must tell you that the video may work for some and may not work for others.  Sorry about that.  

Anyway, more photos from tonight’s event are still coming through the newswire so please stay tuned for updates.    :)

Source:  Kongehuest.dk  Photos courtesy of Elissa from RD and TRFs.  Thank you!  

On May 11, 2011, the President of South Korea, Mr. Lee Myung-bak, arrived at Copenhagen Airport for a two-day state visit to Denmark.

The President, along with his wife, were greeted by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II, H.R.H. Prince Henrik, H.R.H. Crown Prince Frederik, H.R.H. Princess Benedikte, and T.R.H.s Prince Joachim and Princess Marie.  Noticeably absent was the crown prince’s wife, Mary.  It is unknown why she did not attend the official greeting ceremony for the South Korean President, but one can only assume she was tending to her family at the palace or she was busy behind the scenes with official duties.

After the ceremony was over, Her Majesty invited Mr. Lee Myung-bak and his entourage to the lovely Fredensborg Palace, where he will stay until the visit is over.  After a quick rest, he along with H.R.H. Crown Prince Frederik participated in a wreath laying ceremony at the Jutlandia Monument in Langelinie.  Then is was off for a tour of the Big 8 House building in Ørestad.  And, finally the duo officially opened the Global Green Growth Institute in Risø.

Tonight there will be a regal gala dinner at Fredensborg Palace in honor of the South Korean President’s visit to Denmark.  According to the official website for the royal house of Denmark, Kongehuest.dk, H.R.H. Crown Princess Mary is scheduled to attend tonight’s dinner.

To watch a video of Mr. Lee Myung-bak’s arrival as well as to see the entire Danish royal family please click the link here.  Also, if you would like to watch other videos including the arrival to Fredensborg Palace, look to your right and under the title Ovrige Nyheder, you will see many clips of Her Majesty Queen Margrethe and H.R.H. Crown Prince Frederik… just click the box and the clips will begin.

To view photos from today’s events please click the links here, here,  and here. 

To view the guest-list as well as the menu for tonight’s gala dinner please click the links here and here. 

Source:  Kongehuest.dk  Photo courtesy of:  Billed Bladet (photo by Jesper Sunesen)

On May 9, 2011, H.R.H. Princess Benedikte of Denmark, H.S.H. Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was in Hørsholm, Denmark to participate in the inauguration of a new orangery at the Caring Center Breelteparken.

According to the Danish newspaper, SN.dk, the new orangery, “… is a new common area, a glass building with a front garden, which residents can use to relax in.”  Residents as well as the local politicians were thrilled to see the elegant princess and were grateful for her patronage to the Caring Center Breelteparken specifically the president of Breelteparken, Torben Gruelund, who noted, “… I am very grateful that Her Royal Highness has been able to find time to participate in this celebration. A celebration is of paramount importance to all residents here…” 

There are many great photos from the inauguration so please click the links here and here to view.

Source and photo courtesy of:  SN.dk by David Abildgaard