Here are two interviews with Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark prior to their visit to amazing Sydney, Australia.
Click the links below to watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZHw5_Ov3Wg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1vOf8scTGQ
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On the evening of October 28, 2013, Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark presided over the 2013 Crown Prince Couple’s Awards ceremony held at the Sydney Opera House.
According to the official website for tonight’s award ceremony:
“The Crown Prince Couple’s Culture Award was given to the artistic teams behind the first seasons of the drama series The Killing and Borgen.
The voluntary national organization Natteravnene (Night Owls) received the Crown Prince Couple’s Social Award.
The young musicians Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violinist, and MØ aka Karen Marie Ørsted, singer-songwriter, were presented with the Crown Prince Couple’s Rising Star Awards.”
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On October 25, 2013, His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark accompanied by the former Danish Minister of Defense, Mr. Søren Gade and 30 local hunters, participated in the slaughtering innocent animals for fun on the Klosterhede Plantage.
Gross.
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On the evening of Sunday, October 27, 2013, Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark celebrated the 40th anniversary of the iconic Sydney Opera House.
Roughly, 5000 people attended this evening’s gala celebrations which included a concert by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, “…soloists from Opera Australia and the vocal heft of the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs..” according to the official website for the Sydney Opera House.
Please click here and here to watch video news reports.
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On October 24, 2013, Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark began their five-day visit to awesome Sydney, Australia. The purpose of the visit is to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the iconic Sydney Opera House, and generally to have a fabulous time.
Anyway, this morning the crown princely couple participated in a photo-op in front of the Sydney Opera House and mingled with hundreds of locals who came out to see the couple.
In the afternoon, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary arrived at the Government House where they met with the Governor of New South Wales, Marie Roslyn Bashir, and her husband, Sir Nicholas Michael Shehadie.
For more information about today’s events as well as to watch videos and view photos please click the links below.
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On the evening of October 11, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II and His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark arrived at the ARoS Kunstmuseum in Aarhus to view the special exhibition, Pas de Deux Royal: An Artistic Meeting.
As I mentioned yesterday, the exhibition displays “… 150 works selected in close collaboration with H.M. the Queen and H.R.H. the Prince Consort. The exhibition contains both early and very recent works and the artistic themes have been divided into 10 galleries covering a total area of 1,000 square metres.”
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This morning Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II and His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark sat down with TV2 Ostjylland journalist, Mr. Søren Jensen, to discuss their new exhibition, Pas de Deux Royal: An Artistic Meeting, held at the famed ARoS Kunstmuseum in Aarhus.
According to the official website for the ARoS Kunstmuseum this special exhibition displays:
“…150 works selected in close collaboration with H.M. the Queen and H.R.H. the Prince Consort. The exhibition contains both early and very recent works and the artistic themes have been divided into 10 galleries covering a total area of 1,000 square metros.
The exhibition portrays the Queen as a landscape painter, but visitors’ eyes will also be feasting on church textiles, large theatre stage sets, and the meticulous découpages, to which the Queen has devoted herself for a number of years and which have added further edge to her creative talent.
In the case of the Prince Consort, it is sculpture and poetry which repeatedly find new modes of expression in imaginative bronze and marble figures and a flow of poetic diction.
The exhibition galleries render a visualization of a long life shared and common experiences expressed through creative talent in their own ways and in different media.
The Queen is fascinated by nature in its glorious magnificence, never leaving room for figures in her art while the Prince Consort always focuses on animal and human bodies in his sculptures, and his frequent use of the words ‘you’ and ‘I’ in his poems serve to underline human relations.”
If you happen to live in Denmark or will be visiting the lovely country within the next few months Pas de Deux Royal: An Artistic Meeting will be open to the public beginning on October 12, 2013 – February 23, 2014.
For more information about the ARoS Kunstmuseum please visit their official website here.
Please click here to watch the royal couple’s interview with TV2 (in Danish).
Click here to view photos of some of the artworks on display.
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The Royal Correspondent 