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.”

Click here, here and here to watch videos.

Click here to view photos.

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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.

Please click here, here and here to view photos before vile hunt.

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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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