On Wednesday, September 18, 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, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Joachim and Princess Marie, and Her Royal Highness Princess Benedikte welcomed the President of Vietnam, Truong Tấn Sang and First Lady Mai Thi Hanh to lovely old Denmark.

After the usual traditional welcoming ceremony and the inspection of the Royal Life Guard’s Her Majesty, the royal family, President Sang and the First Lady hopped into their cars and hightailed to Fredensborg Slot.  Once there the always incredibly happy Danish press were waiting ever so patiently for Her Majesty and her guests inside the Harsdorffsalen at Fredensborg Slot.  Ten minutes later the photo-op was over.

An hour and a half later and a change of clothing Crown Princess Mary hosted a lovely luncheon at Frederik VIII’s Palace for First Lady Mai Thi Hanh and her delegation.  Thereafter, the future queen of Denmark and the First Lady arrived in Hellerup where they visited a kindergarten then headed on over to the Nationalmuseet to view the fantastic exhibition, Viking.

Meanwhile, Crown Prince Frederik had the pleasure of entertaining President Sang and his delegation for a few hours.  So what did they do?  Well, the crown prince hosted a fabulous luncheon at the Hermitage Palace for his Vietnamese guests and a few lucky as well as very influential — hence deep pockets — Danish businessmen.

After that they sailed in and around Copenhagen Harbor…staring at a bunch of stuff.  An hour later they were over it.  As a result they headed on over to A.P. Møller Mærsk where they watched a “…presentation about the company’s business activities in Vietnam…” according to the Danish royal court.

In the evening, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II hosted a gala state dinner at Fredensborg Slot in honor of President Sang and First Lady Mai Thi Hanh’s visit to Denmark.

Click here to watch a long video from tonight’s gala dinner.

Video of the arrival of President Sang.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65oPw9UPTsU

On the afternoon of September 17, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II and His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark attended the inauguration of the newly restored Brede Allé in the gardens at Fredensborg Slot.

According to the Danish royal court and the Danish newspaper, Sjællands Nyheder, the restoration of Brede Allé began in 2009 with an incredibly generous grant — 53.6 million DKK — from AP Møller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond.

How nice of them.   🙂

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Photo courtesy of Kongehuset DK

After a fun-filled day playing on the beach during the 2013 KIA Cold Hawaii Professional Windsurf Association (PWA) World Cup pre-events in Klitmøller, northern Denmark, on Sunday His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark is back to doing the usual boring old work.

So what did he do today?  Well, he was in Aalborg where he had the pleasure of opening the State of Green Water Tours Visitors Service according to the Danish royal court.  The crown prince also visited several water technology companies where he hung out with a bunch of really cool people, looked at stuff, played with various thingamabobs, etc, etc, etc.   🙂

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Meanwhile, at Frederik VIII’s Palace in Copenhagen, the lovely Crown Princess Mary of Denmark met with various recipients of the Crown Princess Mary Scholarship.

On Sunday, September 15, 2013, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark arrived in Klitmøller in northern Denmark to attend in the 2013 KIA Cold Hawaii Professional Windsurf Association (PWA) World Cup pre-events.

This afternoon the heir to the Danish throne had a chance to meet with those who will compete in the PWA World Cup (which officially begins on September 16-22), tried his hand at windsurfing, drove a jet-ski into the ocean to watch those practicing for the PWA World Cup, mingled with the press (some whom are now referring to Crown Prince Frederik as the “Surfer prince.”  Um, no, just no), and much more.

If you are interested in watching the 2013 KIA Cold Hawaii Professional Windsurf Association World Cup live beginning on September 16 please click here and/or here.

Click here to watch a video news report.

To view more photos from today’s events please click here and here.

Photo courtesy of Kongehuset.dk

On September 13, 2013, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark accompanied by her dear friend, Ms. Caroline Heering, were on the island of Bornholm to participate in the Hjemmeværnets (Home Guard) drill, Sikker Solskin, with a bunch of good-looking Danish men in military exercise uniforms.

And, that’s it.  I really have nothing else to say.   🙂

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On September 11, 2013, at Frederik VIII’s Palace, Amalienborg, in Copenhagen Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark participated in an important meeting with members of the Mary Fonden.

And, that’s it.   🙂  Her blouse is cute.