On September 25, 2013, Her Royal Highness Princess Marie of Denmark accompanied by the Danish Minister of Education, Mr. Morten Østergaard and the President of the Council of Technology and Innovation, Ms. Conni Simonsen, arrived at Grev Moltkes Palace in Copenhagen to present the 2013 Innovation Storm Prizes to five Danish companies.
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Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, accompanied by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, had the pleasure of naming A.P. Møller-Mærsk’s new container ship this morning at Langelinie in Copenhagen. The new container ship was christened the Majestic Mærsk.
According to the Danish royal court the Majestic Mærsk will “…sail between Europe and Asia carrying various agricultural goods…”
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On the afternoon of Friday, September 20, 2013, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark attended the 2013 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships at Lake Bagsværd.
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On Friday, September 20, 2013, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark arrived at Roskilde Universitet to participate in the 2013 Danske Banks Pris for Social Innovation og Socialt Entreprenørskab (Danish Bank Prize for Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship).
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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.
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Video of the arrival of President Sang.
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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On September 17, 2013, Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark arrived at the Bagsværd Boldklub just north of Copenhagen to participate in the launch of the Mary Fondens Projekt “Klubfidusen” (Club Trick).
According to the Danish royal court:
“…the project consists of a series of activities and materials to support the children’s communities and the values of tolerance, respect, compassion and courage on and off the field.
Klubfidusen is based on the experience of the Mary Foundation’s and Save the Children’s project ‘Free From Bullying’, and will be tested at five football clubs during the autumn of 2013.”
Cool.
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