On September 2, 2013, Her Royal Highness Princess Marie of Denmark arrived in Odense to inaugurate the new Syddansk Universitet Student Center.
And, well, there is not much else to say except that her hair looks amazing. 🙂
Photo courtesy of Kongehuset
On September 2, 2013, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark participated in the opening of the Danmarks Naturfredningsforenings and the Friluftsrådets campaign entitled, Naturens Dag (Nature’s Day).
Meanwhile, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark arrived in Rabat, Morocco to begin her three-day tour where she will visit “…a number of initiatives in which the objective is to combat violence against women and improve women’s rights generally in the Middle East and North Africa…” according to the Danish royal court.
Anyway, this morning the future queen of Denmark visited the Mausoleum of Mohammad V where she paid her respects to the late Moroccan monarch, King Hassan II.
On August 29, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark arrived at the Nationalhistoriske Museum at Frederiksborg Slot to preview the exhibition, Danmark og Zarernes Rusland: 1600-1900.
According to the official website for the Nationalhistoriske Museum the exhibition, which will be open to the public beginning on August 30 -December 1, 2013, “…chronicles Russo-Danish relations [from] 1600-1900 through a display of precious artifacts gathered from both Danish and Russian museums…” To learn more about Danmark og Zarernes Rusland: 1600-1900 please click here.
Meanwhile, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark opened a new language school, operated by the Dansk Flygtningehjælps, in lovely Aarhus.
Jordan’s Foreign Minister, Mr. Nasser Judeh, held a meeting with Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark accompanied by the Danish Minister for Development Cooperation, Mr. Christian Friis Bach, today in Amman.
During their meeting discussions focused on the tremendous “…burden being shouldered by Jordan as a result of hosting hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees despite the economic hardships Jordan is facing… according to Petra News.
The crown princess and Mr. Friis Bach also met with Jordan’s Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Mr. Ibrahim Saif, and several Jordanian government officials. Again, discussions focused on the Syrian refugees, Jordan’s financial challenges for hosting the refugees, and more.
Click the link below to watch a video news clip and skip to the 9:34 mark.
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, along with the Danish Minister of Cooperation, Mr. Christian Friis Bach, are currently in Jordan where she met with Syrian refugees yesterday living at the Za’atari camp.
The future queen of Denmark casually posed for the Danish press as she met with children, families and representatives from various relief organizations including UNICEF.
Today, Crown Princess Mary was in Amman where she visited the Jordanian Women’s Union (JWU) headquarters. During her visit the crown princess met with Amneh Zu’bai, the president of the JWU.
Meanwhile, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark is spending time in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. No, not Copenhagen, but lovely San Francisco, CA. Yes, fresh from his successful début in the KMD Ironman Copenhagen the “pro” triathlete crown prince is in NorCal attending yet another sporting event: the America’s Cup.
Crown Prince Frederik is then expected to travel to Newport, Rhode Island to attend the 2013 Rolex Farr 40 World Championships which begins on August 27-30, 2013.
At 6:45AM on Sunday, August 18, 2013, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark along with 2,600 professional and age-groupers triathletes from around Europe and several from abroad waited patiently on the beach at Amager Strandpark in Copenhagen mentally preparing themselves for a race they will never forget: the KMD Ironman Copenhagen. First in the water, at 7AM, were the pros then the age-groupers.
Pros and age-groupers — hence amateurs — had until 11PM to complete the 3.8 km swim, 180 km of cycling, and 42.2 km run to the finish line at Christensborg Slot. It was going to be a long, long day.
Classified as a Pro, and wearing bib #45, Crown Prince Frederik completed the 3.8 kilometer swim in 1 hour, 10 minutes and 16 seconds. Excellent. Then he made a mad dash to the bike racks and he was off to begin a tough 180 kilometers of cycling through downtown Copenhagen to north Zealand and back to Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. He completed the bike portion of the race at 5 hours, 25 minutes and 19 seconds.
Once he handed his bike to one of the many volunteers he put on his shoes in the holding tent, then ran out to begin the last portion of the race: the 42.2 kilometer run. As he huffed and puffed running past the Operan along the harbor — perhaps feeling like he was going to die — Crown Prince Frederik kept on going. And, going. And, going. And, going until he made it to the finish line at Christiansborg Slot. His run time: 3 hours, 58 minutes and 47 seconds. Awesome.
Combining his overall time Crown Prince Frederik completed the KMD Ironman Copenhagen race in 10 hours, 45 minutes and 32 seconds just 2:32:51 behind the Men’s winner of the race, Mr. Jens Petersen-Bach. Congrats and well done, Frederik, you are an Ironman! 🙂
So now the question is, will the future king of Denmark participate in the prestigious and the most grueling triathlon in the world known as the Ironman World Championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i on October 12? Perhaps.
He has proven that he has what it takes to compete against the best of the best professional triathletes and amateurs. There is a chance that either he will be chosen via a lottery or personally asked (which is rare) to participate in the 2013 Ironman World Championships race.
Click the links below to watch videos as well as to view photos:
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For those who never watched the famous Ironman World Championships you might enjoy the video above. 🙂 The video is inspiring to say the least.
The Danish royal court recently announced that His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark will participate in the 2013 KMD Ironman Copenhagen on Sunday, August 18, 2013.
The difficult race — though not as extremely grueling as the Ironman World Championships which takes place each year in Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i — consists of running, swimming, and cycling. The crown prince is thrilled to participate in the race stating, “I look forward to competing in the race with 2,600 other participants…it will be a very special race and experience.” Well, yeah, of course it will be. Anyway, if Crown Prince Frederik is one of the top 50 to complete the race he will be qualified to compete in the Ironman World Championships on October 12, 2013, in Hawai’i. Good luck, Frederik! 🙂
In other news the Danish magazine, Billed Bladet, is reporting that His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark ran over his beloved puppy with a golf cart whilst on holiday at Gråsten Slot.
The sweet little puppy, who was immediately taken to the local veterinarian, suffered a fractured pelvis and obviously severe emotional trauma. Poor thing. 😦
And, finally, it was announced that Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark has agreed to become patron of “…the anniversary of Skole i 200 År.”
Photo courtesy of Kongehuset
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