Denmark

Princess Marie helps the Danish Food Bank deliver food for students

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20th December 2018
On Tuesday, Princess Marie visited Gildbroskolen in Ishoj with the Danish Food Bank. Gildbroskolen has a breakfast club where students can eat breakfast before the start of classes. There are 24 breakfast clubs in total which receive food from the Food Bank. Princess Marie visited the Food Bank earlier this year, and she asked to be able to join the Food Bank on a food delivery to one of the clubs…
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Denmark

Danish Crown Prince Couple visit Latvia

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8th December 2018
On 6 and 7 December, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary undertook an official visit to Latvia to celebrate the country’s 100 years of independence. They are the fifth royal couple visiting Latvia this year after the Crown Prince Couple of Norway, the Crown…
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What happened to France’s monarchy?

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29th November 2018
In the latest instalment of our autumn series, looking at what led to the fall of various monarchies throughout history, Royal Central looks at the end of the monarchy in France. The most well-known episode regarding the ending of France’s monarchy is the 1789 Revolution which led to the deaths of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie-Antoinette. But while this event did lead to the end of the…
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Denmark

Princess Marie attends Stop Wasting Food dinner

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15th November 2018
On November 13th, Princess Marie attended the Stop Wasting Food Dinner in Copenhagen. The International Stop Wasting Food Dinner was hosted by Selina Juul and the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Denmark Henk Swarttouw to support the fight against food waste. In addition to…
Denmark

Prince Joachim and Princess Marie commemorate the end of the World War One in France

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12th November 2018
This weekend, Prince Joachim and Princess Marie were in Braine, France to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One. During World War One, Denmark was neutral, but 35000 Danish soldiers at the border between Denmark and Germany fought for the German army. Indeed, Southern Jutland was part of the German Empire at the time. Southern Jutland was reunited with Denmark in 1920. The…
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Luxembourg

Grand Duchess Maria Teresa makes humanitarian trip to Lebanon

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1st November 2018
Grand Duchess Maria Teresa made a two-day humanitarian trip to Beirut, Lebanon on October 29th and October 30th. The Grand Duchess made this trip as part of the forum “Stand Speak Rise Up – To end sexual violence in sensitive areas” that the Grand Duchess in organising in Luxembourg for March 2019. On the first day of the trip, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa met with Lebanon’s…
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