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Crown Princess Mary opens Danish Women's Crisis Centre

On 20 April, Crown Princess Mary opened the new Danish Women’s Crisis Centre in Copenhagen. The Crisis Centre is a residence and counselling centre for women who are abused. The new centre will focus on newborn mothers and pregnant women, and it can accommodate 20 women and their children, making it one of the largest shelters in the country. The Crisis Centre is supported by the Mary…
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Queen Margrethe celebrates first birthday after Prince Henrik's death

It wasn’t that long ago that Prince Henrik died from a pulmonary infection on 13 February, leaving Queen Margrethe of Denmark a widow. For a couple who had been married for fifty years, it was clear there was still a spark between the two. When they met in the spring of 1965 at a dinner party in London, neither had realised they had just met the love of their life. The Margrethe and Henrik…
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Denmark's Crown Princess Mary to visit Seattle

The Royal Danish House has announced that Crown Princess Mary of Denmark will travel to Seattle, Washington, USA. Seattle is on the western coast of the country. She will be in the United States from 3 May to 5 May. The Crown Princess will head the head of a Danish art and…
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Princess Marie attends launch of new teaching materials about food waste

Yesterday, Princess Marie attended the launch of new teaching materials about food waste at Amager Fælled School in Copenhagen. These teaching materials are the results of a collaboration between Stop Spild Af Mad and the City of Copenhagen, and they can be used in food science education for children in 5th-7th grade. They are composed of a teacher’s guide and a student’s guide which…
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Crown Princess Mary opens WHO Conference

Yesterday, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark has opened the World Health Organisation’s “Global Dialogue on Partnership for Sustainable Financing of Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) Prevention and Control” in central Copenhagen. Crown Princess Mary was welcomed…
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Queen Margrethe to travel on Dannebrog for summer tour

Queen Margrethe of Denmark is set to sail away on the royal yacht, Her Danish Majesty’s Yacht (HDMY) Dannebrog as part of an annual summer tour of the country. Her Majesty will visit the Danish town of Silkeborg on the 3rd and 4th of September before travelling to…
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Princess Marie attends research seminar on asthma and allergies

Yesterday, Princess Marie was in Odense to attend a research seminar on asthma and allergies at H.C Andersen Children Hospital, a hospital she has worked closely with since 2013 to strengthen activities that provide positive experiences for children and their families during hospitalization. ©OUH Before the seminar, Princess Marie visited the Asthma School of the hospital. Nurse Anne Marie Bro…
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