Crown Princess Mary of Denmark has
directed a donation of $50,000 to the Gisèle Kambou Centre in
Burkina Faso through her eponymous Mary Foundation. In a statement
on the Mary Foundation’s website, Crown Princess Mary said: “Girls
and young women in Burkina Faso are struggling with having their
most basic rights violated. It was heartbreaking to meet girls who,
for example, are…
The Danish Royal Household has announced
that Crown Princess Mary has tested positive for COVID-19.
The news came via a statement from the Court in the early afternoon
of 15th December 2021. The announcement said that the Crown
Princess is currently alone in…
Queen Margrethe shares childhood photos from St. Lucia celebrations
15th December 2021
A special holiday took place this week in
the Nordic nations as they celebrated St Lucia, a Christian saint.
The celebration is marked by young children dressing up, holding
candles in the dark, singing and handing out a traditional pastry
called “lussekatter.” To…
Hunting is known to be a longstanding
royal tradition with many regal roots. Although controversial in
some quarters, it is a tradition many royal families still
undertake, with the sport being an annual highlight. This is
certainly the case in Denmark where Crown Prince Frederik of
Denmark held a royal hunt on Monday in Lindet and Lovrup Forest.
The royal hunts are the Royal Household’s…
Queen Margrethe of Denmark has cancelled
the planned New Year events at the beginning of 2022. The Danish
Royal House said the Queen has cancelled the banquet for the
government, Speaker of the Danish Parliament, representatives of
official Denmark and the Royal Court…
Many of Europe’s royals have dogs as
pets. What has been quite unknown to most people, however, is that
the Swedish King and the Danish Queen, also owns several elephan`s.
Now one of the royal elephants has died. The elephant was the son
of two elephants that were once…
Princess Benedikte of Denmark has
attended a Christmas concert in Holmen’s Church in Copenhagen. Upon
arrival, the Princess was received by tenor and conference
Jens-Christian Wandt and organist at Holmen’s Church, Jakob
Lorentzen. The Christmas concert offered both solo and instrumental
elements as well as choir singing and community singing. Holmen’s
Church’s Vocal…
All eyes will be on Denmark’s Royal
Family in the first six weeks of 2022, with both Queen Margrethe
and Crown Princess Mary fêted for milestone anniversaries. Queen
Margrethe will celebrate her Golden Jubilee between 10-16 January
(the actual anniversary of her…
Queen Margrethe has a long held tradition
of going to London each December and managing both official tasks
and Christmas gift shopping for the family. However, her 2021 visit
has now been cancelled. It was expected that the Queen of Denmark
would travel to the UK capital…
Queen Margrethe was in the audience last
night at the Pantomime Theatre, along with many of her family
members, to enjoy her work on The Snow Queen. Appropriately, it was
snowing as they arrived and were dressed for the weather. The Queen
has worked with Tivoli Ballet Theatre in Copenhagen on several
different projects, both as a set and costume designer. Two years
ago, she started working on a…
