Crown Prince Frederik paid an emotional
visit to the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan last week, visiting
with Save the Children Denmark to mark the organisation’s 75th
anniversary. The Zaatari refugee camp is just east of the Jordanian
city of Mafraq and is the world’s largest Syrian refugee camp. It
opened in 2012 following the Syrian Civil War and housed around
76,000 refugees, of which…
On 29 February, Princess Marie met with
young climate activist, Vanessa Nakate during her humanitarian trip
to Uganda as Patron of DanChurchAid. Vanessa Nakate called out the
Associated Press when she was cropped out of a photo with other
young climate activists including…
On 26 February, Princess Marie started a
five-day humanitarian trip to Uganda as Patron of DanChurchAid. On
the first day of her visit, Princess Marie first visited the
DanChurchAid’s office where she was welcomed by the DCA Country
Manager Peter Bo Larsen.
It will be a special few days of
festivities when Queen Margrethe of Denmark turns 80 in April, and
royals from around Europe are expected to attend the celebrations
this spring. The first of the guests were revealed this week when
it was announced thatKing Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima, and
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands will attend. The full statement
from the Royal House of the…
Princess Marie will undertake a
humanitarian trip in Uganda from 26 February to 1 March as Patron
of DanChurchAid. Princess Marie will be joined by DanChurchAid’s
Secretary-General Birgitte Qvist-Sørensen and the organisation’s
local staff during the trip where…
Crown Prince Frederik has undergone a
minor shoulder operation today after sustaining an injury skiing in
Switzerland last week. The successful outpatient procedure took
place in Copenhagen at the Rigshospitalet. The Crown Prince hurt
his left shoulder while skiing in…
Queen Margrethe of Denmark is set to sail
away on the royal yacht Dannebrog as part of an annual summer tour
of the country. The Queen will make a visit to the island of Anholt
on 3 June and Aarhus Municipality from 5 June to 6 June. Later in
the summer, Her Majesty visits the municipalities of Thisted on 31
August, Esbjerg on 1 September and Fanø on 2 September. The Royal
Court states that the…
Queen Margrethe II was, once again,
accompanied by her younger sister, Princess Benedikte, for a major
engagement in Copenhagen. The princess joined Margrethe at the
official opening of a new permanent feature at the Amalienborg
Palace which will showcase glittering items…
Birth and Childhood Mary Elizabeth
Donaldson was born on 5 February 1972 in Hobart, Tasmania,
Australia. She was the youngest child of Donald and Henrietta
Donaldson. She has two older sisters, Jane and Patricia, and an
older brother, John. Mary’s mother died in…
Today, Princess Marie had her second
official engagement of the year in Paris, France, as she opened the
“Les Contes Étranges de NH Jacobsen, un Danois à Paris” at the
Bourdelle Museum. The “Les Contes Étranges de N.H. Jacobsen, un
Danois à Paris” exhibition is the first exhibition in France
devoted to Niels Hansen Jacobsen (1861-1941) and aims to take the
visitor into the…
