Denmark

Foundation Spotlight: The Mary Foundation

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4th February 2022
The Mary Foundation (Mary Fonden) was founded in 2007 by Crown Princess Mary of Denmark. After her wedding to Crown Prince Frederick, the people of Denmark and Greenland raised and donated close to £123,000 (1.1 million Danish kroner) in celebration of the union as a national gift. This money was, in turn, used partially to create the Mary Foundation.The Crown Princess hands out medals at the…
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Spain

Queen Letizia presides over UNICEF Spain meeting with focus on mental health

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4th February 2022
Queen Letizia of Spain has taken part in a work meeting for UNICEF Spain, of which she is Honorary President, to recap the year that just concluded and take a look at the goals for the future. Her Majesty arrived at the UNICEF Spain headquarters in the morning of Wednesday, 2 February, and was welcomed by the organisation’s authorities. Once seated in the meeting room, the Queen…
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Sweden

Queen Silvia speaks about mental health at the Dubai Expo

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3rd February 2022
Expo 2020 is a World Expo, currently hosted by Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022. Originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 to 10 April 2021, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On February 1 2022, Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden participated digitally in a seminar at the exhibition. The theme of the seminar was mental illness among children and…
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Norway

King Harald's sick leave extended

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3rd February 2022
King Harald of Norway’s sick leave has been extended. The Royal Court confirmed to Norwegian television TV2 on 2 February that His Majesty’s leave would continue for the rest of the week with Crown Prince Haakon continuing as Regent.On Friday, 28 January…
Denmark

The early life of a baby born to be Queen

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2nd February 2022
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is turning 50-years-old in 2022 – a milestone birthday that she will mark with scaled-down celebrations due to the ongoing health restrictions, but still celebrations fit for a future Queen. Who knows if she imagined, when she was a little girl, that she would end up living her own fairytale on the opposite end of the globe and beloved by the people for…
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