Denmark

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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Sweden

Solar panels installed on Stockholm Palace – and the King helps!

Solar panels have been installed on the roof of Stockholm Palace. The installation took place on Thursday, 19 April with His Majesty looking on. King Carl XVI Gustaf even got his hands dirty and helped as the panels were brought up to the roof alongside the Palace Director at Stockholm Palace and Head of Stockholm Palace Administration, Erik Kampmann. There were 600 panels received that will cover…
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Denmark

Dutch Photo Agency tries to sell topless pictures of Princess Marie of Denmark

It has been revealed that the Dutch Photo Agency has tried to sell paparazzi pictures of Princess Marie while she was on holiday in Saint-Tropez, France, last summer. In the images, the Danish Princess is seen sunbathing topless. The Dutch Photo Agency has now promised to remove them. Even though the pictures of Princess Marie were already on sale beginning last summer, it has only been discovered…
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DenmarkEuropean Royals

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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