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Prince Joachim and Princess Marie visit Prince Nikolai's military school in Varde

On Wednesday, Prince Joachim and Princess Marie were in Varde to visit Haerens Sergentskole, a military school. Haerens Sergentskole was celebrating its 108th birthday with a full military parade. Prince Joachim attended in his quality of Colonel in the Reserve of the Army but also as a former student. Indeed, this year is also the 30th anniversary of Prince Joachim’s graduation from Haerens…
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Prince Nikolai starts his two-year military education

Prince Nikolai of Denmark started his two-year education in the Royal Danish Army’s Sergeant School on Thursday. The Prince was enrolled in the school following the strict admission test that is required to enter the military program. He was among 145 new students that passed this very physical test and can now start his military career During his first day of military school, the Prince was…
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Before they were royal: The life of Crown Princess Mary of Denmark

She is Denmark’s future Queen, but today we take a look at the life of Crown Princess Mary before her marriage to Crown Prince Frederik. Mary Elizabeth Donaldson was born on 5 February 1972 in Hobart, Australia, as the third daughter and youngest child of John Donaldson and the late Henrietta Horne. Mary’s parents were both Scots, and they were married in Scotland on 31 August 1963.
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Princess Elisabeth of Denmark laid to rest

Her Highness Princess Elisabeth of Denmark’s cremation ceremony at Lyngby Kirke was held yesterday at 13.00, and she was later laid to rest beside filmmaker and director Claus Hermansen – her partner who she lived with for many years. Hermansen died in 1997. The service was conducted by former royal Chaplain-in-Ordinary Erik Norman Svendsen. It took place in the church that Her…
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