Crown Princess Mary has presented the
Teaching Award, honouring seven Danish teachers for their services
to education and their roles in inspiring their students. The
presentation was made on September 30th at Denmark’s Ministry of
Education and Research in Copenhagen. “The seven award recipients
have in various ways managed to renew and challenge traditional
teaching methods – both…
Princess Marie of Denmark had a busy
Tuesday and Wednesday with the opening of DanChurchAid’s new Wefood
store in Tingbjerg and a staff meeting with the organisation’s
employees across the globe. On Tuesday, the Princess, as patron of
DanChurchAid, opened the…
Denmark’s Princess Marie has won an award
for her campaign against food waste. The Princess received the
“Stræberen 2020” award on 29 September from the De Samvirkende
Købmænd organisation. The award is given to someone who has
excelled in the fight…
It was 150 years ago this past weekend
when Denmark’s Christian X was born, and the Royal House shared a
series of five photos to mark the occasion. On 26 September 1870,
Crown Princess Lovisa gave birth to a little prince, the future
Christian X, at Charlottenlund Palace north of Copenhagen. He was
the first-born child of Lovisa and her husband, Crown Prince
Frederick, who later ascended…
Prince Joachim of Denmark has been
promoted to the military rank of Brigadier General. The event
happened in a small ceremony in the Royal Danish Embassy in Paris
on September 21st 2020. It was Ambassador Michael Starbæk
Christensen who presented the Prince with the…
A new official portrait of Queen
Margrethe of Denmark has been released by the Royal House to mark
her 80th birthday. The Royal House said portraits of Margrethe are
a narrative of the Queen’s life as head of state: “Portraits are
therefore also part of the…
Crown Princess Mary joins special commission with United Nations Population Fund
18th September 2020
Crown Princess Mary has joined a special
high-level commission within the United Nations Population Fund to
help the agency follow up on its goals from last year’s
25th-anniversary summit. The Danish Royal House announced the news
on its website Thursday, saying that Crown Princess Mary was happy
to join the commission and build upon its work at the Nairobi
Summit from last year, which marked…
Crown Princess Mary opens war memorial to Australian soliders in Denmark
18th September 2020
Crown Princess Mary attended the
dedication of a war memorial for Australian soldiers who lost their
lives fighting in Denmark during the First and Second World Wars.
The ceremony to unveil the Australian War Memorial in Denmark took
place at Churchill Park in Copenhagen…
Crown Prince Frederik meets winners of the Danish Championships and European Championships 2020 in Entrepreneurship
16th September 2020
Young entrepreneurs from across Europe
were honoured by Crown Prince Frederik at a lunch in Copenhagen on
Monday when he met the winners of the Danish Championships and
European Championships 2020 in Entrepreneurship. The event, which
took place at Industriens Hus in…
Crown Princess Mary delivers speech at WHO's 70th Regional Committee Meeting
15th September 2020
Crown Princess Mary spoke at Monday’s
opening of the 70th World Health Organisation Regional Committee
for Europe’s session, where she discussed how COVID-19 has affected
the world. Meeting virtually due to lockdowns and restrictions,
Crown Princess Mary’s remarks were delivered via video link. She
told guests that COVID-19 has proven to be “a tough teacher,
testing us when we didn’t…
