On Thursday, Princess Marie helped launch
the Danish UNESCO National Commission’s new strategy for 2019-2022
as Patron of the Commission. The procedure was set out last May
during a seminar for the members of the commission and any
institutions involved which was also attended by Princess Marie.
UNESCO has been appointed to work on goal 4 of the 17 UN Goals for
Sustainable Development by…
Princess Athena of Denmark celebrates seventh birthday
24th January 2019
Princess Athena of Denmark celebrates her
seventh birthday today. As usual, the Royal Danish House released
images in celebration of the young royals birthday. The two
pictures, taken by her parents, feature the seven-year-old outside,
with one image showing Athena holding…
Prince Gustav talks of close bonds with first cousins, Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim
21st January 2019
During a recent interview to Danish
magazine BILLED-BLADET, Gustav, 7th Prince of
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, revealed how it was important for his
maternal grandmother, Queen Ingrid of Denmark, to always keep close
family ties between her three daughters and her…
Queen Margrethe and Crown Prince Frederik
of Denmark will undertake a State Visit to Argentina later this
winter, it was announced this week. The Danish royals will arrive
on 18 March and spend two days in Buenos Aires before visiting
Tandil, Necochea and Tres Arroyos on their last day in the country.
Upon arrival in Buenos Aires, Queen Margrethe and Crown Prince
Frederik will be officially…
Danish Royal Run to return
17th January 2019
The Royal Run in Denmark, set up last
year as a celebration of Crown Prince Frederik’s 50th birthday, is
to return this year after last year’s success. There were over
70,000 Danes who took part last year in Denmark’s five largest
cities. The Royal Danish…
Following the traditional New Year’s
receptions, her last public appearances, Crown Princess Mary was
supposed to go back to work today with two events in Aarhus. In the
morning, she was expected to open the new psychiatry unit of
Aarhus’ University Hospital…
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and the Mary Foundation donate to Afghanistan women's crisis centre
15th January 2019
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, through
her namesake foundation The Mary Foundation (or Mary Fonden in
Danish), has donated to an Afghanistan women’s crisis centre after
hearing a TV 2 programme reporter’s account from the country. The
Crown Princess heard TV 2 correspondent Simi Jan’s troubling
report on Fatima during November’s Children’s Day in…
Danish royal twins celebrate their eighth birthday
9th January 2019
Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine of
Denmark celebrated their eighth birthday yesterday, and the Danish
Royal House released new portraits of the twins taken by their
mother, Crown Princess Mary. Mary, like the Duchess of Cambridge,
Princess Charlene, and Swedish Royal…
Danish Royal Family attends New Year's Receptions
6th January 2019
As they do every year, the Danish Royal
Family attended several New Year’s receptions in the first week of
January. On January 1st, Queen Margrethe, Crown Prince Frederik,
Crown Princess Mary, Prince Joachim, and Princess Marie attended
the traditional New…
Lene Balleby, the Head of Communications
for the Royal House of Denmark, has given an interview to Dansk
Markedsføring [Danish Marketing] magazine about the late Prince
Henrik’s dementia diagnosis and how the palace dealt with it. “A
lot of diagnoses were made out there,” says Balleby. “Some – also
journalists – sent me links to websites where I could read about
the disease, and then…

