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Crown Princess Mary becomes patron of Cultural Year 2019 between Denmark and South Korea

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30th January 2019
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark has been announced as the patron of the Cultural Year 2019 between Denmark and South Korea.  The Royal Danish House made the announcement yesterday on their official website. In a press release, the Royal House remarked, “In 2019, it’s 60 years since Denmark and South Korea opened diplomatic relations with each other. This is being celebrated with a…
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Danish Royal Run to return

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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…
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Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and the Mary Foundation donate to Afghanistan women's crisis centre

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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…
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Prince Joachim gets behind the camera

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18th December 2018
His Royal Highness Prince Joachim of Denmark will undertake a new mission to find out who the Danish people really are as he narrates a new 6-part series for Danish network DR K which will be produced by Nordisk Film Production and broadcast in the autumn of 2019. The youngest son of Queen Margrethe and the late Prince Henrik said of his involvement with the programme: “I have always been…
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Crown Princess Mary makes secret trip to Kenya

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29th November 2018
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark has made an unannounced trip to Kenya to meet with and focus on organisations that aim to improve the rights of girls and women. The Crown Princess was accompanied by Danish Minister of Development Cooperation Ulla Tørnæs. The trip was kept secret due to security concerns in Kenya – a country that has seen an uptick in terrorist attacks over the past several…
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