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Princess Marie to attend International Stop Wasting Food dinner

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31st October 2018
On November 13th, Princess Marie will be the guest of honour at a dinner hosted by the Stop Wasting Food Movement. The international Stop Wasting Food Dinner will be hosted by Selina Juul and the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Denmark Henk Swarttouw and will focus on the fight against food waste. In addition to Princess Marie, guests will include the Danish Minister for Environment and Food…
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Princess Marie attends Gadens Born's charity gala

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1st October 2018
On Saturday evening, Princess Marie attended Gadens Born’s charity gala in Copenhagen. Gadens Born was founded in 2012 by Pia Lindell Qwist after a visit to India when she saw how bad street children’s living conditions were there: “Gadens Born fights to improve the living conditions of homeless children in Kolkata, India, by supporting initiatives within education and care. The objective…
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Princess Marie visits Danish Food Bank

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20th September 2018
On Tuesday, Princess Marie visited FoedevareBanken – the Danish Food Bank – in Copenhagen, as part of her involvement in the fight against food waste in Denmark. The NGO’s motto is “From Food Waste to Meals” (‘Fra Madspild til Maltid’). FoedevareBanken…
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Danish royals attend National Flag Day Ceremonies

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6th September 2018
On Wednesday, several members of the Danish Royal Family attended ceremonies commemorating Flag Day. Flag Day has always been commemorated on 5 September since 2009. It was created to honour all the Danish soldiers who were sent on missions abroad since 1948. Since 2011, the ceremonies in Copenhagen were attended either by Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary or Prince Joachim and…
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Princess Marie makes guest TV appearance on 'Aftenshowet' to talk food waste and World Food Summit

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30th August 2018
As Patron of the 2018 World Food Summit – which she officially opened on Thursday – Princess Marie was a guest on Aftenshowet, Denmark’s biggest evening show, on Monday evening to talk about the summit and the fight against food waste. Screenshot DR1/ Fair Use Princess Marie will make the opening speech at the summit, and when asked what essential messages she would talk about, she said…
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