December 2007 Calender

December 2007 Calender for the Danish, Dutch and Norwegian Royal Families

December 1: NED – Máxima will attend the Women Inc. Festival
December 1: NOR – Sonja will open the Bridge which will connect Lofoten to the Mainland
December 2-9: DEN – Frederik is Regent
December 3: NOR – 2nd Birthday of Sverre Magnus
December 3: NOR – Harald grants an audience to the Chief of the Naval Staff and the sculptor Skule Walsvik (appointed Officer of the Order of St Olav)
December 3: NOR – Harald hosts a Luncheon for the Council Members of The Order of St Olav
December 3-4: NED – Willem-Alexander will attend the Asia Pacific Water Summit in Japan
December 4: NED – Máxima, together with Princess Mathilde of Belgium, will receive the Overview of the Art of Painting
December 4: NOR – Harald, Sonja, Haakon and Mette-Marit host a Dinner for the County Governors
December 6: NOR – Harald grants an audience to the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
December 6: NOR – Harald, Sonja, Haakon and Mette-Marit host a Dinner for the Members of the Supreme Court
December 7: NED – 4th Birthday of Catharina-Amalia
December 7: NOR – Harald attends the Council of State
December 7: NOR – Haakon grants an audience to representatives of the Wergeland Year 2008
December 7: NOR – Harald grants an audience to Marie Aakre (appointed Officer of the Order of St Olav)
December 8: DEN – Mary attends a Christmas Concert by the Royal Danish Children’s Choir
December 10: NED – Catharina-Amalia will attend her first day of kindergarten
December 10: DEN – Mary visits the Rådmandsgades School
December 10: DEN – Mary attends a celebration of the 60th year of the United Nations’ World Declaration for Human Rights
December 11: DEN – Frederik opens the exhibition Danmark-ekspedition
December 12: DEN – Frederik visits the Korshærs Church's Christmas Distribution
December 12: DEN – Frederik participates in arrangement at the Royal Danish Geographic Society
December 12: NED – Beatrix, Willem-Alexander, Máxima, Constantijn and Laurentien will attend the Prince Claus Awards Ceremony
December 24-25: DEN – Margrethe, Henrik, Frederik, Mary, Christian, Isabella and Joachim will celebrate Christmas at Marselisborg Palace
December 25: NED – 38th Birthday of Bernhard Jr

Frederik wins last race of Farr40 Champs, Mary brings kids to watch

On Saturday September 1st, Crown Prince Frederik and his team aboard the Nanoq won the final race of the Farr40 World Championships. Crown Princess Mary was there to cheer on her husband, and brough Prince Christian, 23 months, and Princess Isabella, 4 months; along to cheer for Daddy.

Photo Gallery from Søren Steffen

Added: Article from HELLO! Magazine - "Isabella and Christian help royal dad celebrate sailing win"

Mary at the "Summer Ballet"

On August 30th, Crown Princess Mary attended the opening night performance of the "Summer Ballet" at the Bellevue Theatre.

Photo Gallery from Søren Steffen

September 2007 Calender

September 2007 Calender for the Danish, Dutch and Norwegian Royal Families

September 1: NED - 40th Birthday Celebrations of Willem-Alexander
September 3: NED - Máxima will open "De Kamers"
September 4: NED - Beatrix will open the new campus of Wageningen University
September 4: DEN - Joachim will visit the Moesgaard Museum
September 5: NED - Máxima will open the art exhibition "Me and the Other & the Other and Me"
September 5: NOR - Sonja will attend the opening of the 2007-2008 season of the Oslo Filharmonic Orchestra
September 6: NOR - Harald and Märtha Louise host a Luncheon for the Princess Märtha Louise Fund
September 6: NOR - Harald will attend the Anders Jahre Award Ceremony
September 6: NOR - Mette-Marit will attend the Grieg Gala with the Bergen Filharmonic Orchestra
September 8: NED - Beatrix will attend a concert by the World Orchestra for Peace
September 8: NOR - Harald will attend the opening of the 120th Autumn Exhibition
September 8: DEN - Mary will attend the Circus Benneweis Gala Performance for the Mental Health Fund
September 9: DEN - Mary will attend a golf tournament in Helsingør
September 10: NOR - Märtha Louise will attend the event marking the dissolution of The Norwegian Sports Organization for the Disabled
September 11: NED - Beatrix & Máxima will attend the premiere of the Hans van Manen Festival
September 12-13: DEN - State Visit from Brazil
September 12: NED - Beatrix will open the new venue for the Amsterdam Archives
September 12: NED - Laurentien will make a speech at the World Illiteracy Day
September 13-14: NOR - State Visit from Brazil
September 14: NED - Beatrix will open the new venue of the Rijksdienst Art-Historical Documentation
September 15: NOR - Mette-Marit will attend the feast and gala performance of the OsloHimmel Festival
September 17-21: DEN - Frederik & Mary (with Isabella) will visit New York
September 18: NED - Prinsjesdag
September 18: NOR - Haakon attends the event marking the 10th anniversary of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
September 20: NOR - Mette-Marit will visit Svalbard
September 22: NOR - 36th Birthday of Märtha-Louise
September 22: NED - Willem-Alexander will attend the opening of the exhibition "P. Struycken, the Digital Paradise"
September 23: DEN - Frederik & Mary will award the Kronprinsparrets Kulturpris
September 25: NED - 39th Birthday of Friso
September 26: NED - Willem-Alexander will attend the opening of the "Mosae Forum"
September 30: NOR - 35th Birthday of Ari

Christian's First Flirt!

Se og Hør reports this week on Prince Christian's first flirt! Apparently this occured during the christening of Dagmar Louise Foss, the daughter of one of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary's friends, on August 18th. Princess Isabella also attended with her parents.Copyright: Se og Hør

Mary takes out the Trash

Crown Princess Mary is known for being a laid-back, hands-on royal - and yesterday she proved that fact by taking out the trash at Chancellory House.Article from HELLO! Magazine - "Princess Mary of Denmark not too grand to empty the bins"
Copyright: HELLO! Magazine/Rex Features

Marie does a pre-engagement Mary

Prince Joachim and his girlfriend Marie Cavallier are acting more and more like a pre-engagement Crown Prince Frederik and Mary Donaldson. The pair have attended christenings and weddings of friends (like Frederik and Mary did), they have attended sporting events (again like Frederik and Mary did), and now Marie has attended a fashion show at the Copenhagen International Fashion Fair - like a pre-engagement Mary Donaldson did back in days before her engagement to Frederik was officialised in October 2003. Marie attended the Malene Birger fashion show on August 13th.Copyright: Polfoto

Mary at Baum und Pferdgarten Fashion Show

Crown Princess Mary attended the Baum und Pferdgarten fashion show at the Copenhagen Interntional Fashion Festival (commonly known as CIFF) yesterday.Photo Gallery from WireImages

Graasten Palace Photo Session

The annual photo session at Graasten Palace took place yesterday, with various family members turning up for the event. Those that took part included Queen Margrethe II, Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary, Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Princess Benedikte, Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and girlfriend Carina Axelsson, Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and her two children, Count Richard and Countess Ingrid von Pfeil and Klein-Ellguth.The family also watched the changing of the guards, and little Christian decided to march along with them! Another highlight was Christian's first-ever public tantrum (yes, it's true!).

Photo Gallery from PPE Agency

Photo Gallery from TV2

Photo Gallery from Seeger Press

Video Clip from TV2

Added: Article from the Sydney Morning Herald - "Royal kids refuse to stand on ceremony"

Article from HELLO! Magazine - "Mary and Frederik in informal mood for holiday photo session"

Photo Gallery from Getty Images

Photo Gallery from Madeleine Glindorf

Copyright: TV2

Danish Royals at Legoland

Various members of the Danish Royal Family are today having fun at Legoland, while they enjoy their summer vacation at Graasten Palace. Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary and Prince Christian were there - while Princess Isabella slept not to far away in her pram closely watched by a nanny; and from photos, we can gather that Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, the daughter of Princess Benedikte and Prince Richard, joined them with her two children, Count Richard and Countess Ingrid von Pfeil and Klein-Ellguth.And the photo session at Graasten Palace has been moved forward, from August 4th to August 3rd, which is tomorrow!

Added: More pictures from TV2

Picture Gallery from Polfoto

Video Clip from TV2

Article from HELLO! Magazine - "Day of high-flying summer holiday fun for Danish royals"

Copyright: Polfoto, TV2

Frederik & Mary outdoors at Graasten Palace

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary went horse and bike riding at Graasten Palace on August 1st. First they went for horseriding around the Palace grounds, followed by a nice cycle to cool down.












Billed Bladet also reports that Prince Christian, the couple's 21-month-old son, has been gradually introduced to horses and Frederik and Mary took him to the stables at Graasten to show him some horses.

Added: Article from HELLO! Magazine - "Royal couple Frederik and Mary spend a day in the saddle"
Copyright: HELLO! Magazine/Rex Features

August 2007 Calender

August 2007 Calender for the Danish, Dutch and Norwegian Royal Families

August 2: DEN - Margrethe will attend a concert at the Gråsten Palace Chapel
August 3: DEN - Photo Session at Gråsten Palace
August 3: NOR - Haakon will attend the funeral of Major General Egge
August 4: DEN - Frederik attends the final of the Homeless World Cup
August 4-5: DEN - Joachim participates in the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix
August 6-31: DEN - Frederik is Regent
August 7: DEN - Margrethe and Henrik hold a press conference at their French Chateau
August 8: DEN - Frederik has a working visit to the Save the Children Fund
August 10: NOR - Harald presides over the Council of State
August 10: DEN - Mary attends the Baum and Pferdgarten Fashion Show at CIFF
August 11: NOR - Märtha-Louise attends the Bislett Summer Games
August 11: DEN - Benedikte will participate in the opening of Denmark's Norse Active Women's Conference
August 11: NED - Constantijn and Laurentien will attend the opening of the 10th Canal Festival
August 13-16: NED - Willem-Alexander is present at the World Water Week Conference in Stockholm
August 16: NOR - Mette-Marit attends the "Designerspirene" Fashion Show
August 18: NOR - Wedding of Marianne Solberg Behn & Olav Bjørshol
August 19: NED - Beatrix attends a Concert by the European Union Youth Orchestra
August 19: NOR - 34th Birthday of Mette-Marit
August 21: NOR - Märtha-Louise visits Norwegian Blindeforbundets Forerhundskole
August 21: NED - Willem-Alexander had a working visit to Grave and Maasbommel
August 23: NOR - Ari presents his new designs at the Norwegian Gift
August 24: NOR - Harald & Sonja attend the opening of Bygdø Royal Farm
August 25: NOR - Haakon and Mette-Marit will hand out grants from the Crown Princely Couple's Humanitarian Fund
August 25: NOR - Haakon and Mette-Marit will attend the lecture "Can the Ocean Solve the AIDS Riddle?" at the Univeristy of Tromsø
August 25: DEN - Benedikte, Richard, Gustav & Carina will attend the 150th Anniversary of the Haderslev Skydeforenings
August 25: NOR - 6th Wedding Anniversary of Haakon & Mette-Marit
August 25: NED - Christening of Emma van Vollenhoven
August 26-28: NOR - Haakon and Mette-Marit hold a County Visit to Nord-Troms
August 27: NOR - Harald and Sonja attend a drill exercise by The King's Guard
August 27: NED - 2nd Wedding Anniversary of Pieter-Christiaan & Anita
August 28: NED - Beatrix attends the Concours Hippique "'t Peerdespul"
August 28: DEN - 8th Birthday of Nikolai
August 29: DEN - Joachim attends the opening of the "By Voyage to 1000 years Maritime Cultural Festival"
August 29: NOR - 39th Wedding Anniversary of Harald & Sonja
August 30: NOR - Harald attends the inaguration of the Armed Forces' new management building
August 30: NOR - Sonja attends the 30th Anniversary of the Sonjatun Health Centre

Frederik, Mary & kids leave Croatia

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary have finished their holidays in Croatia and have headed home to Denmark with their two children, Prince Christian (21 months) and Princess Isabella (3 months).

Picture Gallery from Isifa

Frederik & Mary with their kids in Croatia

Crown Prince Frederik & Crown Princess Mary are currently on holidays in Dubrovnik, Croatia; with their two children - Prince Christian and Princess Isabella.

Picture Gallery from Rex Features

Added: Article from HELLO! Magazine - "Mary and Frederik set sail for a holiday on the Dubrovnik Riviera"

Mary & Christian out at the Beach

Crown Princess Mary and her 21-month-old son Prince Christian recently went for a visit to the beach, with Mary's friend (and Princess Isabella's godmother) Marie-Louise Skeel.Copyright: Rene Schütze/Se og Hor

Official Christening Portraits of Isabella

Kongehuset.dk has just released the official christening portraits of Princess Isabella. The set of five images includes a shot of Frederik, Mary, Christian and Isabella with both sets of grandparents (Queen Margrethe, Prince Henrik, John Donaldson and Susan Moody) and a shot with all six godparents. There is also a lovely shot of Christian about to give his little sister a kiss! Copyright: Kongehuset.dk/Steen Brogaard

Frederik & Mary at 40th Birthday of Peter Heering and Ulrik Trolle

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended the joint 40th birthday party of Peter Heering and Ulrik Trolle over the weekend.

The party had a "blue" theme - the carpet guests arrived on was blue, guests wore blue clothes, etc.

Copyright: Billed Bladet

Frederik & Mary out for a walk with Christian

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary took 19-month-old Prince Christian out for a walk in the gardens surrounding Fredensborg Palace.

Video from Her og Nu

Frederik doesn't look to happy with the paparazzi!

Lilleprinsesse Christening Update

Lilleprinsesse will be christened on July 1st, two Saturdays from now, at the Fredensborg Palace Church. The christening is expected to be smaller than that of her older brother Christian's, which was held in Copenhagen.

Two guests have already been confirmed for the event (apart from the Danish Royal Family of course!), TRH the Crown Prince and Princess of Norway. Haakon and Mette-Marit are good friends of Frederik and Mary's, and both are godparents to Prince Christian.

Added: royalcourt.se has also confirmed that HRH Crown Princess Victoria will be attending the christening. Victoria is another of Christian's godparents.

Danish Royals at Christening of Josephine Fleming

Various members of the Danish Royal Family were in attendance on Saturday June 16th at the christening of Josephine Margaretha Victoria Fleming, the daughter of Rory David & Caroline Fleming. Those in attendance were Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary, Prince Christian, Prince Joachim with Marie Cavallier, Prince Gustav with Carina Axelsson, Countess Alexandra and Martin Jørgensen. Crown Princess Mary was the baby's godmother.

Copyright: Kaspar Wenstrup