On a visit in Aarhus

January, Wednesday 30th

Crown Princess Mary spend her day in Aarhus, all as patron of the European Voluntary Capital Aarhus in 2018.

First she visited the Volunteer House Trøjborg. The volunteer house is room to gathered people; where associations and clubs can hold meetings for free and unfold their activities. It is all about volunteer work and what it brings to the community. When the Crown Princess visited Trøjborg she attended the initiative "Play at the Nursing Home". Here parents on maternity leave and their children meet weekly with the nursing home residents. Nursing homes all across Denmark participated in the initiative. In Aarhus 10 nursing homes are part of the project. And what a lovely idea. Both parents, babies and the elderly who attended had a wonderful time sining and dancing. If you need a smile on your face then watch the video. I assure you; you can't help yourself from smiling.

Later in the afternoon the Crown Princess payed a visit to "Cases that Gathers", which is a community of citizens who try help each other to solve everyday problems. During her visit she was introduced to several everyday initiatives developed by the community. Some of them also attended the meeting and got the chance to tell the Crown Princess about "Cases that gathered". It was with great interest that she listened to everything she was told. To me she seemed overwhelmed and proud on their behalf of what they have been able to accomplish.

Medal of Honor dinner for Navy officers

January, Tuesday 29th

Tuesday evening Queen Margrethe hosted a Medal of Honor dinner for Navy officers taking place at Fredensborg Castle. The dinner is held one year for military officers, then naval officers and Air Force officers. Naval officers, who have reviewed the Medal of Honor, were this years invited to Fredenborg Castle to attend the dinner.

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary were also invited to the dinner. They arrived to Fredensborg shortly before the dinner was about to begin. Both of them seemed very pleased and happy at the arrival. I guess they were looking forward to a wonderful evening with good food, music and conversations.

The final game between Denmark & Norway

January, Sunday 27th

It was a big night when the Crown Prince family arrived to Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning on Sunday evening. The final game between Denmark and Norway was played. One of them were about to become world champions in handball for men.

The announcement stated that Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary, Prince Christian and Prince Vincent were present at the game. Obviously Princess Isabella changed her mind and decided to join her family. All of them were in a splendid mood. On multiple occasions the Crown Prince Couple have supported both games of handball, swimming, football etc. Also they booth enjoy several form of sports and I imagine their children have inherited their parents' love for sport.

Seems like the family really enjoyed the evening. They congratulated the Danish team on behalf of they championship with a greeting on social media, here. Congratulations to the team winning the game and title as world champions.

Meeting with 'UN Women'

January, Thursday 24th

On Wednesday the Crown Princess participated a Roundtable Session in Davos, Switzerland.  She took part in the session as patron of the Global Fashion Agenda, here.

The following day she was back in Denmark hosting a meeting at Amalienborg Castle in Copenhagen. Crown Princess Mary met with Executive Director of UN Women and UN Secretary-General, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. UN Women is dedicated to gender equality and empowerment of women. Read more about the UN organization, here. During the meeting, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka told the Crown Princess about the ongoing work to improve gender equality and what issues  they challenge on a daily basis.

Crown Princess Mary and Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuk posed for a picture taken on the occasion of the meeting.