PRINCE JOACHIM'S 50TH BIRTHDAY

7th June

Last year Crown Prince Frederik celebrated his 50th birthday. This year his younger brother Prince Joachim celebrates his. On that occasion new photos have been published, he has been interviewed in several papers and guests from near and far were invited to celebrate him on June 7th.

Queen Margrethe hosted the celebration dinner taking place at Amalienborg Castle on Friday. Both friends and family were invited to attend the dinner. Among others, Prince Nikolaos and his wife Princess Tatiana showed up, such as Princess Alexandra and Count Michael Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille. Also Countess Alexandra attended to celebrate Prince Joachim.

From closer family did the Crown Prince Couple attend accompanied by all four children - Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine. All of them were in a great mood, just as the birthday-boy himself. He arrived with wife Princess Marie and his four children - Prince Nikolai, Prince Felix, Prince Henrik and Princess Athena.

Congratulations to Prince Joachim on behalf of his 50th birthday!

WOMEN DELIVER 2019

This year the international conference Women Deliver takes place in Vancouver, Canada from June 3-5th. It was announced a month ago who would host the next conference. Like previous years, the Crown Princess is attending the conference which is world-leading on equality, girls and women's health, rights and well-being. This years conference focus on "Power. Progress. Change".

During the three days conference, more than 8,500 people are attending from over 150 different countries. Both experts, NGO's, politicians, organizations, etc. are gathered in Vancouver to discuss and share ideas about new strategies on how to make the world a better place for girls and women. Crown Princess Mary is one of them.

The Crown Princess acted patron for the event five years ago in 2016 when Copenhagen hosted the conference. Also in 2009 (Washington) and 2012 (Kuala Lumpur) was the Crown Princess invited to attend Women Deliver. She is also influencer for the Deliver for Good campagne launched three years ago.

50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ROSKILDE AGRICULTURAL FAIR

Friday, May 31st

It was a very special day when the Crown Princess arrived to attend the 50th anniversary of Roskilde Agricultural Fair. For the last fifty the fair has been the largest of its kind with almost 100,000 visitors  every year. Roskilde Agricultural Fair gathers all the best of Danish agriculture. Both produceres and consumers enjoy the fair with it that comes with the annual even.

This year Crown Princess Mary also attended on occasion of its 50th anniversary. She was warmly welcomed and at the arrival the Crown Princess was in a splendid mood. One big smile. Before given a guided tour around the fair, she watched the opening speech held by among others Chairman of Agriculture & Food, Martin Merrild and Joy Mogensen, Mayor in Roskilde.

Following she wandered around the fair; meeting participants and their animal. The Crown Princess also payed a visit to the pantry - a place where meals were served made from products from Danish agriculture. Crown Princess Mary herself cooked and served her very own burger.

VISITING 'SORGLINJEN'

Wednesday, May 29th

On Wednesday Crown Princess Mary visited Sorglinjen. They advise people who have lost a related beloved family member. Around a hundred volunteers pick up calls every day to help people who  need someone to talk to about feelings, grief, ways to deal with their loss.

Sorglinjen is a project part of the organization Children, Youth & Grief and is by initiative of The National Grief Center. Crown Princess Mary visited Sorglinjen as patron of Children, Youth & Grief.

She was warmly welcomed at the arrival. The Crown Princess met some of the volunteers who told her about some experiences of theirs and how they use their own loss to help others. The Crown Princess even picked up a few calls herself. With great humility the she listened to everything she was told. Many years ago she lost her own mother. On several occasions she has talked about how it sometimes made her feel lonely. The family also recently lost a dear and beloved family member - Prince Henrik. Hopefully, they all have someone to talk to about the loss but that is not the case for everybody. Luckily we have people as those at Sorglinjen who take time to listen.