Summary of articles in Billed Bladet #22, 2013.
All written by our South-East Asia correspondent Ulrik Ulriksen.
Mary arrived in Kuala Lumpur the middle of a tropical rainstorm to take part in the Women Deliver conference, where she had been invited to give a speach. Several thousand people from 150 countries take part in the conference.
Mary wasn't the only royal around. Mette-Marit was there as well. she deals mainly with the global HIV problem affecting young women. Princess Mabel, who was there as well, deals mainly in the problem of forced marriages, while Mary focuses on reproductive health in Third World countries. Which means that the trio can work together, share information and feedback while at the same time cover a wide area.
After checking in at her hotel, Mary went to the opening ceremony of the conference and after a number of speeches and debates the Malayan Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor, invited Mary, Mette-Marit and Mabel for a cup of tea in private.
After the opening ceremony with tea, Mary went to visit the maternity ward of the Putrajaya Hospital. The women here all suffer from diabetis and here she met Mrs. Lee who has just given birth to a baby boy, whom Mary fell in love with: "Ooh, how sweet he is, how old is he"? After some baby-chat and admiring of the newborn, Mary went to see three other women, one of them, very appropriatly, pregnant with twins.
Then it was off to the Marriott Hotel, where there was signing ceremony between the Malaysian government and the company Novo Nordisk, which is THE leading developer and manufacturer of insulin in the world.
Because there are Danish businessmen quietly following Mary to Malaysia. Malaysia is a growing economy and as such very attractive to Danish commerce, and it's here Mary steps in to help open doors and bring some added glamour and prestige, which has time and again proven very helpful for Danish commerce.