Summary of article in Billed Bladet #47, 2010.
Vild med farmand (*) - Crazy about daddy.
Written by Annelise Weimann.
The royal hunt at Grib Forest near Fredensborg Palace is the grandest of the year and as usual a number og dignitaries took part in the hunt, which was hosted by Prince Henrik.
While the men were hunting Queen Margrethe took charge of the ladies and organised an outing, which included an exhibition at Amalienborg Museum, another exhibition at Fredensborg Palace. Ending with a lunch at a minor palace called Badstuelottet.
- Those who are not interested in art and culture are in for a very long day!
Queen Margrethe has been known to talk in length about subjects within art that really interest her and if she gets worked up!
Mary usually takes part in the outing but not this year. She and the children only showed up at the game parade in front of Fredensborg Palace.
And here Christian spotted his farmand and ran into his arms.
Altogether 57 deers where shot, one by Prince Henrik and four by Frederik. Frederik said: "It's been a good hunt" and PH exclaimed: "Yes, I'm proud of my son".
This royal hunt alwayds ends with a grand dinner in the evening. I.e. tuxedos and long dresses. Balletdancers and magicians provided the entertainment.
(*) As I have explained before, Danish children just call us "far = father". "Farmand" is one of the very few contemporary words that can be directly translated to daddy/dad. And mind you, farmand is used almost exclusively by adults when referring to a father, it is extremely rare that our children call us "farmand". And if they do, it's more to pull your leg.
Summary of article in Billed Bladet #47, 2010.
Se hvad jeg har gjort - Look what I did.
Written by Annelise Weimann.
This was Christian's first official day on the job. He and grandpapa Henrik were to unveil a portrait together at Rosenborg Castle. (*)
The protait depicting the then four year old Duke Ulrik, son of King Christian IV. The portrait was painted in the early 1600's and was recently bought by the Augustinus Foundation in London for 1.7 million DKK and brought back to Denmark.
Apparantly Christian was a bit apprehensive about his first job, so Mary went with him and held his hand until it was time for the unveiling. Christian was observed by our reporter to be unusually silent and visibly nervous.
Time for the unveiling:
The manager of Rosenborg, Knud Liebgott said: "I count to three and you can only pull when I say three. - One - two - three". Christian and grandpapa pulled in each their string, Christian didn't quite manage the first time, but one more yank did the trick, the painting was unveiled. "Look what I did", said Christian and pointed at the portrait. (**)
Christian was fascinated by the playful dog in the painting but why on earth is the
boy wearing a dress??? So Knud Liebgott had to explain: "Back then both boys and girls wore dresses. The boys only started to wear trousers when they were six years old".
Christian showed the painting to his mother and chatted away, until he spotted that refreshments were served, included fizzy drinks and chocolate...
Mary said afterwards: "I think Christian did splendedly".
(*) Rosenborg Castle is where the crown jewels are stored, it's also where the serving guards battalion of the Royal Lifeguard is garrisoned.
(**) There is a nice pic of him in the magazine doing just that.