Frederik, Mary and Family on Summer Holidays: 2005-2008, 2012-2024


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Wauw. Such a very special loving royal family ❤️

Not only are they a beautiful family with 4 such beautiful children - but Denmark's Crown Prince family radiates so much genuine love, togetherness and relaxation.

What wonderful new summer pictures of Frederik, Mary and children - they beams of love!

Maybe some of the best pictures of them ever.

What a gift and surprise such a Monday!
 
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New photos of Frederik, Mary and their children to mark the end of the summer holidays.

A greeting on the last day of summer. The summer holiday has been over for some time now.
The kids have been in school for 3 weeks.
 
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What a lovely surprise! Lovely family, for me the bonds between the siblings really shines through.
And of course love the photo of Frederik and Mary :wub:
 
I love this latest set of photos! Great, natural pictures of a happy and loving family. The four siblings are growing and changing quickly. Christian and Isabella are no longer children and Josephine, especially, is starting to look a little more grown up, as well. I like both girls’ dresses, but that shade of pink really suits Josephine.
 
Lovely surprise; and I echo all the sentiments above: lovely pictures of lovely family with close bonds. In their position that's even a greater gift.
 
Lovely to see the photos, the love and happiness shines from all and so natural. The children are a delightful foursome, the close bond between them is there for all to see. The colour of Josephine's dress is a lovely shade of pink and suits her so well.
 
:previous: nice.
Another magazine also mentions the family did some sailing before heading to France.
https://herognu.dk/kronprinsparret-tilbage-paa-chateau-de-cayx/

"However, the Crown Prince's family did not travel to France together.*On Tuesday, Crown Princess Mary followed them on board the royal ship Dannebrog in Sønderborg, but then went ashore herself and flew to France where she was to attend a conference in Paris on Wednesday morning.
Crown Prince Frederik sailed with the children Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine to Copenhagen and from there on to France, where they met with Crown Princess Mary and together stayed at Chateau Cayx."
 
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Not that surprising that they sailed aboard Dannebrog.

Each year she goes for a few cruises, so the mainly conscript crew can get some experience before the summer cruises. That sometimes included a trip to France.
Often PH went on one or more of these training cruises. Because the crew, who cook and serve the royals also need training.

And we have seen before how the CP-family go for a trip aboard Dannebrog outside the official cruises.
The DRF-members get a nice holiday and the crew get experience - a win-win.
 
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Saying hi to everyone in this thread because I am trying to read, look watch anything I can about the Crown Prince and Prince and their beautiful family.
 
M&F attended a wedding of couple of their friends in Spain this weekend.
https://www.billedbladet.dk/kongelige/danmark/frederik-og-mary-til-bryllup-i-spanien
https://www.semana.es/casas-reales/principes-dinamarca-incognito-boda-espana-20210711-002370157/
Between the Danish architect, Leonora Sisseck to Spanish wine-producer, Carlos del Rio.

The wedding took place in: Valbuena de Duero.

Leonora Sisseck is daughter of wine-producer, Peter Sisseck, who owns a wine-yard in Spain. His wife, Britte Sisseck, is a designer, who have designed dresses for Mary.

I can make out from the Spanish article that M&F went there most incognito.
There are some additional details about the newlyweds and their parents.

But perhaps our Spanish speaking friends can enlighten us about any details of interest? ?
 
M&F attended a wedding of couple of their friends in Spain this weekend.
https://www.billedbladet.dk/kongelige/danmark/frederik-og-mary-til-bryllup-i-spanien
https://www.semana.es/casas-reales/principes-dinamarca-incognito-boda-espana-20210711-002370157/
Between the Danish architect, Leonora Sisseck to Spanish wine-producer, Carlos del Rio.

The wedding took place in: Valbuena de Duero.

Leonora Sisseck is daughter of wine-producer, Peter Sisseck, who owns a wine-yard in Spain. His wife, Britte Sisseck, is a designer, who have designed dresses for Mary.

I can make out from the Spanish article that M&F went there most incognito.
There are some additional details about the newlyweds and their parents.

But perhaps our Spanish speaking friends can enlighten us about any details of interest? ?

Nothing has actually been published. There are no photos and I have hardly found anything else except a review in "Semana".
I suppose that few people in Spain would recognize the heir couple from Denmark anyway and that's a shame.
In "Hello" I found a review, without photos too

https://www.hola.com/actualidad/20210713193008/boda-heredera-vinos-ingus-federico-mary-dinamarca/

Somewhere I read that Alexandra and her children Nikolai and Felix will come to Spain on vacation. Can you tell me something else?
 
Nothing has actually been published. There are no photos and I have hardly found anything else except a review in "Semana".
I suppose that few people in Spain would recognize the heir couple from Denmark anyway and that's a shame.
In "Hello" I found a review, without photos too

https://www.hola.com/actualidad/20210713193008/boda-heredera-vinos-ingus-federico-mary-dinamarca/

Somewhere I read that Alexandra and her children Nikolai and Felix will come to Spain on vacation. Can you tell me something else?

Not much actually: https://www.theroyalforums.com/foru...art-1-september-2015-a-39242.html#post2414608

It's good M&F can visit Spain undisturbed.

Since the Spanish royals are still at work, I doubt M&F dropped by for a cup of coffee, even though the couples know each other well.
 
I think that between Madrid and Valladolid there are about 200 km, so unless they planned to stay a few days in Spain, it would be impossible for both royal couples to see each other.
 
That would coincide with "Hellerup-week" as the locals call week #29.

Traditional that's when the jet-set living north of Copenhagen migrate in droves to Skagen to mingle and be seen with the same people they mingle with the rest of the year.
The atmosphere is quite hectic with a lot of partying and cruising in expensive cars.
- The locals look on with considerable amusement - while turning up the prices... :D

In a sense M&F can vanish in the crowds because they look and sound like thousands of other Copenhageners in town at the same time.
On the other hand it's, as we see, almost impossible to be unnoticed by photographers and reporters from the gossip magazines, because of all the celebs and attention seekers who are also in town.

I know close friends of M&F have a large summer cottage in Skagen.
Otherwise they can stay with friends at Birkelse Manor, located about half and hour, three-quarters an hour away from Skagen.
Or they could stay at Trend Hunting Lodge, an additional half an hour away.
But this weekend QMII moved in there, so I guess M&F have already moved on to Gråsten, or will during this week.
 
@Muhler Now Don’t pretend you’re not sipping champers in a Rolls right now complaining about the help ;)

I think the impression some Royal family’s want to sell as approachable and of the people needs a grain of salt sometimes and that’s just fine. Everyone has a right to be happy as long as it’s legal and moral.
 
:previous: I wish. :D

I guess M&F, like so many families, have their holiday traditions.
I.e. it's not a real summer holiday unless they have been in Skagen and at Gråsten, riding.

The town of Skagen, located at the northern most tip of DK is a beautiful place - especially without the tourists...
Almost completely surrounded by water, the light is fantastic! It's no wonder our most renowned painters gathered at Skagen and did some of their best painting there.
Being an old fishing-town you can't get fish more fresh. And in Danish context the portions served are mega-sized.
The west and north coast of Jutland is one continuous 350 km long sand-beach, perfect for bathing families.
At the very tip of Jutland, you can stand with one foot in the Baltic Sea and the other in the North Sea, and when the conditions are right you can see the waves from the two seas clash.
Amber-hunting is a favorite. But the locals of course know where and not least when to go hunting.

But let's look at some photos.

The very tip of Denmark:
https://www.scandichotels.dk/imageV...Grenen__Skagen_Thomas_Nykrog_visitdenmark.jpg
https://check-in.dk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Skagen-set-fra-Nordic-Seaplanes.jpg

The two seas clashing:
https://www.le34.dk/wp-content/uploads/LE34_Grenen-Skagen_16-9.jpg
https://www.visitnordjylland.dk/sites/visitnordjylland.com/files/2019-07/Skagen-Grenen-hres.jpg

A town house:
https://images.sologstrand.dk/001_10-0863_000_005.jpg

A typical street:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Skagen_by_-_panoramio.jpg

Sunset over Skagen town. That will be around 21-22 in the evening at this time of year:
https://www.visitnordjylland.dk/sit...om/files/2021-01/Skagen_Mette Johnsen (9).jpg

Various views:
https://www.dcu.dk/sites/default/fi...stmuseet_skagen_FOTO_PR (2).jpg?itok=jg7fpcHu
https://mentormedier-dagen-prod.cdn...-1-prod/public/USO5IAKDPVA57D4TBPPQYMSJFU.jpg
https://usercontent.one/wp/galleritobar.dk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/skagen-vippefyr.jpg
https://www.visitnordjylland.dk/sit...2021-01/Skagen_Magnus Moberg_29_12_19 (2).jpg
https://www.visitnordjylland.dk/sit...2021-01/Skagen_Vesterbrofotograferne (23).jpg
https://www.enjoynordjylland.dk/sites/enjoynordjylland.com/files/2021-04/skagen_mette-johnsen.jpg
https://www.thehost.dk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Turisthus-Nord.jpg

The dunes along the beaches are protected and if you are lucky you can as a family be surprisingly sheltered:
https://tr-images.condecdn.net/imag...kagen-traveller-22-24jun13-hans-zeegers_b.jpg

There are lots of tourists at the harbor!
https://standby.dk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Skagen-Turisthus-Nord-pressefoto-scaled.jpeg

For those interested in history there are still a lot of German bunkers around. They are virtually indestructible! The fish and birds like them though, so they are left where they are and in a few hundred years the sea will have eaten them.
https://www.toppenafdanmark.dk/sites/toppenafdanmark.com/files/2021-02/Skagen-Fyrmino1600x900.jpg

Hellerup-week, as you can tell from the car:
https://jyllands-posten.dk/pictures...ERNATES/native-app-2048/hellerup-uge-i-skagen

Fish served fresh:
https://vendelia.dk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/photo_2020-11-18_17-59-18-1024x768.jpg
https://www.ruths-hotel.dk/fileadmin/_processed_/3/f/csm__D6A2958__1__07f12a0f5a.jpg
Washed down with some of the many, many variations of local schnapps:
https://scontent-hou1-1.cdninstagra...=2f8b70b38f9f9821e62b6f2eeacaf6cc&oe=61047B34

With a bit of luck, you can find amber (a major export of ours in antiquity BTW):
https://www.toppenafdanmark.dk/sites/toppenafdanmark.com/files/2019-04/På-jagt-efter-rav.jpg
Sometimes with insects embedded in it:
https://premium.vgc.no/v2/images/7b...-a3bf19eee97e?fit=crop&h=1050&w=1600&fb3ea6e2
But chances are you won't, but you can buy jewellery from amber:
https://www.antikhandlere.dk/images/apZoom/394132z.jpg
https://gallerivaldemar.dk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSCF1540.jpg
https://www.denlilleravbutik.dk/403-thickbox_default/rav-vedhaeng-hjerter-amber-heart-pendant-1.jpg

The light is special, which is why so many painters went there in the late 1800s:
https://www.smk.dk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/I-høstens-tid-fuglsang-beskåret-1600x1249.jpg
https://kukua.dk/wp-content/uploads...nord-for-Skagen-1887.-Foto-Skagens-Museum.jpg
https://skagensmalerne.files.wordpr..._drenge_ride_heste_til_vands-_skagen_1900.jpg
https://skagenskunstmuseer.dk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/skm1245-cropped.jpg
The locals were scenic:
https://www.hirschsprung.dk/rails/a...97abd53/Krøyer_købmandsboden_maleri_1 (1).jpg
https://skagenskunstmuseer.dk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/skm466.jpg
But life was hard!
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/74/0d/37/740d37e643e960ca3b7c75a8036f5c3a.jpg

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A photo of the CP-family in Skagen. Don't know what year:
https://cdn.nord.bazo.dk/images/4a0f91ca-4cd5-4fb0-a013-aafea1a3145b/s/2048

This house is owned by the Skeel family, and this is where M&F and the Skeel family live, when in Skagen. Seen from the rear it's a simple and modest summer cottage. I think the CP family likes it a bit small from time to time.
https://images.seoghoer.dk/s3fs-public/joergen_christian_skeel_hus.jpg?ixlib=imgixjs-3.4.0
 
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Mang Tak for the many wonderful photos Muhler. The town looks so neat and tidy and picturesque. No wonder Fred and Mary like going there. The photo of the fish dinner made me feel hungry. Ha! For the locals watching two angry seas collide when weather conditions are right must be awesome.
 
Thankyou so much for the beautiful photo's. You are very lucky to live in such a lovely country. I was fortunate to visit for a week back in 2011. I was amazed at your beaches which are very similar to parts of Australia. It is no wonder Princess Mary feels so at home in Denmark.
 
Mang Tak for the many wonderful photos Muhler. The town looks so neat and tidy and picturesque. No wonder Fred and Mary like going there. The photo of the fish dinner made me feel hungry. Ha! For the locals watching two angry seas collide when weather conditions are right must be awesome.

Thankyou so much for the beautiful photo's. You are very lucky to live in such a lovely country. I was fortunate to visit for a week back in 2011. I was amazed at your beaches which are very similar to parts of Australia. It is no wonder Princess Mary feels so at home in Denmark.

My pleasure. ?

Yes, I imagine the beaches in DK and Tasmania may resemble each other? - That is sand and lots of dunes.
I hadn't thought that the scenery may remind Mary of Australia. I'm glad you pointed that out.
- I'm sure she must miss visiting Australia and family and friends there. It's been a long time now, and she may hardly be able to visit Australia this year either.
Two of M&F's children have all of a sudden grown up and become teens, since her relatives last saw them in person!

I can assure you, Tarlita, that there is not one single house in the entire town that is neglected.
Any house showing signs of the owners being unable or can't afford to maintain it will immediately be besieged by potential buyers willing to pay a very favorable price. - And then totally renovate the house.

With a holiday goes pastry and bread.

Pastry and bread is not just bread and cakes. It depends on the time of day.
Frederik will get up as the first one in the morning, (certainly before his teen-children!) put on some sandals and dog in leash stroll down to the nearest baker. There are several in Skagen.
Here he will buy assorted "rundstykker" = round buns. With real butter (that isn't fattening until next week...) and various cheese.
https://berlingske.bmcdn.dk/media/c...large/image/79/791174/3256473-rundstykker.jpg
Cut in halves and served either with only butter (my preference)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p...btElqQ8A2sovTl4p5_Q0zgALlPX4b2BtYYrswZntppdOQ
Or with cheese, ham or peanut-butter/nutella:
https://mills.ams3.digitaloceanspac...4161844/Osterundstykker_1920_930-1600x775.jpg
Frederik, like any other romantically inclined husband (it's part of the deal) will occasionally serve breakfast in bed for his wife.
Romantic, eh? - Until your children and dog decides they also want breakfast in bed. Your bed. And they all place themselves between you and your wife. :ohmy:

Oh well. After breakfast our CP-family is likely to go to the beach for a quick dive in the sea - after having waited for Isabella. Because like all teen-girls she has to look right for the beach... ;)

On the way back to lunch in their house, they pass a baker and Frederik decides they need something for lunch. And what is better then freshly made white bread and a handful of snails?
Being health-conscious, they opt for bread with lots of seeds. Good for the digestion:
https://sg-cms.imgix.net/jcr:40a476...&rect=0,125,1500,999&fit=max&auto=format&q=60
With a fat layer of butter:
https://madenimitliv.dk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DSC_0011-1.jpg
For toppings, it's nothing special just a simple typical, traditional lunch
https://files.deal.dk/images/34088/2496ba639d5db9e198ea6cf32c930af1.jpg
Mary and Frederik will once more look in amazement at their teenage son wolfing down anything in sight. Where does it go?!?
The snails were really to be eaten at breakfast, but a healthy breakfast is important - so the snails can wait for lunch...
There are countless variations of them:
https://migogaalborg.dk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Kanelsnegl-1.jpg
https://cdn-free-legacy.tv2i.dk/202...faces&fit=crop&ixjsv=1.1.3&q=82&w=1880&h=1058
But M&F decides to go traditional and pick the cinnamon-snails with white and chocolate glasing:
https://tarasmulticulturaltable.com.../Kanelsnegle-Danish-Cinnamon-Rolls-5-of-5.jpg

After lunch the family strolls dog in leash through Skagen, occasionally yanking Isabella away from her phone and the shops with amber.
Before heading home. On the way the pass a Konditor = a pastry-shop. Where Frederik decides they need a light, fresh layered cake to go with the afternoon-coffee.
Nothing special, just a simple refreshment in the summer heat.
https://karenvolf.dk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Granataeble-lagkage.jpg
Frederik picks one of these - for himself:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Othello_lagkager_02.jpg
Mary is concerned about her figure and opts for this:
https://bisca.dk/karenvolf/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Mini-lagkager-med-jordbaer.jpg
The twins want chocolate and cocoa:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p...ANS7y6BS0KiSkwDVEPcNrCdDi5TWkEcExa9iK5wjMgcLQ

In the late afternoon, it's time for dinner. But it's hot and they've had a little to eat during the day, so the family decides to go light and healthy and what is better than rye-bread?
Frederik strolls dog in leash to another baker to get some assorted freshly baked rye-bread.
Good for the digestion and full of seeds.
There are countless variations of them:
https://sg-cms.imgix.net/jcr:a4399e...&rect=0,114,1500,999&fit=max&auto=format&q=60
https://berlingske.bmcdn.dk/media/cache/resolve/image_x_large/image/9/91577/16011835-rugbrd.jpg
It so happens that the house comes equipped with a traditional rye-bread slicer:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jo6iliOWe1g/UO1e8HTDqfI/AAAAAAAAAPE/fLARxpPk-gM/s1600/DSC06429.JPG
Enabling you to slice the bread in teenage-sized slices:
https://www.opskrifter.dk/images/recipes/o460934FTArVZs4hSGdIZCa8dcpil3lNbHt4saxN.jpeg
(Traditionally such thick slices are referred to as "the horse's birthday" slices.)
Now with any kind of dark bread you need appropriate toppings. Nothing as fancy as the smorgasboards you get at restaurants, but something easy and simple.
https://osterportslagter.dk/wp-content/uploads/sites/73/2021/01/handamdder-14-kr-1.jpg
https://ketoliv.dk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180808_120245-1200x675.jpg
https://sg-cms.imgix.net/jcr:257458...&rect=50,0,1500,1000&fit=max&auto=format&q=60
Fish and shrimps is of course a must, Skagen being a fishing town. - It's a must no matter what.
https://slagtergronvall.dk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/smoerrebroed-mellem-fiskefilet.jpg

After dinner the family strolls dog in leash down to the fishing boats at the harbor. It's so scenic to see the fishing boats and take in the small of the sea, fish, tar and not least hear the engines and the cries of the persistent gulls. Good for the digestion and fresh air is always healthy.
On the way back, Frederik feels a little peckish and suggest they get a "kringle" (something like "a twister") for the evening coffee. Fortunately there is another pastry store right there.
There are zillions of variations of them and they are - almost - non-fattening.
The scent of freshly made kringle and fresh coffee proves irresistible for everyone, and while the sun begin to set over Skagen, the CP-family sits on the patio enjoying a kringle or two.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/68e3V1_AXa0/maxresdefault.jpg
They are used a symbols by bakers and pastry-shops:
https://rykindribe.dk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cf4704-scaled-e1615225415288.jpg
But they are not necessarily twisted, some are straight, in which case they are also called a stick:
https://v9b5k7t4.stackpathcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Verdens-bedste-kringle.png
Others are round, in which case they are usually called a cake:
https://krem.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IMG_2262.jpg
https://www.tine.no/_/recipeimage/w...y_center/recipeimage/v0soge1kv4lssgpbxjbg.jpg
And this is how they look inside:
https://www.farmorsopskrifter.dk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20170812_151956-scaled.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/67/45/fe/6745fea669f370c3b92e43ef8055ddfc.png

This is archetypical Danish Pastry. What we call Wienerbrød = Viennese Bread. Strictly speaking this is not a kringle, but a specific kind of flat pastry in the form of a stick:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p...zASIdXxGQYC4PcL8bC62FU-fvpKz-ijWQEe-cL5J9aNFw

By the time they are finished with their evening coffee the sun goes down and the clock shows: 21.40. (Today the 29th July in Skagen.)
But it will be past 23 before the sky is getting dark.
 
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