Prince Frederik and Princess Mary's Working Visit to Germany: May 19-21, 2015

polyesco · May 20, 2015

Muhler said:
I rarely envy the royals but on this occasion I do: Flensborg Avis Online - Hamburger Spezialbier für dänisches Kronprinzenpaar
M&F were presented with 240 bottles of specially brewed beer.
And of special interest for our Australian friends, the beer is based on Australian hops. Another example of Mary's heritage never being far from the surface.

I think the expressions on M&F's faces says it all. +

what a very nice detail.
mix blend of Danish, German and Australian

video and article from day 1 yesterday
VIDEO: Kronprinsesse Mary lavede lækker salat i Hamborg | Billed Bladet

Roskilde said:
Day 2 - Frederik and Mary have arrived in Munchen

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And are received by Bavaria’s minister-president Horst Seehofer and his wife at the palace Residenz:
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BB article: Tell that the airplane from Hamburg to Munich was 30 minutes delayed - so logically Frederik and Mary as well arrived half an hour later to Munich, but the many people didn't care and got lots of handshakes in the pouring rain when F&M arrived.

Kronprinsesse Mary og kronprins Frederik ankom med stil til slot i München | Billed Bladet

Looking in very fine form on Day 2.
From the article it says that Frederik gave part of his speech in German

another pic from day 2
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a tweet from yesterday
Hamburg on Instagram ‏@insta_hamburg 10h10 hours ago It was an honor to meet HRH Frederik and Mary last night. All Danes can be proud of the work they do for the country. #danishroyalvisit #kr…

a raining welcome
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Roskilde · May 20, 2015

Opening of Ecco "Flagship store":

First pictures
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BB article:
Kronprinsesse Mary og kronprins Frederik så på butikker i München | Billed Bladet

Frederik and Mary's signatures. The Crown Prince Couple wrote in the guestbook after receipt of the castle Residenz;
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polyesco · May 20, 2015

Looking good and with great promotion for Danish business.

Picture of Frederik giving his speech, must have been in German, Mary has a translator in her ear
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signing the guest book
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arriving at the airport
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more from the store openings
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Frederik giving his speech
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cutting the ribbon
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with the flower girl
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Cant say it enough, such great attitudes in greeting the people and their host.

one more picture. Notice this time Frederik's hand was on her waist and not lower lol

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MidwestMom · May 20, 2015

Certainly seems to be a successful visit. F & M look happy and relaxed. I read the Daily Mail article, though, and some of the comments are vile - even My New Royals has nasty comments. Most of them are ''anonymous'' or from people who don't live in Denmark. I'll just take the word of the Danish contributors here.

minstrel2010 · May 20, 2015

You cannot ask for more than 100% of yourself and for me that is what they both give .

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They always appear to give the same one hundred percent commitment and they do it showing pleasure and enjoyment.What more can anyone ask.

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Roskilde · May 20, 2015

minstrel2010 said:
They always appear to give the same one hundred percent commitment and they do it showing pleasure and enjoyment. What more can anyone ask.

Yes, they are brilliant to these trips. It's some very busy schedules, but they always look to truly enjoy them and each other. They have really found their place. It's a pleasure to see. They must be exhausted after those trips, but this time they are at least free of getting jetlag

polyesco · May 20, 2015

the dinner tonight
Kronprinsesse Mary var stjernen til kæmpe festmiddag i Kaisersaal | Billed Bladet

http://www.billedbladet.dk/sites/bi...d/public/media/article/smuk.jpg?itok=pHKcV7JX

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another photo from the dinner day 2
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dinner
good looking couple
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marfre · May 20, 2015

Thanks to all for gathering the many links and posts so quickly for this visit. Frederik and Mary do a great job always with great spirit and happiness.

Roskilde said:
Yes, they are brilliant to these trips. It's some very busy schedules, but they always look to truly enjoy them and each other. They have really found their place. It's a pleasure to see. They must be exhausted after those trips, but this time they are at least free of getting jetlag Btw proud of seeing our beloved Crown Prince Couple also being so well recieved by the Germans on the streets.

Pictures of the opening of the Danish jewellery shop 'Georg Jensen':

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Greeting the people outside
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Love the third picture in the second set, so happy.

polyesco · May 20, 2015

Another gallery of Day 2
Alternative Crop;

article and picture gallery
Mary und Frederik: Seehofer begrüßt dänisches Kronprinzenpaar in München - München - Abendzeitung München
Fotostrecke: Mary und Frederik: Seehofer begrüßt dänisches Kronprinzenpaar in München - München - Abendzeitung München
nice painting

and pic of frederik during his speech
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Duke of Marmalade · May 21, 2015

Princess Mary dons 70s inspired jumpsuit in Munich with Prince Frederik | Daily Mail Online

Roskilde · May 21, 2015

Thanks DOM, nice look.

A good video from yesterday as well: (Let's hope they get a little bit less rainy weather today)
Video: Der dänische Thronfolger... - Brisant - ARD | Das Erste

Today is F&M's last day in Germany and it will end around 4pm.

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Day 3 has started.

The Crown Prince Couple participate in the opening ceremony of the business delegation’s programme with 450 Danish and German guests, including company leaders and decision-makers:

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Dinner last night:
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Ilse · May 21, 2015

Dänisches Prinzenpaar in München - Als blaublütige Unterstützung ist auch - Frederik und Mary - München - Süddeutsche.de

Muhler · May 21, 2015

Summary of article in Billed Bladet #21, 2015.
Written by our man in Germany, Ulrik Ulriksen.

Due to BB's deadline, this covers the very beginning of the visit.

M&F arrived to a cool Hamburg in the morning and at the square in front of the townhall quite a lot of people had showed up and they predominantly wanted to see Mary, so with Frederik trailing behind, Mary went along the line of spectators, and received loads of flowers. So many in fact that she couldn't hold on to all of them and alas dropped some, but this is where the Danish Minister for Trade and Development, Mogens Jensen, was handy to have around. He helped her picking up the flowers.
This is a big-time trade offensive so not the government was represented but the Danish ambassador as well and he told our reporter: "There is a big focus on the Danish monarchy. The DRF is very popular in Germany and people are in particular fascinated and interested in the CP-couple who to a very high degree help give Denmark a good image.
In later years the CP-couple have been to Germany several times and each time with success. There were for instance in Berlin last year when the Crown Princess received (*) the Bambi Charity Award at a big gala and together with Princess Benedikte attended an equestrian competition in Aachen where they got full attention".
The ambassador adds that the German media interest is huge. (I'll leave it to our German friends here to confirm whether that is correct or not).

It isn't just Frederik who if fond of holding his wife's popo. There is a picture in the article where Mary clearly has put her hand on her husbands...ehh... rear pocket.

Mrs. Muhler has told me that she and I think that while Mary was very stylish during the visit, the jumpsuit, or whatever it's called, was a miss.

(*) Thank god for spell check! Why oh why is received spelled with ei while friends is with ie? :frazzled:

MARG · May 21, 2015

The rule: I before E except after C! :doh:

Don't you just love the peculiarities of English as it's written. :hiding:

minstrel2010 · May 21, 2015

Too true,we do have some quirky ways of spelling !!

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Muhler · May 21, 2015

Thanks, Marg :flowers:

Here is a particularly nice pic of Mary in München from Bild: http://bilder.bild.de/fotos-skalier...-marry-45410753-41035080/2,w=650,c=0.bild.jpg

The article: http://www.bild.de/regional/muenche...-royalen-glanz-an-die-isar-41032492.bild.html

A video. That's an impressive escort! http://www.bild.de/regional/muenche...ronprinzenpaar-in-muenchen-41026452.bild.html

BB reports that Mary visited a furniture store, with Arne Jacobsen chairs.
The eagle eyed among you will notice the pattern: Kronprinsesse Mary nød jubilæumsfest og farver i tysk møbelbutik | Billed Bladet

M&F also met a little Bavarian princess, in the shape of the flowergirl, Mette-Marie, dressed in a local dress: http://www.billedbladet.dk/kongelig...g-kronprins-frederik-moedte-bayersk-prinsesse

Here is a video of Frederik speaking German: http://www.billedbladet.dk/kongelig...rik-overraskede-kronprinsesse-mary-i-tyskland
The article and our reporter, the indomitable Ulrik Ulriksen, states that Mary was impressed with Frederik giving a speech in German. While I think Mary is impressed in general by Frederik, I think we should take that one with a grain of salt or two, as she doesn't speak German herself.

Roskilde · May 21, 2015

And we have some new and lovely pictures from today:

Frederik gives his wife a lovely kiss as they arrived to the furniture store today :wub:

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A quite romantic picture of F&M in the rain from yesterday, isn't it?:
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polyesco · May 21, 2015

All just wonderful pictures and videos
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Such a packed agenda and Frederik and Mary have done a great job, with the people and their hosts.
They have such positive attitudes in all they do.

Love the little quick kiss, after having separate agenda events
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loved the Mary cooking portion, she does it with such joy
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more galleries on
PPE Agency

Day 3
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at the Fraunhofer-Haus:
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Muhler · May 21, 2015

Thanks for the many additional pics. :flowers:

The TV2 news at 19.00 covered the visit again. And we heard Frederik speaking German and as far as I could tell, he spoke perfectly fine and easy to understand German, so Mary would have had reason to be impressed as BB claimed.

But there were also a few more hard facts. Trade between northern Germany and DK is fine, thank you! Less so with southern Germany and it's an attractive market. Affluent and interested in quality but still the Danish export to northern Germany is no less than fourteen times higher than to southern Germany! So this trade offensive really matters!

Roskilde · May 21, 2015

So is this trip successful over and F&M are very likely already back home in Denmark - in time to putting their children to bed

BB article: Frederik and Mary gave interview to Billedbladet and the German TV station ZDF before travel home to Denmark:
http://www.billedbladet.dk/kongelig...og-kronprins-frederik-fik-tyskerne-til-klappe

Frederik and Mary told that they were honored and pleased about the way the many Germans on the street had received them. Frederik also said that he was satisfied with the teamwork that he and Mary had delivered along with the rest of the Danish delegation. And not least F&M said that they now looked forward to getting home to their four children and tell them about the experiences in Germany.

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Longer feature again in tonight's main news.

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:in_love:

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One more gallery from PPE Agency:
PPE Agency

BB article telling F&M shared a smile when a German fan directly said 'I love you' to Mary - in Danish with Bavarian accent.
Kronprinsesse Mary og kronprins Frederik fik tyskerne til at klappe | Billed Bladet

TV2 video of Frederik holding his speech in German:
Grüss Gott! Se kronprins Frederik udfolde sig på tysk | GO'

iceflower · May 21, 2015

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Here's a look back on the three days in Germany:

** pp: Mary et Frederik de Danemark : Complicité et élégance pour séduire l'Allemagne **

Tarlita · May 21, 2015

Thanks to all who provided links to the wonderful photos. Another successful visit. At least the jumpsuit invited comment, and they can't call her dull. Day 3 F&M looked like they had a big night out. They are wonderful representatives for Denmark.

polyesco · May 21, 2015

iceflower said:
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Here's a look back on the three days in Germany:

** pp: Mary et Frederik de Danemark : Complicité et élégance pour séduire l'Allemagne **

what a great gallery
A job well done for Frederik and Mary on this visit.

Muhler · May 21, 2015

polyesco said:
what a great gallery
A job well done for Frederik and Mary on this visit.

Indeed. Let's hope it results in orders. The Germans seem interesting in buying and we are interested in selling.
But it'll be three to five years before we can really tell whether this offensive mattered and whether M&F's participation made a genuine difference.

The companies maintains it makes a considerable difference to have the DRF around at previous offensives, so that will probably also be the case here.

Me too, Iceflower. Thanks for the gallery. :flowers:

polyesco · May 21, 2015

if the companies are happy, I guess these trips will continue.
They certainly do a good job in bringing in extra attention.

Video from BB
VIDEO: Kronprinsesse Mary fik et smækkys af sin mand | Billed Bladet
we can see the greeting from Frederik to Mary
they both look very down to earth and ready for their events

marfre · May 21, 2015

polyesco said:
All just wonderful pictures and videos
.
Such a packed agenda and Frederik and Mary have done a great job, with the people and their hosts.
They have such positive attitudes in all they do.

Love the little quick kiss, after having separate agenda events
http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Princess+Mary+Crown+Prince+Frederik+Crown+GltO8p-kdWNx.jpg
http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Princess+Mary+Crown+Prince+Frederik+Crown+OrzoTE1n1qXx.jpg

loved the Mary cooking portion, she does it with such joy
http://www.ppe-agency.com/500px/May2015/PPE150520260.jpg

more galleries on
PPE Agency

Day 3
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at the Fraunhofer-Haus:
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https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/h...e15/11272377_460089437486889_1462207073_n.jpg

Many happy pictures. Love the ones of Mary cooking she always has fun when doing so and others of her and Frederik so sweet.

Frederik and Mary always do a great job on these visits. They have great attitudes and a joyous and happy connection that shines and this makes people instantly at ease, we see this in the many photos. They do a wonderful job representing Denmark.

Muhler · May 22, 2015

Another article from Daily Mail: Crown Princess Mary wins Germany girls' hearts with Prince Frederik | Daily Mail Online

sm1939 · May 22, 2015

its is me, or they the hardness working royal crown couple ,they are always out and about , either in there own country or abroad ...........they never seem to stop ...
thanks for posting the pictures

Roskilde · May 22, 2015

marfre said:
Many happy pictures. Love the ones of Mary cooking she always has fun when doing so and others of her and Frederik so sweet.

Frederik and Mary always do a great job on these visits. They have great attitudes and a joyous and happy connection that shines and this makes people instantly at ease, we see this in the many photos. They do a wonderful job representing Denmark.

The CP-couple's immense popularity is indeed well deserved. I btw just saw a long feature in the morning news on one of the main German channels this morning.

I'm sure they yesterday evening when they came home, and after having put the children to bed, both laid them on the couch with their feet up to a good movie on Netflix

They have come home to gray rainy weather as well so what better way to relax on. When will the Danish summer come? We talk late May. It's soon June! Come on.

Do you have better weather in Jutland, Muhler? In this case, I will immigrates over there soon...

Another good gallery from their last day: (just press the arrow keys)
https://www.facebook.com/2352278166...5227816664642/384037175117038/?type=1&theater
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Stefan · May 22, 2015

I took the opportunity to make a Visit to Munich as it is not to far away from where i live.
Here are some of my pics and a Report

Royal Travel and Events Blog: danish Crown Princely Couple visits Munich

Prince Frederik and Princess Mary's Working Visit to Germany: May 19-21, 2015

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