Queen Margrethe's birthday celebrations

Photo: DR.dk/JJ Films

Queen Margrethe will turn 70 on April 16. We are familiar with the annual birthday greeting, usually on the balcony at Amalienborg, but it is a tradition to make a bit more of the celebration when it is a significant number. We saw this in 2008 for Crown Prince Frederik's 40th birthday. A monarch's birthday is one of those occasions when private and public merge. It becomes a moment to celebrate the qualities of the person who embodies her own individuality, her position as the head of her royal house, with all its own traditions and deep connection to Denmark as a nation and her position as head of state in one of the most stable constitutional monarchies in the world. It is altogether a celebration of Margrethe and Denmark: and there will be another 'big number' to celebrate in 2012 with the anniversary of her 40 year reign.

The celebrations so far demonstrate Margrethe's popularity, although this is not to say there are not some in Denmark who wish for a Danish republic. The figure has been roughly around 20% over recent years, which leaves Margrethe and the Danish royal family with the highest approval ratings of any royal family in Europe. Some recent stories in Jyllands Posten suggest more transparency in accounting is being sought by the Social Democrats and some republican protesters have been denied a place by the police in Amalienborg Square to protest their views on the Queen's birthday. The police have stated it is for their own protection since the square is expected to be very crowded with people there to celebrate the Queen. The protesters will demonstrate nearby. Debate about the costs of maintaining a royal head of state or an elected or appointed head of state is not unique to Denmark. The costs of national representatives are probably fairly similar whether under a constitutional monarchy or a republic (with added costs of elections). It is clear that a large majority of Danes value their royal family and all that it represents historically and traditionally to Danish identlity.

Margrethe Alexandrine Þorhildur Ingrid was born at Amalienborg on April 16, 1940 to King Frederik IX and Swedish-born Queen Ingrid. The Heir Apparent acceded to the throne on the death of her father on January 14, 1972 and proclaimed her motto as "God’s help, the love of The People, Denmark’s strength". There are various events and observances as part of the celebrations including the release of a new stamp, coins, a television special about Margrethe and Denmark, various exhibitions, a birthday press conference and official and private galas. There is also extensive coverage in the media.

The DR documentary - The Queen's Denmark - screened on April 5. The documentary was made over four years as the Queen visited the places in Denmark which have meant most to her. The Queen herself is the narrator and it is beautifully shot by the JJ Films crew (yes, Jacob Jørgensen's company, father-in-law to Countess Alexandra, former wife of Prince Joachim). Jacob Jørgensen and Ulrik Wivel directed the program.

Queen Margrethe talks about her passions for culture and history, recounts her many memories linked to different places such as Trend in north west Jutland, Gråsten and Greenland. She talks about her relationship with her father King Frederik and about her marriage to Prince Henrik. The film features previously unpublished reflections on the Queen's strong personal affiliation to Denmark.

The film's director Jacob Jørgensen says "The intention of the film is to show the Queen's very special and warm relationship with Denmark. It is unparalleled that we have insight into the Queen's thoughts about her childhood, about the family and about the job as regent at the same time as we see the places which have meant a great deal to the Queen throughout her life. We have had quite a funny and also exciting collaboration together to make the film."

You can see JJ Films' trailer here on Youtube and the program itself can still be viewed on DR's player here. The program is just under one hour and although it is all in Danish you can get a strong sense of the Queen's deep connection to Denmark, to her sense of human history and nature all about her, to her quite tender reflections about her father and his pride and confidence in her to do the job as regent, remarks about the Danish language (which she finds beautiful) and so on. The cottage she shows us is Trend, a hunting lodge set in deep forest by the north western shore of Jutland. She describes how pleasurable it was as a child to just step outside and be walking in the grass - something special for someone brought up in various castles. Trend is now a favoured place for Frederik and Mary to go for short family breaks. The Queen had an inspirational teacher who introduced her to archeology and she also mentions her Swedish grandfather's encouragement (King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden 1882-1973) of her childhood interest in rocks and nature, where humans have left their mark everywhere just under foot. It is a lovely film with insight not only into the Queen's inner life but also shows us something of Denmark. She says in her youth she might have liked to have been an archeologist, but that changed as she got older when she became more artistic in her private pursuits. She became reconciled to her fate to become regent in her late teens and knew she would always have her deep sense of duty and connection to Denmark. The music featured in the documentary was written and performed by well-known musician Chris Minh Doky, Frederik's friend and husband to Mary's lady-in-waiting Tanja Doky.

DR's The Queen's Denmark (56.00)

Margrethe & Benedikte reflect on the garden @ Gråsten

All photos © Timo Battefeld/JydskeVestkysten

The Queen and Princess Benedikte received JydskeVestkysten's journalist Katrine Lund Walsted and photographer Timo Battefeld and showed them around the Gråsten Palace garden to co-incide with the Danish Royal Family's stay at a favourite summer residence:
JydskeVestkysten.dk 'En slotshave i dronning Ingrids ånd' - A palace garden in Queen Ingrid's mind

When Queen Margrethe and Princess Benedikte think about Gråsten Palace gardens, they have the people in mind. One of the royal house's three dachshunds pads over the gravel in the courtyard with a member of the Court. The gardeners are in full swing in the late afternoon sun. And the Royal Guards sweat in their uniforms while they stand watch. The royal family is in summer residence in these weeks at Gråsten Slot. And when the weather is right, there is time to spend in the garden. It's Queen Margrethe and Princess Benedikte who come up with ideas for the garden's further development.

The Queen and the Princess have just enjoyed lunch and a cup of coffee on the terrace out next to Gråsten Palace's lake when they receive JydskeVestkysten. The royal sisters have said "yes" to show the local newspaper around the garden. The garden isn't just for the royals, it is also a garden for the people. And the sisters think about it a lot to plan the garden's development. "It shouldn't only be nice when we are here. There also has to be something to look at for the visitors to the garden all year round," Queen Margrethe says.

Gråsten Palace gardens have ten hectares of ground. And what was a park before is now changed to a garden. "Even though the area is large, it's still described as one garden," Princess Benedikte says. The royal sisters took over the garden after Queen Ingrid's death in 2000. And the sisters believe they carry on the garden which was in their mother's mind. One of the first things which Queen Ingrid created in the palace garden was the big colourful herbaceous border out next to against Slotsbakken. "My parents came here in 1936. There wasn't a lot of garden, it was mostly grass and a lot of trees. There was apparently a rose bed, which wasn't very good, so my mother removed it," says the Queen.

The sisters say that the herbaceous border was one of the first things Queen Ingrid built. "The bed was not at all as big as it is now. My mother extended it little by little," Princess Benedikte says. Some years ago the big herbaceous border was rearranged. "The perennials in the beds have always been there, but not necessarily in the same place in the bed." According to the royal sisters the garden beds needed renewal since they had remained the same for many years. "We managed to renew the soil and got a little more variety and more colours into the bed. But it is still in the same style as mother had it," Princess Benedikte says.

Among the local population in Gråsten some people have thought that the big herbaceous border has been changed too much and isn't so beautiful as during Queen Ingrid's time. The sisters think that the beds need time to evolve after the relaying. "There needs to be at least two years after rearranging a bed, it's very flat and bare at first. And then, last summer was horrible and it wasn't particularly good for the garden beds. It had to be adjusted a little. Slots and Ejendomsstyrelsen [the state organisation which runs palaces and gardens] would like to cut down the size of the bed so it isn't so big as it has been," Queen Margrethe says.

The sisters agree that for the first time after the relaying, the bed is now looking beautiful. "Look at the lovely large red phloxes," Princess Benedikte says and points at a large red patch of phlox. The royal sisters are seized by the thoughts about the garden bed and speak happily over each other. "It's beautiful and important to have big lines in big gardens. Here there has to be a bit of show," Princess Benedikte says.

And the Queen adds: "We follow my mother's guide in the colour blends. It's good to have colours, but it must not be too much of one colour. There needs to be a little contrast," Queen Margrethe says.

Garden for the people
We approach the bed from a distance, which spreads like a long green vigorous border with lots of coloured spots in between the green. When standing at a distance you can see that the same elements occur repeatedly. "With a basically good plan for a bed, you can repeat it. There's no need to have 100 different things in the bed," Princess Benedikte says.

In 2006 the sisters put up a couple of benches under some trees. "Here my sister and I thought that there should be a couple of seats. It's such a lovely place. We hope that many people will enjoy these benches," Queen Margrethe says. "It's so lovely and peaceful here," Princess Benedikte smiles.

Every year thousands of locals and tourists visit Gråsten Palace and gardens, and the sisters think about the visitors a great deal when they plan the garden together with the gardener in charge of the summer residence. This year a round bench seat has also been put around the old plane tree by the castle lake. "We often talked about doing it with Queen Ingrid but just never managed to do it... it is nice for the visitors to the garden who can enjoy the view here near the lake and the castle," the Queen says.

At the rose bed by the church there are new English roses planted, and this year, there is a new surround for the gold fish pond. Last summer the royal family had a selection to choose from and they chose some flagstones from Petersen Tegl. "It's a joy to see how the flagstones are consistent with the old stones," Princess Benedikte says.

A piece of Gråsten
The royal sisters stop and look at the old Gråsten apple tree. The Queen picks up an apple and takes a bite. "They are a little sourish still. But they aren't immature," the Queen says. Queen Ingrid was fond of the apple blossoms. "There were some fantastic summers here at the garden. The place here is the quintessence of summer and summertime," Queen Margrethe says. We go down towards Billeddammen, which has a number of old oaks standing near a close neighbour. "This place was one of my mother's favourite places. In the evening when the shadows from the trees fall over the pond, it is very beautiful," says Princess Benedikte.

We go on along the Bille-pond and up against Princess House and Princess Garden. In front of the garden there stand square beds with roses. The number of beds has been reduced during the years. "Some people would probably think that it's pity to reduce the number of roses. But it's important to preserve the good places in the garden with the resources we have, so we put in as much effort as possible," says the Queen... The Princess House was home for two gardener families and later a storage place for tools. "It was in the winter apparently in 1941-1942 that Queen Ingrid made it into a playhouse for me...and it was a favourite place when we were children," Queen Margrethe recounts.

"I can't remember that there was a greenhouse here at all," says Princess Benedikte.
"Can't you remember that we picked berries down on the slope? It must be the four years between us...," the Queen smiles at her sister.

The Princess Garden stands by and large as Queen Ingrid built it. "We have simplified this too but have not altered it very much," says the Queen, who together with her sister has planted a number of lime trees, where the branches will grow together in time [pleach].

On the path from Princess House and down to the castle lake a giant Gunnera stands, which is also called a mammoth leaf. It is an exotic feature, "It almost looks like something from the Amazon River, I have never seen it so large before. It's totally exotic," the Queen says and touches the impressive plant...

At the tennis court there is a new playing surface so that it is possible to play shortly after rainy weather. "It's something the young ones think is cosy, my mother and father also thought so too when they were young. But I am a clown with everything to do with ball games," the Queen smiles.

Out on the terrace next to the castle lake there is a large swimming pool and a children's pool. "My father arranged to [build and] present the pool in 1969 when he was 70 years old. When we were children we drove down to Dynt Strand [beach] near Vemmingbund so we could bathe...So we were very glad for that pool," the Queen says.

The Queen and the princess looked forward to Gråsten during their childhood, spending summers in the garden together with Queen Ingrid. "There were some fantastic summers here in the garden. The place here is the quintessence of summer and summertime," Queen Margrethe says.

In her adult life the Queen has begun to do some of her paintings in the garden. "We enjoy the garden when the weather is good. Put us here, put us there," says the Queen, and points here and there at the cosy corners of the garden.

When the time for the summer stay in Gråsten approaches, the Queen begins to feel happy. "The days are counted, it's like this - ooh! - now it gets closer. I am happy to be at Marselisborg, but I also look forward to coming here. This year were we so lucky to be here for three or four days for Prince Joachim's wedding. And so we managed to see the rhododendrons and the azaleas in flower, which we are not normally in time to see," the Queen said.

And it isn't just the garden that the Queen looks forward to at the summer residence. "Being a haven is a part of the pleasure of the summer residence and there is no doubt it is also being in the house of Gråsten and in Southern Jutland. Summer vacations have always been here," the Queen smiles.

The Queen and the Princess developed their own interest when they got their own gardens. Until now the young ones haven't shown a great interest. "When we were young we also didn't think so much about the gardens. But when one gets one's own, it changes. When the Crown Prince and Crown Princess take over the place here, it'll come. I am in no doubt about that," the Queen says.*




Photos © Timo Battefeld and JydskeVestkysten

JV.dk photo gallery - all Timo Battefeld's photos

*rough blog translation!

Joachim & Marie: official photos plus

Photos © Steen Brogaard/¡Hola!/Berlingske Tidende

Official wedding photos from Joachim's and Marie's wedding were taken at Schackenborg on Saturday after the church ceremony by Steen Brogaard. Joachim and Marie partied into the night with their guests and stayed at Schackenborg for their wedding night. They took their time saying goodbye to Marie's family yesterday, some of whom went walking through Møgeltønder. Part of the entertainment during the night was a fireworks and light show. The midnight snacks included sausages from a typical Danish sausage/hotdog stand, the Børges Pølsevogn Stand, which was transported by Prince Joachim from Copenhagen where it usually resides on one of the city squares.

Added: According to B.T., Prince Joachim gave a very romantic and moving speech addressed to Marie at the wedding dinner at Schackenborg and it was in French. This meant that some of those who understood French apparently shed a tear or two. Marie's father also gave a warm speech expressing his joy that Marie had found Joachim and suggesting only the best is good enough for her. The Regent Couple did not give a speech on this occasion. The Regent Couple had spoken the evening before however at the party they had given at Gråsten Palace, where they expressed their joy about Marie and the marriage.

The Wedding Banquet at Schackenborg Castle

(Kongehuset.dk)

The Wedding Cake (Kongehuset.dk)



Photos © Steen Brogaard

B.T. 'Joachim og Marie: Bryllupsnat hjemme på slottet' - Joachim and Marie: wedding night at home in the castle
They were celebrating together till the morning light with Joachim and Marie, who didn't really surprise by staying put at home for the wedding night.
It was a beautiful wedding party for Princess Marie and Prince Joachim. The Danish royal family came in force for the wedding and then Sunday morning Marie's family and friends enjoyed the lovely sunshine in Møgeltønder and relaxed after the wedding.
The party went until the early morning and was fueled by 18 bigband musicians from Prinsens Musikkorps who played the last number at four in the morning.
There was dancing and Marie danced with several royals and got some firsthand experience as a princess.
The atmosphere was still on a high when the last visitors from the wedding party left Schackenborg Castle at 5.30am. There was lots of laughter, fun and games among the younger guests.
Some hours earlier the older generation had left, among them Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik.
Crown Prince Frederik looked like he had a lovely evening when he zoomed out of the the castle in the small hours with Mary. He looked very happy for his little brother and on the way home to Gråsten Palace he drank a bottle of water in the royal car. It was needed to dilute Prince Henrik's wines...and the Danish sausages from the Copenhagen vender brought to the wedding party by Prince Joachim.
Before the departure the Crown Prince took part in surrounding the bridal couple for the traditional bridal waltz with family and Joachim's best friends. It ended with Prince Joachim getting his socks cut up into peices [a Danish tradition].
Both Fredrik and Mary now look forward to coming events, the marking of his 40th birthday tomorrow, and the subsequent party next Saturday at Fredensborg Palace for the popular Crown Prince and his wife.


A few more photos (© Jyllands Posten/Berlingske Tidende/Bunte):

See Madeleine Glindorf's wedding photos

Jyllands Posten gallery of wedding guests

B.T.'s party and post party gallery

Wedding highlights: DR.dk low ~ medium ~ high (28:32)

B.T. clip (01:15)
B.T. clip (02:32)
B.T. clip (02:09)
TV2/SYD (03:25) - after the wedding

A whole bunch of TV2 wedding video clips:
1 ~ 2 ~ 3 ~ 4 ~ 5 ~ 6 ~ 7 ~ 8 ~ 9 ~ 10 ~ 11 ~ 12 ~ 13 ~ 14 ~ 15 ~ 16 ~ 17 ~ 18 ~ 19 ~ 20 ~ 21 ~ 22 ~ 23 ~ 24 ~ 25

Thanks Muhler and thanks jema and mitchell!

Joachim & Marie: an update

After all the anticipation, not least that of Joachim and his bride Marie themselves no doubt, the wedding day has arrived. We will be posting TV broadcast links here as they become available. It has been busy in Møgeltønder, where Prince Joachim's estate Schackenborg is located, with a Tønder Kommune reception for the bride and groom yesterday and guests for the wedding arriving during the past few days. The Queen and Prince Henrik have been at Gråsten Palace since Wednesday. The Queen's sisters Princess Benedikte and Queen Anne-Marie and their families are accommodated at Gråsten, which is about an hour's drive from Møgeltønder. Joachim and Marie have attended their wedding rehearsal and last night Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik hosted a party at Gråsten Palace to celebrate the wedding. After the 5pm wedding at Møgeltønder Church there will be a reception for guests at the Ecco Centre before the wedding dinner begins at 8pm at Schackenborg. Around 250-300 guests are expected.

After their meeting in Autumn 2002 at a private shooting party in Denmark (said to be through the offices of Caroline Fleming), the romance didn't really began to progress until 2005. Prince Joachim subsequently proposed (on his knee) to Marie while they were on vacation together in Turkey last summer. The engagement was celebrated in secret among friends in Denmark at the Ida Davidsen restaurant in Copenhagen. Once the engagement was announced it was celebrated at Fredensborg Slot with the family. A third celebration for more friends took place the day after at Amalienborg. As we already know, Marie was given her Victorian-style-with-a modern-twist engagement ring on the morning of the day of the official announcement in order to keep the 'secret'. It’s a heavy gold ring, with the colours of the Tricolour in stones, a blue sapphire, a diamond and a ruby. Prince Joachim ordered the ring 4-5 months beforehand from the 38 year-old goldsmith Mette Rosgaard, who has not previously made anything for the Danish royals. The ring is based on a model with a giraffe-pattern-design and modified through direction and co-operation with Joachim. There have been some nice moments. Billed Bladet (no. 41, 14 Oct 2007) reported that when Prince Joachim appeared at a military tattoo at the Messecenter in Herning, one of the spectators called out 'til lykke' (congratulations!) which caused the rest of the crowd of 3,000 to stand up and applaud.



Photos © JV.dk/Hans Chr. Gabelgaard/Steen Brogaard and others

From Billed Bladet (11, 2008) 'Margrethe holder fest for Marie' - Margrethe throws a party for Marie (by Annelise Weimann)
...Queen Margrethe has deliberately maintained a low profile in regard to the wedding celebrations surrounding the wedding, it is after all Joachim's and Marie's party.
However, she will throw a party at Gråsten Palacet on the eve of the wedding in their honour. Only the close families and most distinguished guests will attend this party. Gråsten Palace will also double as a 'hotel' for the royals attending the wedding.

From Billed Bladet (no. 18, 2008) 'Joachim og Marie holdt aldrig pause' – Joachim and Marie never took a break (by Trine Larsen)
According to the new book titled Marie Cavallier – Den franske prinsesse (The French Princess), it wasn’t altogether true when Prince Joachim and Marie Cavallier proclaimed that they were no longer sweethearts in the media in late summer of 2006.
That happened, according to the author, in order to save the relationship of the couple, which had entered a crisis after a somewhat overwhelming interest from the media, and in order to give Marie Cavallier peace and to provide the couple with some calm in order to nurture the relationship and their love.
The couple have said themselves earlier that they used the break lasting a couple of months to check in earnest whether the feelings could last and whether the love was genuine enough for the future together. The separation made them realise that they could not do without each other.
But that was, according to the new book, all a plan. Carefully executed and strategically planned by Prince Joachim, when the media interest in his sweetheart became a bit too much for her, writes John Lindskog in the book (published April 30 by People’sPress).

Marie Cavallier herself has never hidden the fact that the enormous and overwhelming interest in her came as something of a shock, and according the author of the book, it was not least when the media started to criticise her for being way too outspoken for her to become a princess of Denmark, that Prince Joachim went into action.
"No matter the outcome he did not want to see his beloved go down or perhaps even being alienated. He knew from his own experience how hard it can be to be the centre of attention of the press and he certainly didn’t want to lose his Marie on that account. He was aware that she was his future but he was also aware that Marie would be worn out, if she didn’t get the time to find her footing as his new partner. That’s why the camouflage expert, Major Joachim from Prinsens Livregiment went into action.
The plan to make an “official end” to the relationship was entirely Prince Joachim’s idea, writes the author and the foundation, he writes in the book, was laid on the couple’s vacation at the Regent Couple’s chateau at Caix during the summer holiday.
While both Marie Cavallier and Prince Joachim from each country regretted that they no longer were sweethearts, during 'the break' the couple could plan and co-ordinate their future life together, so that they both were satisfied, according to the book.
"Outside the limelight Marie could now get some needed peace until the couple’s relationship was revealed again after a few months, according to the book, which also paints the portrait of the future princess based on the many articles which have been written in this magazine (Billed Bladet)...
The book also tells about how the couple met, about their secret meetings, about Marie Cavallier’s upbringing, about the education and the years at the boarding school in Switzerland and about how she was 'approved' by the Regent Couple and also won their hearts.
So that Marie Cavallier ...can give Prince Joachim her 'yes' in Møgeltønder Church and be at ease with herself and certain of her love.
Note: according to recent interviews on DR.dk and in the press it was actually Marie who decided a break was necessary. In this account it would appear Prince Joachim was being 'gentlmanly' in taking responsibility for this period in their relationship.

Last October it was reported that Marie's Danish was coming along. Marie speaks French, English, Italian, Spanish and a little Portuguese. And even though she still prefers to speak French or English, she had been overheard talking in clear Danish about the family dogs Winston and Apple. She has been practising Danish with Joachim and their friends, and particularly with the notoriously difficult pronunciation. Marie's teachers are the same who taught Alexandra and Mary. Marie has said she will not learn in earnest until she is living in Denmark after the wedding. At the Tønder Kommune reception yesterday Marie said in Danish: "Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen. I don't speak Danish yet, I'll continue in English," she thanked for the wedding gift and for the warm welcome and finally said in Danish, "See you Saturday."

A strange aside: all has not been plain sailing in the lead up to the wedding, at least in the world of some of the Danish press. Several of the most sensationalist newspapers applied themselves to digging up dirt on Marie (as they had also done to Mary). As with Mary, they have met with failure. First there was Ekstra Bladet (other media followed eg: TV2) claiming an old boyfriend had a sex tape of himself and Marie. Nothing came of it. Danish tabloid Se og Hør took the sleazy path and put up posters in New York (!) earlier this year asking for any information about Marie from when she lived there for several years. As if this was not already bizarre enough, Politiken turned the tables and decided to play a trick on Se og Hør by pretending to impersonate an American (in a Danish accent!) and saying that Marie was a strip dancer and that she had a brief relationship with Snoop Dogg in a telephone call. You can hear the Politiken journalist pretending to be American 'Jake Hallman from Ohio' in a call to Se og Hør here (05:45). There was another supposed 'exposé' of Marie's educational qualificiations, but since no details have ever been released by the Danish court about this there was never an opportunity for an exposé of anything. This bizarre newspaper behaviour reflects less on Marie of course than on the sensationalist and tacky approach of some sections of the media. Ekstra Bladet and Se og Hør stand condemned.

Prince Joachim is patron for 28 organisations and honorary member of 13 others and here are a few highlights from the activities he's been involved in since we last caught up:
October: Søren Steffen gallery - of Prince Joachim after he took over the patronage of Europa Nostra after the retirement of Prince Henrik from the organisation last year.
November: Diabetes.dk - Prince Joachim participated in walking 246 steps for the 246 million people with diabetes all around in the world. Similar walks took place in many places including Tokyo and New York at the official UN diabetes day. Nikolai and Felix joined their father for the first UN-backed World Diabetes Day. See some great pics in Madeleine Glindorf's photo gallery
In the beginning of December 2007 Prince Joachim went to China and met with a lot of interest as he promoted Danish design and fashion (Politiken.
March: Royal visit to Ilulissat - Prince Joachim was at a meeting of the Greenland Foundation board.
April: Prince Joachim showed himself to be nifty with scissors when he opened a cultural centre in the west of Jutland with the Culture Minister recently.
Prince Joachim recently opened Denmark's first specialist children's hospital in Odense.
Most recently Prince Joachim has been in Mozambique in support of CARE Denmark (see Prince Joachim in Mozambique for CARE Denmark)

Politiken photo gallery from the engagement day
TV2 clip press conference (25:00) (in English)
TV2 clip (07:48) segment on Marie from Go' aften Danmark (Danish) - discussion about Marie's changing style from a young 'ordinary', albeit pretty, girl to a princess with style.
The two guests publish a magazine twice a year called Podium about fashion.
TV2: Interview with Prince Joachim in Mozambique (08:30) in Danish

Many thanks to Muhler, Mitchell, Pogo99, kay, FrederikIX and AJA.