Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary with their son Prince Christian (Born 15th October 2005) at Amalinborg Castle.
Crown Princess Mary with her daughter Princess Isabella (born 21th April 2007) at Amalienborg Castle.
And here is the little beauties - they were baptized in Holmens Church in Copenhagen Thursday 14 April 2011.
In August 2011 was the seven-month-old twins Josephine and Vincent with their mother and father, Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik, on summer cruises on the royal yacht Dannebrog for the first time.
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary (Mary Elizabeth, Crown Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, born Mary Elizabeth Donaldson on Monday 5 February 1972 at Hobart in Tasmania in Australia). Mary and Frederik (born 26th May 1968) was married 14th May 2004 in Copenhagen Cathedral.
Nowbody are more suited to be a Crown Princess than civil Mary! She is dignified, beautiful, clever, always smiling and friendly, stylish, has good taste and she has a fundamental interest in people. One notices immediately that it comes from the heart. The Danes have all reason to be proud of their Crown Princess!
I have personally had the pleasure of meeting Mary during the Flower Festival in Odense in 2006, and I was overwhelmed with admiration of her personality. The Norwegian Crown Princess Mette Marit really have something to learn from Mary - both in appearance and behavior and how to dress.
Chancellery at Fredensborg Castle north of Copenhagen has until now host Frederik and Mary's home. Here they will probably continue to stay in the summer time.
Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen is the main residence of the Danish monarch. The plant consists of four almost identical palaces around an octagonal space. The palace complex is a masterpiece of Danish architecture and probably the finest piece of Rococo architecture in Denmark.
Amalienborg Castle, where Frederik and Mary now live in the winter time. The renovation of the palace where Queen Ingrid lived when she was alived, started in 2004.
The new royal residence in Frederik 8's mansion, 4500 kv.meter. It consists of ground floor, first floor, mezzanine and basement. All windows are original from 1700 - or 1800-century with blown glass. The basement has a new large kitchen. There are new heating installation and new radiators throughout and underfloor heating in many rooms.
The Tapestry Hall ore The Garden Hall.
The floors are brought back to the original pine plank floors and all oak floors have been removed. 
The tapestries in The Garden Hall was through the hands of conservators from Rose Castle and Amalienborg Palace. Tapestries were first sent to wash in Belgium. When they came home, made conservators repairs on the damaged threads and a brand new hanging system which is more gentle than the previous one, was fitted.
36 chandeliers have been restored and all electrical installations are replaced.
The wall color in The Salon was first elected after the ceiling and the woodwork was finished painted.
The ceilings in the Palace have been brought back to the empire style with painting in several colors. Here in The Knight's Hall there are ten different colors in the ceiling.
The Knight's Hall towards the balcony and Palace Square.
The Knight's Hall
36 chandeliers have been restored and all electrical installations are replaced.
The Green Hall ore Blomster Jensen's Room, with paintings from 1828, painted by I.L. Jensen (called Blomster-Jensen)
The Green Hall towards The Knight's Hall.
The floors are brought back to the original pine plank floors and all oak floors have been removed.
All windows in the castle are original from 1700 - or 1800-century with blown glass.
The art in the private dining room is painted by Kaspar Bonnen.
Ash has been selected as through wood because of the beautiful Nordic appearance.
The ceiling at the study and music room.
Wall painting in the recipient chambers of the ship "Vædderen" from Galathea Expedition by Morten Schelde.
Olafur Eliasson has created magical lamps in a new stairway that connects the representative offices with the very private space.
It has established a rooftop in the more private part of the palace. The floor here is made by Signe Guttormsen.
Christian 9's Palace (Schacks Palæ), Queen Margrethe's home.
Christian IX's Palace is also known as Schack's Palace. It is the southeastern palace, and has been the home of the royal couple since 1967.Building work was commenced in 1750 by Eigtved, and was supervised first by architect Christian Josef Zuber and later by Philip de Lange.
It was originally commissioned by Privy Councillor Severin Løvenskjold, but in 1754 he had to give up due to economic difficulties. The project was taken over by Countess Anne Sophie Schack née Rantzau and her step-grandson Hans Schack. A fire shortly after the change of ownership delayed completion by a couple of years.
7 January 1757 Hans Schack married Countess Ulrikke Auguste Vilhelmine Moltke, daughter of Adam Gottlob Moltke, and as his son-in-law had use of the best artists and craftsmen to complete the interiors.
In 1794 the palace was taken over from private residence by the Regent, the then Crown Prince Frederick, and his wife, Crown Princess Marie. He died in 1839, and she in 1852. The palace was used after her death by, among others, the Supreme Court and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
It was later the home of Christian IX until his death in 1906. The home remained untouched afterwards until 1948. In 1967 the Palace was restored for the successor to the throne, Crown Princess Margrethe and Prince Henrik.
Frederik 8's Palace (Brockdorffs Palæ), Mary & Frederik's new home.
Frederick VIII's Palace is also known as Brockdorff's Palace. It is the northeastern palace, and was the home of Queen Dowager Ingrid until her death in 2000. The Palace has been restored since 2004 and are now the home of the Crown Prince Frederik and the Crown Princess Mary.
It was originally built for Count Joachim Brockdorff in the 1750s. Brockdorff died in 1763, and Lord High Steward Adam Gottlob Moltke acquired the palace. Moltke sold it two years later to Frederick V.From 1767 it housed the Military Academy, also known as the Army Cadet Academy (Landkadetakademi). In 1788 naval cadets replaced the army cadets. The Academy was moved to another location in 1827.
The following year the palace was prepared to house Christian VIII’s son, Frederick VII, who ascended the throne in 1848, and his bride, Princess Vilhelmine. Architect Jørgen Hansen Koch successfully and thoroughly refurbished the palace in French Empire style in 1827-1828.
After the marriage was dissolved in 1837, various members of the royal family lived in the palace. In 1869 it became the home of Frederick VIII. In 1934 it became the home of King Frederick IX and Queen Ingrid.
Christian VIII's Palace is also known as Levetzau's Palace, and was originally built for Privy Councillor Count Christian Frederik Levetzau in 1750-1760. It is the northwestern palace, and was the home of Crown Prince Frederik until 2004.
After Eigtved's death in 1754, the supervision of the building's construction was carried out by royal architect Lauritz de Thurah according to Eigtved's plans.
The palace was sold by the entailed estate of Restrup, which had been established in 1756 by Levertzau, the late owner. The family set one condition when they sold the building— that the Count’s coat of arms should never be removed from the building. It can still be seen beside that of the monarch's.The King's half-brother Frederik bought the palace in 1794, and painter and architect Nikolai Abildgaard modernized the interiors in the new French Empire style. The palace was named Christian VIII’s Palace after his son, Christian Frederik, who grew up in the palace, took over the building in 1805 upon the death of his father, and would become king in 1839.
Christian VIII died in 1848, and the Queen Dowager, Caroline Amalie, died in 1881. From 1885 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs used parts of the Palace, but moved in 1898 when the Palace became the residence of Crown Prince Christian (X) and Princess Alexandrine. After the death of Christian X the Palace was placed at the disposal of Prince Knud, the Heir Presumptive.
Today, there is little left of the remaining rococo interior; much of the interior reflects the changing taste and style of its residents over the years.
In the 1980s the palace was restored as residence for the Crown Prince, storage facilities for the Queen’s Reference Library and a museum for the Royal House of Glücksborg. The museum features private royal apartments from 1863-1947 including original fittings and furnishings.
Christian VII's Palace is also known as Moltke's Palace, and was originally built for Lord High Steward Adam Gottlob Moltke. It is the southwestern palace, and has been since 1885 used to accommodate and entertain prominent guests, for receptions, and for ceremonial purposes.
Moltke’s Palace was erected in 1750-1754 by the best craftsmen and artists of their day under the supervision of Eigtved. It was the most expensive of the four palaces at the time it was built, and had the most extravagant interiors. Its Great Hall (Riddersalen) featured woodcarvings (boiserie) by Louis August le Clerc, paintings by François Boucher and stucco by Giovanni Battista Fossati, and is acknowledged widely as perhaps the finest Danish Rococo interior.
The mansion was formally opened on 30 March 1754, the King’s thirtieth birthday. Due to Eigtved's death a few months later, such follow up work as the Banqueting Hall, was completed by Nicolas-Henri Jardin.Immediately after the Christiansborg Palace fire in March 1794 and two years after the death of the original owner, the palace was sold to the royal family, headed by the schizophrenic King Christian VII. It was the first of the four palaces to be sold to the royal family, and Caspar Frederik Harsdorff was assigned to turn it into a royal residence. They moved in December 1794.
After Christian VII’s death in 1808, Frederick VI used the palace for his Royal Household. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs used parts of the Palace in the years 1852-1885. For short periods of time in the intervening years the palace has housed various members of the royal family while restoration took place on their respective palaces. In 1971-1975 a small kindergarten was established at the palace, and later a schoolroom, for Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim.
After 200 years the facade, decorated by German scuptor Johan Christof Petzold, was severely damaged, causing parts of Amalienborg Place to be closed off to prevent injury. Since 1982 both the exterior and interior have been restored. Restoration work was completed at the beginning of Copenhagen's year as European Capital of Culture in 1996. In 1999 the restoration was awarded a medal by Europa Nostra, an international preservation organisation.
The palace is occasionally open to the general public.
The equestrian statue was commissioned by Moltke, as Director for the Danish Asiatic Company, and it was made by French sculptor Jacques-Francois-Joseph Saly. Work began in 1753, and the foundation stone was laid in place in 1760 at the 100 year celebration of political absolutism in Denmark. The statue was finally unveiled in 1771, five years after King Frederik V's death in 1766.
The Danish Royal Life Guard (Den Kongelige Livgarde) march from Rosenborg Castle at 11.30 am daily through the streets of Copenhagen, and execute the changing of the guard in front of Amalienborg Palace at noon.
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