As Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark sails around the Whitsundays at Hamilton Island Race Week in Australia, Princess Mary has been busy attending official events back home.
And despite her twins starting school and a number of royal events to attend, the dedicated royal found time to make an appearance at the world renowned ‘UNLEASH’ event at the music hall in Aarhus, Denmark.
Described as an ‘Innovation Lab’, the non-profit event is held as a chance for talents from around the world to come together and ‘create real, scalable solutions’ and products to assist in creating a more sustainable and better world.
Despite her twins starting school and a number of royal events to attend, Princess Mary of Denmark found time to make an appearance at the world renowned ‘UNLEASH’ event
Despite her glamorous get-up, Mary wasted no time diving straight into the action as she explored the prototypes and ‘solutions’ on offer
Mary was snapped slipping on a pair of high tech virtual reality glasses and bursting into laughter as the lenses allowed her to experience a blend of what was around her and virtual reality
The 45-year-old looked effortlessly elegant as she arrived at the event in her favourite Dolce & Gabbana red dress and tailored black blazer – her hair out and lightly tousled for the occasion.
But despite her glamorous get-up, Mary wasted no time diving straight into the action as she explored the prototypes and ‘solutions’ on offer – from education plans and health platforms to ideas for reducing water pollution.
Mary was also snapped slipping on a pair of high tech virtual reality glasses and bursting into laughter as the lenses allowed her to experience a blend of what was around her and a virtual reality effect.
Despite appearing a little puzzled at first, Billed Bladet reported that she found the glasses ‘exciting’ and ‘hoped to try them another time’
Princess Mary was all smiles as she explored each of the stalls and visited attendees
Mary was also taken on a tour and took the time to chat to attendees about their plans for the future
Despite appearing a little puzzled at first, Billed Bladet reported that she found the glasses ‘exciting’ and ‘hoped to try them another time’.
Tomorrow’s leaders are the youth of today… and in each and every one of us there is a leader.
Mary was also taken on a tour and took the time to pose with attendees for selfies and chat to them about their plans for the future.
She then took to the stage and delivered a powerful speech about the power of young people to change the world and the importance of women’s rights, gender equality, justice and ending poverty.
‘We are at the beginning of a new era of development,’ the passionate princess said.
Those at the event were excited to have the royal in their midst
Mary took the time to pose for selfies with a number of the guests
The princess fixed her hair after trying on the glasses before sitting down to listen to a talk
‘We are fortunate today to have 17 sustainable development goals and 169 targets that provide the blue print for our development agenda through to 2030 and one could say this agenda is the most ambitious global vision in history.
‘But it is not just a vision, it is also a huge responsibility for all countries.’
She went on to say that gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls will create ‘some of the greatest opportunities of our time’.
‘It is one of the most important driving factors behind economic growth and the fight against poverty. Greater gender equality in a country is linked to a higher level of education and better health, higher per capita income, stronger international competitiveness and more inclusive and rapid economic growth.’
She then took to the stage and delivered a powerful speech about the power of young people to change the world and the importance of women’s rights, gender equality and ending poverty
She went on to say that gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls will create ‘some of the greatest opportunities of our time’
‘We need to ensure that the current leaders and decision makers open the door to you and work on closing the generation gap,’ she said
Princess Mary said the involvement and leadership of young people is also crucial.
‘Tomorrow’s leaders are the youth of today… and in each and every one of us there is a leader,’ she said.
‘We need to ensure that the current leaders and decision makers open the door to you and work on closing the generation gap.’
She concluded: ‘I encourage you to maintain your motivation, uphold your current momentum and pursue your joint vision of meaningful and sustainable impact for all, no matter who they are, where they live, or what they are.’
The speech in its entirety can be found here.