Posted by Marianne
on 1/11/2009, 14:19:32
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HM Queen Margrethe II & HRH the Prince Consort, accompagnied by
TRH Crown Prince Frederik & Princess Mary pose as they visit
Prince Henrik's childhood home in Hanoi, Vietnam, 01 November 2009.
During the up-coming State Visit to Vietnam, the Danish Royals will enjoy cultural activities
and visit development assistance projects which help reduce the country's poverty.
Denmark and Vietnam established diplomatic relations in 1971.
Photocredit should read EPA/Belga Pics/LUONG THAI LINH
More pics here:
http://picture.belga.be/belgapicture/editorial/all/coverage/1477909.html
* More info about Prince Henrik's youth & special bond with Vietnam:
HRH The Prince Consort spent his first five years in Vietnam, the then French Indo-China, where his father was in charge of family interests in industrial enterprises etc, founded by his grandfather at the turn of the century.
In 1939, the family returned to the family residence le Cayrou in Cahors.
Having received instruction at home until 1947, the Prince Consort subsequently studied at the Jesuit boarding school in Bordeaux.
In the period 1948-1950, HRH The Prince Consort attended upper secondary school in Cahors.
HRH returned to Hanoi in 1950 and graduated from the French upper secondary school in Hanoi in 1952.
In the period 1952-1957, The Prince Consort studied law and political science at the Sorbonne, Paris while simultaneously studying Chinese and Vietnamese at'l'École Nationale des Langues Orientales.
Having studied Oriental languages in Hong Kong in 1957, Prince Henrik subsequently studied in Saigon in 1958...
* for futher reading please look here:
http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?dogtag=k_en_fam_pri
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