Photos at Amalienborg

On Wednesday evening May 12 Christine, Stig (whom we met in the afternoon) and I decided to have a look at Amalienborg. A few people from the press were waiting in front of one of the palaces, and we decided to join them. Unfortunately it started raining before we had seen anybody interesting coming out or going in. Finally the doors opened and Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan came out. He stepped into a car, which drove him to the other side of the palace square to one of the other three palaces of Amalienborg (the one that houses the royal museum). Some time afterwards, when we were already cold and soaking wet, also Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine of Sweden left the palace. As it seemed more was happening at the palace they all went to, we went there. Other guests arrived there by bus, among them family of Mary Donaldson. One bus also contained some royals. We saw Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, Princess Märtha Louise and Ari Behn, as well as Mary Donaldson's father and stepmother. Stig saw some members of the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg family and some Greek royals arrive on foot from the other palace nearby, but because of the many people watching and the rain Christine and I didn't notice them.