The Crown Prince and The King took part in the opening of a business conference at NH Collection Hotel in Copenhagen with the participation of Minister for Foreign Affairs Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Spain’s Minister for Foreign Affairs José Manuel Albares as well as Danish and Spanish companies.

The conference focused on green transformation, Power-to-X and energy infrastructure. At the opening, The Crown Prince and The King delivered speeches.

After the opening of the business conference, The Crown Prince and The King greeted a number of business representatives.

The Crown Prince Couple and The King and The Queen of Spain participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Monument at The Citadel.

Out of respect for the many who have been deployed abroad, for those who are deployed now and for those who have died, the government decided in 2007 to establish a Monument for Denmark’s International Effort since 1948.

The King and The Queen of Spain at wreath-laying ceremony at the Monument at The Citadel.

The King and The Queen of Spain and The Crown Prince Couple at wreath-laying ceremony at the Monument at The Citadel.

Late in the morning of 7 November 2023, HM The Queen and The Crown Prince, together with The King and The Queen of Spain, visited Copenhagen City Hall. The Queen was received by Lord Mayor Sophie Hæstorp Andersen and 1st Deputy Chairman of the Copenhagen City Council Lars Weiss.

The Copenhagen City Hall is often the setting for special events in The Royal House of Denmark and receptions of foreign heads of state when the country’s sovereign has an official visit.

During the visit to Copenhagen City Hall, The Queen, the Crown Prince Couple and The King and Queen of Spain first signed the guestbook, after which the Lord Mayor gave a welcome speech and offered the traditional City Hall pancakes in the Ceremonial Hall.

The tradition of offering City Hall pancakes during receptions of royalty on state visits goes back to 1928, when the City Hall had a state visit by HM King Albert of Belgium. In connection with the visit, there was need for a dessert that could be served to The King. The dessert turned out to be a pancake with cream and nuts on top. It was such a great success that it has become a tradition to serve at the City Hall ever since.

The Queen, the Crown Prince Couple and The King and The Queen of Spain visited the University of Copenhagen. During the visit, there was a presentation of the book “El Libro de Los Epitomes”.

The book dates from the 1500s and contains a description of approximately 2,000 books from a library belonging to Hernando Colon, son of Christopher Columbus. The book disappeared after Hernando Colon’s death in 1539, but, in 2018, the book was found among manuscripts in the Arnamagnæan Collection at the University of Copenhagen.

After the presentation, the Crown Prince Couple and The King and The Queen of Spain was showed selected items from the Royal Danish Library and took part in a discussion with Spanish scholars from the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University and Aalborg University.

The Crown Princess and The Queen of Spain visited Mary Elizabeth’s Hospital, which is Rigshospitalet’s future hospital for children, teens, pregnant women and their families.

During the visit, there was an introduction to Rigshospitalet and Mary Elizabeth’s Hospital, and afterwards The Crown Princess and The Queen of Spain visited the Testhouse, which is the setting for user involvement, development and testing of solutions for the future hospital.

Here, The Crown Princess and The Queen of Spain was gained insight into the Testhouse’s functions and organisation as well as an opportunity to meet a family.

Minister for the Interior and Health Sophie Løhde, Capital Region council chairman Lars Gaardhøj, Rigshospitalet CEO Rasmus Møgelvang and Merete Lange, director of Righospitalet’s Juliane Marie Center also participated in the visit.

After the business luncheon, The King took part in a meeting with Speaker of the Danish Parliament Søren Gade and in a reception with members of the Danish Parliament at Christiansborg Palace.