Back to work! Queen Mary of Denmark has resumed engagements after falling ill last week. The royal, 53, was all smiles as she stepped out on Monday, March 17, to participate in the School Force visit with the Mary Foundation at Pilehaveskolen in Vallensbaek.
“It has been a pleasure to experience Pilehaveskolen’s work with the School Force," Her Majesty said after the visit (translated to English). "The school’s experiences and the student council’s proposals once again emphasize to me how central it is to involve children and young people in issues about their everyday lives. They are the ones who experience it firsthand if the well-being in the classroom is poor and if bullying occurs. That is why they must be heard."
She continued, "At the Mary Foundation, we have only had good experiences with involving children and young people in our work."
The outing came just days after one of Mary's engagements from the previous week was canceled. Her Majesty was due to participate with the Mary Foundation in the opening of the National Knowledge Center for Early Intervention and Family Research at the University of Copenhagen and SDU on March 14. Earlier that week, the Queen was scheduled to attend the Danish Heart Association's 2025 awards ceremony, but that engagement was canceled as well. The Royal House's communications department confirmed to B.T. that the cancelation was because King Frederik's wife had fallen ill. The Royal House's communications department told the outlet (translated to English), "Her Majesty the Queen, like many others right now, has become ill, and therefore unfortunately cannot participate in the Heart Association's award ceremony."
Mary shared in a message on Instagram that an illness had "prevented" her from attending the ceremony on March 12. Alongside a photo of artwork addressed to her and a picture of flowers, the Queen wrote (translated to English): "Thank you for your thoughtfulness. What a lovely surprise to receive this bouquet and drawings, even though illness prevented me from participating in the Danish Heart Association's event 'Together for the Heart'. I had been looking forward to presenting the Heart Award together with the heart children Alma and Ellen and to meeting some of the young people living with heart disease. Hopefully we can meet again."
She added, "As patron of the Danish Heart Association, I would like to congratulate the healthcare staff at Denmark's three largest children's heart clinics on receiving the Heart Award 2025 - thank you to you and to all those who make a difference in the heart field every day."