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B.T.'s Royal Correspondent: My Three Insane Days With Crown Princess Mary | BT Royale - www.bt.dk B.T. in Bangladesh Blue blink. Kortege as far as the eye can see in the hot city of Dhaka. Three large military helicopters. Countless security guards dressed in army clothes with sharp-edged submachine guns. All for Crown Princess Mary from Denmark. For the past three days, I have been on a completely wild journey to Bangladesh with the Crown Princess to focus on poverty, relief, and climate change. In the midst of all the misery, Bangladesh has tried to show Denmark that the country can take good care of a Danish crown princess. It has also meant that everyday life has come to a standstill for the locals when the Crown Princess and Minister of Development Flemming Møller Mortensen had to drive by in their impressive procession of police and expensive diplomatic leather with tinted windows. Although the Crown Princess herself brought PET guards from Denmark, a gigantic security call awaited. It is a gesture that is given to emphasize the friendship between Denmark and Bangladesh. In the world's largest refugee camp, security guards stood armed to hold the many refugees in place while the Crown Princess visited the site. The lucky few got a glimpse of the Danish crown princess, but the vast majority were kept away from the Danish entourage. According to Flemming Møller Mortensen, 4,000 people in Bangladesh were involved in the visit. It was the authorities' way of showing the Danes that they have control of the place - although it can seem violent. Crown Princess Mary has delivered an impressive performance during the visit. I have been following the Crown Princess on travels for several years and what strikes me is how she always seems genuinely interested in what she is doing. So it was with this journey. The Crown Princess' helicopter was named 'Ladybird'. Although the temperature was close to 40 degrees and the humidity 98, she trudged sweatily around in flat shoes and asked questions and talked to the refugees and vulnerable people she met. Even her pet guards seemed exhausted and eventually used up. In this way, she is a loner in the Danish royal house. Neither the Queen nor Crown Prince Frederik can muster that commitment, and certainly not after eight rigid hours in a quite unbearable climate. When traveling with Queen Margrethe, you can always clearly see if she is interested or not. If she's not, she's just moving on. Crown Princess Mary and Minister of Development Flemming Møller Mortensen visit southwestern Bangladesh. It is difficult to say whether Crown Princess Mary is genuinely interested in everything, or whether she sometimes just pretends. She only knows that herself. As a journalist, however, it is impressive to notice how she always insists on being the best crown princess Denmark has ever had. A true 12-year-old girl. The Crown Princess arrived in Dhaka early Monday morning, where she and the minister signed a new green co-operation agreement with the extremely poor country, which, however, experienced significant growth in the years before the corona crisis. But not everyone is benefiting from that progress. In Cox 'Bazar in eastern Bangladesh is the Rohingya camp: the world's largest refugee camp, home to somewhere between 700,000 and one million Muslims who have been displaced from Myanmar. They are locked up, have almost no opportunity to make money and live in miserable conditions. The Crown Princess received flowers and greetings from the locals Since they arrived in 2016, the area has been smashed, and the Danish Refugee Council, of which Crown Princess Mary is the patron, is planting trees and trying to help the extremely poor refugees have a better life. Denmark has helped with 63,000 new plants in the area, which today look much more lush. The area is very vulnerable to monsoon rains, which have become more frequent due to climate change. As most people now know, climate change is one of the things the Crown Prince and Princess are most interested in. During the trip, I asked Crown Princess Mary why she thinks it is the task of the Royal House. “It is so important that we focus on those challenges. We all have a responsibility to do what we can. In Denmark, we know something special, and we have heard that here in Bangladesh, "she said. In a village in southwestern Bangladesh, the Crown Princess met families who had had their homes destroyed in cyclones. The next day, Bangladesh played with its muscles again, as the Crown Princess was to visit the country's westernmost region and small village communities that are victims of major climate disasters. Early in the morning, she was again picked up in a procession, after which three military helicopters waited for the Danish delegation. The Crown Princess was to use the helicopter 'name' Ladybird ', while the press was very telling with' Parrot '- parrot in Danish. After that, it was the UN Development Program, UNPD, that was in focus. Crown Princess visited families who had had their houses destroyed by cyclone Ayla. Now they have been helped to rebuild their houses so that they can withstand the more extreme climate. “You have shown us that you have made fantastic progress in the crops you can grow. Your knowledge is very impressive. Thank you very much, "said Crown Princess Mary through an interpreter to the women. The Crown Princess fell in love with a little goat when she visited a village close to the Rohingya refugee camp. The last point of the visit was a visit out into the Sundarbans mangrove forest, which is challenged by the rising salt water. “It is so important that we focus on those challenges, and it is important that we support climate and biodiversity. We all have a responsibility to do what we can, and in Denmark we can do something special. We have heard that from many here in Bangladesh, "Crown Princess Mary told B.T. "We are at the back of a 50-year relationship with Bangladesh, which has moved from being humanitarian aid to now also being trade aid with a focus on the green transition," added the Crown Princess, who was then flown by helicopter back to the capital Dhaka in 'Ladybird'. The entire route to the airport was again shut down for the nine million inhabitants, and by the time she arrived on the Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul, Bangladesh had once again provided for the red carpet and a TV team. The Crown Princess met families who, through a new irrigation system, have learned to grow vegetables. Here ended the heady visit. At home in Denmark, something completely different awaits in the coming days. 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