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| | Pattaya Mail Features |
 | | When Queen Margrethe II and her Royal Consort Prince Henrik visited Thailand earlier this month, it represented 20 years, almost to the day, since the Danish Royal Couple last visited the Kingdom in 1981, stopping over en route to China. |
 | | “Prince Henrik,” his aide, Jakob Johannsen confided to me, “could well be an Olympic gold medallist – if he could only dedicate the time to practice.” He placed third in the 1988 European Dragon Championships and that was in a fleet of some of the world’s best helmsmen with no time for warm-ups. |
 | | This was not his first time to Thailand and, as he said, “it certainly won’t be my last.” On an earlier visit, Prince Henrik went to Hua Hin and sailed at His Majesty’s own Royal Chitrlada Yacht Squadron in the OK dinghy which was, in fact, designed by a Dane, Khud Olsen. |
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