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Danish Royals Caught in Plane Bomb Scare

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Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary were evacuated from their plane Saturday, after someone made a bomb threat at a Copenhagen airport.

The royal couple were on their way to the United States. They were not in flight when the scare occurred.

A Danish police spokesman says a man has been arrested on suspicion of making the threat today.

It is not known if the threat was directed at the crown princely couple.

Their flight was delayed by two hours, but reports say the couple were calm during the evacuation.

Frederik and Mary are to spend five days in the U.S. for visits to a few cities, including Chicago and New York.

Dutch Royals Take Part in Make a Difference Day

These past two days saw Holland observe Make a Difference Day (MADD), in which helping the community and the needy is highlighted. Several members of the Dutch royal family got involved in this day, doing various volunteer works across the Netherlands. wa-madd

Friday had Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Crown Princess Maxima in Utrecht, where the couple fixed up a local playground. Willem-Alexander worked outdoors, digging up a garden for the De Gagel playground. His wife was indoors, painting a mural in the playhouse.

On Friday, the Crown Prince’s brother, Prince Constantijn and his wife, Princess Laurentien, volunteered at the Kico Foundation, where they helped children with special backgrounds. They brought along their son, Claus-Casimir, so he would get an idea of what to means to help others.

Also on Friday, Holland’s monarch, Queen Beatrix, was doing her part in helping those with special needs. She was in the town of Zeist, assisting the blind and visually handicapped carve sculptures into French chalk.

The Queen’s nieces and nephews were also taking part in MADD. They did such work as training for volunteer fire department and cooking for caretakers.