Queen Margrethe of Denmark’s sarcophagus
has been completed and been placed in Sankt Birgittas Chapel
in Roskilde Domkirke. It will be there that she will lay upon her
death alongside close to 40 Danish kings and queens going back to
the early Middle Ages up to present day – including her parents,
King Frederick IX and Queen Ingrid. Construction began in 2003 in
what was initially a…
Watercolour paintings by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark on Greenland stamps
25th April 2018
One fact that is perhaps not as
well-known to the vast majority of the world regarding the
leadership of Denmark is the not-so-hidden talents of its leading
monarch. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark was born in April of 1940
during World War II. By the time she assumed the…
It has been announced in Copenhagen that
Crown Prince Frederik will visit Beijing Design Week in September
this year. Some may remember the Crown Prince visiting the Beijing
for the exhibition last year. 2018 marks ten years since Denmark
and China entered into a partnership…
On 20 April, Crown Princess Mary opened
the new Danish Women’s Crisis Centre in Copenhagen. The Crisis
Centre is a residence and counselling centre for women who are
abused. The new centre will focus on newborn mothers and
pregnant women, and it can accommodate 20 women and their children,
making it one of the largest shelters in the country. The Crisis
Centre is supported by the Mary…
The Royal Danish House has released new
images of Princess Isabella, the second child of Crown Prince
Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, who turns 11-years-old
today. The photographs show the Princess with her horse Lancet.
Photo: HRH Crown Princess Mary The three…
It has been revealed that the Dutch Photo
Agency has tried to sell paparazzi pictures of Princess Marie while
she was on holiday in Saint-Tropez, France, last summer. In the
images, the Danish Princess is seen sunbathing topless. The Dutch
Photo Agency has now promised to…
It wasn’t that long ago that Prince
Henrik died from a pulmonary infection on 13 February, leaving
Queen Margrethe of Denmark a widow. For a couple who had been
married for fifty years, it was clear there was still a spark
between the two. When they met in the spring of 1965 at a dinner
party in London, neither had realised they had just met the love of
their life. The Margrethe and Henrik in…
The Royal Danish House has announced that
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark will travel to Seattle, Washington,
USA. Seattle is on the western coast of the country. She will be in
the United States from 3 May to 5 May. The Crown Princess will
head the head of a Danish art and…
Crown Prince Frederik will celebrate his
50th birthday on 26 May, and the Danish Royal Court announced on
Thursday that a full week of celebrations was planned. They also
released two new official photos and the official logo for his
birthday. On 18 May, Crown Prince…
Yesterday, Princess Marie attended the
launch of new teaching materials about food waste at Amager
Fælled School in Copenhagen. These teaching materials are the
results of a collaboration between Stop Spild Af Mad and the City
of Copenhagen, and they can be used in food science education for
children in 5th-7th grade. They are composed of a teacher’s guide
and a student’s guide which aim to…
