Denmark

Crown Princess Mary attends presentation of EliteForsk Awards for research

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22nd February 2023
Crown Princess Mary helped present Denmark’s most prestigious research prizes earlier this week. The EliteForsk Awards, founded and presented annually by the Ministry of Education and Research, presents five prizes to the country’s top researchers and research students. According to the EliteForsk website, “The purpose of the EliteForsk initiative is to raise awareness of outstanding…
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Queen Margrethe to undergo major surgery

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8th February 2023
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is to undergo major back surgery in the coming weeks. The Danish Royal Household announced that Queen Margrethe, who is 82, will have the operation at the end of February. The procedure will involve a long period of rehabilitation. The…
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Danish Royal House reveals summer trips on royal yacht

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7th February 2023
It may still be winter, but the Danish Royal Family is already looking forward to the summer. They have announced their summer travel plans aboard the royal yacht, Dannebrog.  The Danish tradition of summer cruises throughout Europe began under King Christian IX, who was King of Denmark from 1863 to 1906. The family spends several months of the summer cruising, and the royal yacht is…
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Countess Alexandra makes a big decision about her future

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26th January 2023
Countess Alexandra has resigned from her permanent job at the electronics company Bang & Olufsen. Countess Alexandra is the former wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark, and is mother to his two eldest children. Bang & Olufsen designs, develops and markets, among other things, speakers, sound systems, headsets and televisions for both private and business customers. In a comment to the…
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Questions arise after two former princes appear to still be using their royal titles

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24th January 2023
It has been revealed that Prince Joachim’s children are still referred to as princes and princesses, despite the removal of their official titles at the start of 2023. At of the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Day, in an effort to slim down the Danish monarchy, Queen Margrethe removed the titles of Prince Joachim’s children, making them counts and countesses. Despite the…
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