Denmark

The royal children who left Denmark as Princes & Princesses, but returned a few days later as Counts & Countesses

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4th January 2023
It was a different Christmas to usual for the Danish Royal Family in 2022. Queen Margrethe celebrated the festivities for the first time at Djursland alongside her sister, Princess Benedikte. Meanwhile, the Crown Prince & Princess and their children spent Christmas in Australia with Crown Princess Mary’s family. Until this week, however, it was not known where Prince Joachim and his…
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Denmark

On the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day - four royals stripped of their titles in major shake-up

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1st January 2023
Four members of the Danish Royal Family woke up with new titles this morning after Queen Margrethe’s shock decision to remove her grandchildren’s titles came into effect. As of today, all four children of Prince Joachim—Nikolai, Felix, Henrik and Athena—are to be known as Count and Countess of Monpezat after Queen Margrethe decided to remove their prince/princess titles. In…
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Denmark

New gala portraits released in Denmark to close out the Jubilee year

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29th December 2022
Two new gala portraits have been released in Denmark to close out Queen Margrethe’s Golden Jubilee year. One photograph features the Queen with her two sons, Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim, and their wives, Crown Princess Mary and Princess Marie. The second photo is just of Queen Margrethe with her heir and his spouse.  Per Morten Abrahamsen © Both images were taken…
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Denmark

Rare royal tiara sold at auction

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7th December 2022
A total of six pieces of jewellery that have directly belonged to the Danish royal family have been auctioned. It is rare for jewellery that has directly belonged to members of the Danish royal family to be offered for sale at auction. On December 1st 2022, six pieces of…
Denmark

The Queen of Denmark celebrates her Golden Jubilee during a visit to London

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7th December 2022
Queen Margrethe of Denmark attended a celebratory service at the Danish Church, also called St. Katharine’s, in London to commemorate her Golden Jubilee. Queen Margrethe, who marked 50 years on the throne this year, visited the church on Sunday, 4 December. The Danish priest of the church thanked the Queen for the church’s chasuble, the outer garment worn by clergy during…
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