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Queen Margrethe: “Danes need to know more about the Danes in Germany”

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12th September 2019
Queen Margrethe of Denmark spent last week visiting areas of Germany inhabited by many Danes who has lived there for almost 1000 years. In a newly given interview with a German newspaper, Queen Margrethe says that she thinks it is bad that the Danes in Denmark know little or nothing about the Danes in Germany and their current situation as a minority. Her Majesty said to the German newspaper…
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Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attend Flag Day events

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5th September 2019
Today, the Danish Crown Prince couple attended events commemorating Flag Day in Copenhagen. Flag Day has been commemorated on 5 September since 2009. It was created to honor all the Danish soldiers who were sent on missions abroad since 1948. Since 2011, members of the royal family always attend events to commemorate the day along with the military. Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess…
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Queen Margrethe visits Germany

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4th September 2019
Queen Margrethe of Denmark is currently on a four-day-long visit to the northern parts of Germany. The Danish monarch is touring the German state of Schleswig-Holstein and the Danish minority in South Schleswig. She is travelling on the Royal yacht Dannebrog which sailed…
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The story of the time Queen Margrethe refused to meet Donald Trump

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23rd August 2019
Many were very surprised when US President Donald Trump cancelled his state visit to Denmark earlier this week, and a lot thought this was a huge insult to Her Majesty Queen Margrethe. A little less known story is that the President only retaliated with the same behaviour as the Queen did in the early 1990s. Then, it was Margrethe who cancelled a meeting with then businessman Trump because she did…
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Donald Trump extraordinarily cancels state visit to Denmark after their refusal to sell him Greenland

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21st August 2019
President Trump appears to have cancelled his upcoming state visit to Denmark after the country’s leaders refused to entertain the notion of selling him Greenland. Queen Margrethe had been due to host the US President in a couple of weeks time, however, she looks to have been spared the task. Taking to Twitter, President Trump said: “Denmark is a very special country with…
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