This month marks a very special birthday
for a popular and successful queen. Margrethe II turns 80 on April
16th and in the run up to her big day, Royal Central will be taking
a look at some of the major moments in her life. And today, we
start with one of her most special roles – being a granny. Queen
Margrethe is a loving grandmother to eight grandchildren: Prince
Christian, Princess…
In her traditional new year’s speech,
Queen Margrethe II announced that Prince Christian, second in line
to the Danish throne, would be confirmed in 2020. The Royal Court
later confirmed that the Prince was set to be confirmed during the
spring of 2020. Now the Royal Court…
On April 16, Queen Margrethe turns 80
years old. The Danish Queen had planned to celebrate the day with
pomp and splendour as usual. Carriage rides, a reception at
Copenhagen City Hall and a private dinner and dance at Fredensborg
Castle were set and and royals from all over…
A joint statement from the entire Danish
Crown Prince family was broadcast in the programme “Denmark stands
together” from the Danish TV-channel TV2 on Saturday evening. In
this touching greeting, the whole family comes together and
everyone shared their experiences living through the special
situation that now affects all Danes and many people around the
world. Crown Prince Frederik opens the…
Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of
Denmark have returned to Denmark from their home in France with
their two children Prince Henrik and Princess Athena. Prince Henrik
was examined at the Rigshospitalet for respiration problems
connected with asthmatic bronchitis. He…
The Queen of Denmark has told her people
that coronavirus has created a frightening situation and a new
reality for many. But in a live TV address, Margrethe II added that
everyone had the power to break the chain of illness created by
Covid-19 and ”create new hope in…
The diary of the Danish Royal Family has
been altered with all planned engagements between now and the start
of April listed as ‘cancelled’. The agenda changed on Thursday,
soon after the country’s government announced that all schools and
universities would close for two weeks while many people would be
asked to work from home. The Danish Royal agenda was relatively
light…
The Danish Royal Court reports that the
Crown Prince Family is returning to Denmark months ahead of time
due to the coronavirus situation. The family are currently living
in Switzerland and were due to stay until the summer. The Danish
Royal House has just released the…
Crown Prince Frederik paid an emotional
visit to the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan last week, visiting
with Save the Children Denmark to mark the organisation’s 75th
anniversary. The Zaatari refugee camp is just east of the Jordanian
city of Mafraq and is the world’s…
On 29 February, Princess Marie met with
young climate activist, Vanessa Nakate during her humanitarian trip
to Uganda as Patron of DanChurchAid. Vanessa Nakate called out the
Associated Press when she was cropped out of a photo with other
young climate activists including Greta Thunberg at the Davos
Economic Forum last January. About the scandal, Princess Marie
said: “I thought it was really…
