Denmark

King Frederik and Queen Mary enjoy art and nature as they start epic summer tour

King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark have begun their annual summer tour through the country. And the Queen of Denmark showed a sense of humour as she ran into an unexpected although increasingly common issue for her. As they arrived at Sæby Harbour for their day in Frederikshavn Municipality, the Danish queen was chased by a wasp. It was an echo of a walkabout last month in which Queen…
Read more
Denmark

King Frederik moves palaces in preparation for autumn

King Frederik of Denmark looks to be happily enjoying his busy summer visiting several different areas of his country. He’s now back at Fredensborg Palace to enjoy time at home.  King Frederik watched the Changing of the Guard ceremony on his return. It takes place every Friday at 12:00pm noon; it finishes up in the courtyard where the new guard officially begins.  Because King…
Read more
Royal News

Crown Prince Christian of Denmark in royal first

Crown Prince Christian of Denmark has taken part in his first State Council .  On 19 June, King Frederik presided over the State Council; all government ministers attend these council meetings to inform the Danish monarch of the government’s work. The Crown Prince of Denmark joined the meeting for the first time since becoming heir to the throne on the accession of his father as…
Read more
Denmark

This future king is following the lead of future queens as he makes a military move

The heir to the throne of Denmark has announced he’s going to extend his military training and he’s got plenty of royal examples to follow. Crown Prince Christian, who is 19, is the latest first in line to confirm he’s making the armed forces his first priority as he begins a new chapter in his life. The future king is following in the footsteps of several young, future queens…
Read more