Denmark

Bill Clinton shares his biggest surprise on meeting Queen Margrethe

This week, Denmark celebrates the Golden Jubilee of Queen Margrethe II. Danish TV channels have, through the last few weeks, broadcast a number of programmes about the Queen’s life and work. Denmark’s largest TV channel recently showed a new documentary about the Queen including comments from former US President, Bill Clinton. When President Clinton visited Denmark in 1997, he…
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Queen Margrethe recalls fond family memories from her time on the royal yacht in new TV documentary

At this present moment in time, only two royal families have their own ships. Although the United Kingdom has recently made arrangements to commission a new royal yacht, only Norway and Denmark have a current royal vessel in use. For Queen Margrethe of Denmark, it is always a joyous moment for her to be on board the royal yacht Dannebrog. She has recently expressed her fond memories of being on…
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New details revealed on Crown Princess Mary's exhibition

The new year is here, and several significant royal anniversaries will be celebrated throughout Europe in the year ahead. The Danish Crown Princess Mary is celebrating her 50th birthday this year, and this will be celebrated on a large scale if the pandemic allows it. On 3 February, Crown Princess Mary will open an exhibition at Frederiksborg Castle celebrating her life and achievements. Called…
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Queen Margrethe cancels annual Christmas journey to London

Queen Margrethe has a long held tradition of going to London each December and managing both official tasks and Christmas gift shopping for the family. However, her 2021 visit has now been cancelled. It was expected that the Queen of Denmark would travel to the UK capital while Crown Prince Frederik would have been regent of Denmark in the coming days. Now the trip has been cancelled, the royal…
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