To celebrate Crown Prince Frederik of
Denmark’s milestone birthday of 50 years, the country of Denmark
will be hosting a nationally recognised running event which will
take place on 21 May 2018. This comes just nearly a week shy of
Crown Prince Frederik’s official birthday on 26 May. The cities
participating in this event include Aalborg, Aarhus, Esbjerg,
Odense, Copenhagen and…
In the magnificent twelfth-century Gothic
cathedral church of Roskilde on the island of Zealand, thirty-nine
Kings and Queens of Denmark are buried. One Danish queen, however,
is missing – and by no mere accident or fluke of history. Members
of the Royal House of Denmark…
His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of
Denmark, the husband of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, has been
diagnosed with dementia, the Danish Royal Court announced. A series
of examinations have been conducted during the late summer, and a
team of specialists from the…
Danish Royal Court announces Prince Henrik does not wish be buried in Roskilde Cathedral with his wife
3rd August 2017
The Danish Royal Court announced today
that Prince Henrik, the husband of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark,
does not wish to be buried in Roskilde Cathedral, the traditional
burial site of the Kings and Queens of Denmark. This also means
that a joint sarcophagus, which has already been made by sculptor
Bjørn Nørgaard, will either not be used at all, or will only
be used by Queen Margrethe II when…
The Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik
Foundation has teamed with the Crown Prince Frederik and Crown
Princess Mary Foundation to donate 750,000 Danish kroner to support
the world’s hungry children. The considerable donation was revealed
as part of a televised fundraising…
On 30 October 2016 Crown Princess
Mary of Denmark was on hand in Odense to present the 2016 Hans
Christian Andersen Literature Award. This year’s winner, Japanese
writer Haruki Murakami, has had his books translated into more than
50 languages. The ceremony took place at…
Prince Henrik, consort of Danish Queen
Margrethe II, has given up his title of ‘Prince Consort’ or
‘Prinsgemal’ as part of his retirement. It was at first not
officially announced but he was listed on his biography page of the
Danish Royal Family’s official website as simply ‘Prins Henrik’ and
also on the guest list for the Mexican state visit gala. It was…
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has
announced during her traditional New Year’s speech that her
81-year-old husband’ Prince Henrik’ is to retire from most official
duties. He will take part in the New Year’s reception on Friday but
he will not be…
Prince Henrik of Denmark, husband and
Prince Consort of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark has complained
about the fact that he is not King of Denmark, but rather Prince
Consort and has claimed that this constitutes sexism, according to
an interview with French newspaper Le…
When you spend as much of your time as we
do browsing for articles, photos and glimpses of our site’s
namesake, Kate (Better and more properly known as Catherine,
Duchess of Cambridge) it’s easy to forget that there are other
Royal families out there beyond the British Royal family. And even
easier to forget that there is another Royal who shares many of the
same qualities as…
