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The guests who will and will not be present as Queen Margrethe celebrates 50 years on the throne

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12th January 2022
Queen Margrethe wasn’t even supposed to become Queen, and yet she is celebrating her 50th year on the Danish throne, beloved by her people and surrounded by her closest family. The first of three daughters to Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Ingrid (later King and Queen), Margrethe has two younger sisters: Benedikte and Anne-Marie. Søren Rasmussen/Public…
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New dates for Queen Margarethe's Golden Jubilee celebrations revealed

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11th January 2022
After announcing that, due to an increase in the number of coronavirus cases, many of the major public events of Queen Margarethe’s Golden Jubilee were to be postponed, the Danish Royal Household has released a new timeline for the celebrations.  The events were supposed to take place in mid-January, around the date of her father’s death and her subsequent ascension to the throne (which…
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Queen Margrethe's very royal godparents

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10th January 2022
When she was born, she was not supposed to become Queen. Yet, one month after her birth, on 14 May, she was christened with a parade of godparents to rival any future monarch.  Queen Margrethe of Denmark was born on 16 April 1940, just one week after the Nazi invasion of…
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Crown Princess Mary's Foundation supports girls in Burkina Faso

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21st December 2021
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark has directed a donation of $50,000 to the Gisèle Kambou Centre in Burkina Faso through her eponymous Mary Foundation. In a statement on the Mary Foundation’s website, Crown Princess Mary said: “Girls and young women in Burkina Faso are struggling with having their most basic rights violated. It was heartbreaking to meet girls who, for example, are…
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Queen Margrethe undertakes Greenland tour

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12th October 2021
Queen Margrethe of Denmark is currently undergoing her latest tour of Greenland, which began on 8 October and will end on the 12th. The visit is taking place upon the invitation of the Chairman of the Naalakkersuisut Múte B. Egede and will take Her Majesty to Ilulissat, Nuuk, Pituffik and Station Nord. This visit comes on the 100th anniversary of the first Danish royal visit to Greenland, when…
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