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The Danish population showers Queen Margarethe with special tributes as she celebrates 50 years on the throne

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14th January 2022
Queen Margarethis celebrating her Golden Jubilee. On January 14th 2022, she marks the 50th anniversary of her accession to the throne on the death of her father, King Frederik IX. Denmark is joining the Royal Family and institutions to celebrate the occasion, and the Danish Royal Household has shown is appreciation for the good wishes by highlighting the way in which people around the…
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New coin issued for Queen Margrethe's Jubilee

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12th January 2022
2022 is a special year in Denmark, as it marks the 50th anniversary of the reign of Queen Margrethe II, one of the most beloved Heads of State in the world.  To celebrate the occasion, the Danish National Bank has announced that it will issue a commemorative coin. Featuring a profile of the monarch on one side and a new design on the other, the coins will be issued in three different…
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Margrethe: the Queen who gave up titles

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11th January 2022
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark represented a milestone in the country’s life from a very early age and in more ways than one.  First of all, she was the first woman to become Queen since the change of the succession law that allowed her to become the heir presumptive, pushing back her uncle, Prince Knud.  But she was also the first monarch in Danish history to renounce all titles upon…
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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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Prince Joachim and Princess Marie visit Christmas market in Paris

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29th November 2021
Princess Marie of Denmark visited Frederik’s Church in Paris on Friday, 26 November, to officially open the local Christmas market.  Her Royal Highness visited the church with her husband, Prince Joachim; Frederikskirke is the biggest Danish church in the French capital.  The church will host the Christmas market throughout the weekend, and Princess Marie took time to go through the many…
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