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Denmark's royals hold high profile diplomatic meeting

Queen Margrethe of Denmark, accompanied by her son, Crown Prince Frederik, have received the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, at Amalienborg Palace in audience. He was visiting Denmark and was received in an audience with the royals together with the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeppe Kofod. Antony Blinken landed in Denmark on Sunday night. On Monday, he met with Foreign Minister…
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Queen Margrethe begins 2021 sailing season

On Tuesday, Queen Margrethe officially boarded the royal ship Dannebrog in the Port of Copenhagen at the naval base of Nyholm for the start of the 2021 sailing season. Upon arrival at Nyholm, Her Majesty was presented with flowers and was received by the Queen’s…
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Queen Margrethe to showcase dozens of lockdown embroideries

Queen Margrethe of Denmark has always been interested in needlework. During the pandemic, the Queen has had extra time for her hobby and this has resulted in a large scale production of embroideries. Now more than 100 of the Queen’s embroideries will be shown in a new exhibition so that the Danish people can also see the Queen’s colourful creations. The Queen herself will open the…
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Three soldiers in the Danish Royal Guard caught on duty influenced by cocaine

Three soldiers in the Danish Royal Guard were on duty under the influence of cocaine. The story was revealed shortly before Easter when the Audit Corps’ annual report for 2020 was released. The Audit Corps is the Danish Armed Forces’ own prosecution authority. The corps investigates and deals with military criminal cases. It was the Danish magazine “Se og Hør” who first reported…
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Queen Margrethe appoints new Lord Chamberlain

The Danish Royal Court has announced that Denmark will have a new Lord Chamberlain. Kim Kristensen will take on the position after current chamberlain, Michael Ehrenreich, decided to retire from his post after six years of service. Michael Ehrenreich has chosen to arrange…
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Queen Margrethe receives official New Year's greetings

For the Danish Royal Family, these first days of the New Year were to be marked by large dinners where everyone was dressed in uniforms and gala dresses. This was not the case this year. The long tradition had to give way to the corona-virus. The planned New Year’s party at Christiansborg Castle for the Prime Minister and other representatives of official Denmark, which should have taken…
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