The Danish Royal court announced that
Queen Margrethe’s annual summer tour with the Royal Yacht Dannebrog
has been cancelled. All events to celebrate the reunion with
Schleswig have also been cancelled. The Royal court says that in
light of the latest announcement from the Prime Minister that the
ban on larger assemblies will be maintained until August, the
Royals have chosen to follow…
On Christmas Eve 1879, a daughter named
Alexandrine was born to Frederick III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and
his wife Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia. This little
girl was the first child of the couple who had married at the start
of the year; her parents went on…
On April 16, Queen Margrethe turns 80
years old. The Danish Queen had planned to celebrate the day with
pomp and splendour as usual. Carriage rides, a reception at
Copenhagen City Hall and a private dinner and dance at Fredensborg
Castle were set and and royals from all over…
Queen Margrethe of Denmark is set to sail
away on the royal yacht Dannebrog as part of an annual summer tour
of the country. The Queen will make a visit to the island of Anholt
on 3 June and Aarhus Municipality from 5 June to 6 June. Later in
the summer, Her Majesty visits the municipalities of Thisted on 31
August, Esbjerg on 1 September and Fanø on 2 September. The Royal
Court states that the…
As Queen Margrethe of Denmark will
celebrate her 80th birthday on 16 April 2020, the Danish Court
today released a program of events celebrating the Queen during the
month of April. The program is similar to the one organised to
celebrate the Queen’s 75th birthday in…
Man arrested over allegations of threats against Queen Margrethe and King Carl XVI Gustaf
1st November 2019
The Danish Police has announced that,
earlier this week, they carried out a raid on the house of a Muslim
man living in Copenhagen after his wife reported she feared that
the man was planning an attack on the Danish or Swedish monarch.
Danish Police arrested the…
Yesterday, the Danish Royal Family
attended the official opening of the Danish Parliament at
Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen. Queen Margrethe, Crown Prince
Frederik, Crown Princess Mary, and Princess Benedikte were received
by official members of the Parliament at noon when the first
session of the parliamentary year began. The opening of the
Parliament takes place each year on the first…
Queen Margrethe: “Danes need to know more about the Danes in Germany”
12th September 2019
Queen Margrethe of Denmark spent last
week visiting areas of Germany inhabited by many Danes who has
lived there for almost 1000 years. In a newly given interview with
a German newspaper, Queen Margrethe says that she thinks it is bad
that the Danes in Denmark know little or…
Queen Margrethe of Denmark is currently
on a four-day-long visit to the northern parts of Germany. The
Danish monarch is touring the German state of Schleswig-Holstein
and the Danish minority in South Schleswig. She is travelling on
the Royal yacht Dannebrog which sailed…
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
has talked about her father’s death in a new interview with the
Danish magazine ALT. The Queen was only 31-years-old when the flags
were hung at half-mast across the Kingdom of Denmark after her
father, King Frederick IX, died on January 12, 1972. In the
interview, Her Majesty spoke of the dramatic time, saying: “Dad
became ill with…
