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Queen Margrethe and King Carl XVI Gustaf send condolences as Norway faces a tragic shooting

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27th June 2022
Queen Margrethe of Denmark and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden have both surrounded King Harald of Norway with love after the tragic shooting that took the lives of two people in Oslo. The two monarchs both sent condolences letters, which were published on all social media accounts, as well as the respective websites. In a short note signed by hand by the Queen, Margrethe called…
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Queen Margrethe's special gift for Princess Ingrid Alexandra

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22nd January 2022
A touching connection to Denmark was discovered on Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s 18th birthday when Queen Margrethe revealed that she designed the young royal’s cypher in 2004. The Danish Royal House shared birthday congratulations on its official Instagram account, noting that the cypher Princess Ingrid Alexandra has used —that of a stylised ‘I’ and ‘A’ underneath a crown—was…
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Denmark's Golden Jubilee: the proclamation of a queen

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14th January 2022
On 15 January 1972, a 31-year-old princess became the first Queen of Denmark in modern times, proclaimed from the balcony of Christiansborg Palace as Queen Margrethe II. Standing with Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag, Margrethe took part in a five-minute ceremony stripped from the pomp and ceremony that surrounds a British coronation. She was dressed entirely in black, including a long veil and…
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A look back at the Danish royal year

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29th December 2021
January Queen Margrethe began the New Year with a poignant speech, urging us all to “Not lose heart” over the ongoing pandemic. As the Danish Royal Family is renowned for their New Year’s and New Year’s Eve events, the team here at Royal Central looked back at the New Year’s fashions of Queen Margrethe, Crown Princess Mary, and Princess Marie. We also looked back on past New…
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