[Denmark] Queen Margrethe II Celebrates 40 Years on The Throne - City Hall Reception

King Carl XVI Gustaf, cousin of the Queen

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[Denmark] Royal Family hosts New Year's Banquet at Christian VII's Palace in Amalienborg

 

The Royal Cartoons - Danish Edition - The Nelly Furtado Remix

[Denmark] Nevertheless, the family was together for Christmas Service at church this weekend

Consort Prince Henrik, Queen Margrethe, Prince Christian, CP Frederik and Princess Isabella

Princess Marie, heavily pregnant, with baby Prince Henrik and husband Prince Joachim

CP Mary was wearing a beautiful plaid dress, skinny black belt and  black coat for service.

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[Nathalie Sayn Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Alexander Johannsmann's wedding] Queen Margrethe and Queen Anne-Marie

Queens Margrethe of Denmark and Anne-Marie of Greece.

They are the sisters of Princess Benedikte, the mother of the bride

South Korean leader made official visit to Denmark this week

This wednesday, Queen Margrethe, accompanied by her sons Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim, her daughter in law, Princess Marie and sister Princess Benedikte welcomed South Korean President Lee Myung Bak to Denmark, the second stop on a week-long European visit.

Lee arrived from Germany where he has met with, among others, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Christian Wulff.

The two-day visit in Denmark includes talks on trade, research and cooperation, including on green growth.

On Thursday, the president's final day in Denmark, he is set to meet with Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen.

Denmark is a member of the European Union, and on July 1st a free trade treaty between South Korea and the bloc was due to come into force. The Confederation of Danish Industry said it hoped to the free trade agreement would help triple Danish exports to South Korea, last year estimated to be worth almost 700 million dollars. France was the president's next and last stop.

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[One couple, one photo] From Denmark (and France), with love!

The first is colourful, the second is the funniest.

Margrethe (71) and Henri(k) (76) met in the 1960s in London

and have now been married for almost 44 years.

God bless their love!

(and her tiny waist too)

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[The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's Wedding] Queen Margrethe of Denmark Henrikless

If you feel you have already seen this photo somewhere else, it is not my fault.

"This is how we kiss on a balcony" - Denmark Edition

In case you are missing the kisses from friday already, check out other family's balcony wedding appearances. Here, when Crown Prince Frederik wed Mary Donaldson, in May 2004. It was a very emotional moment, beginning to end, and once again this family proved that it is not because you live in the North that you have to be cold with your kin. And Mary... oh well, she looks like the born Princess and Frederik is her new Consort.

Queen Margrethe of Denmark: the fashion recycler!

One can not say this lovely lady spends a lot of money on her clothes. I mean, Queen Margrethe sure wears the best designs from high fashion houses but she has no problem whatsoever in doing some repeats. I have got few examples to show you!

The Green-White Bow dress:

1 - Her husband Prince Henrik's 75th birthday (June 2009)

2 - For Crown Princess Victoria's Pre-Wedding Gala (June 2010)

The Lettuce Green dress:

1 - On her 70th birthday Gala (April 2010)

2 - On New Years' Eve night (January 2011)

Her favorite what to wear in April turquoise ensemble:

1 - Her balcony appearance on her 70th birthday [without the coat] (April 2010)

2 - For her twin grandson and granddaughter's christening (mid-April 2011).

3 - Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's wedding (end of April 2011, right on time after the dry cleaning)

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Queen Margrethe, King Harald & Queen Sonja - or how this wedding made me miss the Scandinavian royal weddings!

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Queen Margrethe of Denmark, King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway attended the Pre-Wedding Party on April 28th's evening. Seeing them attend really reminded me and made me miss the royal weddings in Scandinavia and all the gang: Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and his wife, Mette-Marit did not attend. Neither did Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and his wife, Mary. Let's not even add Martha-Louise, her handsome husband Ari Behn, Princess Madeleine and let's get him married soon Prince Carl Philip. Thank God Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel attended to save me from further dismay! In previous weddings, as they are really close, they all attended and the dozens of photos and videos where we could see them laughing and bonding were always the life of the party. It did not happen here, the Windsors(-Mountbatten) do not seem to be that close to any foreign royal family except the Greek one (I am exaggerating, I know. But you get my point).

Another thing that was striking was the fact that Prince William and bride, Kate Middleton, did not attend their own Pre-Wedding Party that was hosted by Lady Elizabeth Anson (pictured above with Queen Margrethe). And the party they threw themselves and attended yesterday, the wedding night, had no foreign royals in their guest lists. It gave me this little impression of two parallel worlds going on that one of the only low points for the royal watcher that I am. But it is just a detail. But still important for me.

Changing topics, Queen Sonja looked beautiful in red, which a flamenco vibe to her hairpiece. Queen Margrethe looked... faithful to herself. Missed her smily husband too.

Royal weddings from the past - Queen Margrethe and Consort Prince Henrik (1967)

Princess Margrethe married Count Henri de Monpezat on June 10th, 1967.