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born 1940 Denmark
Margrethe II (born 16 April 1940) is a member of the Danish royal family who reigned as Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024. The monarchy of Denmark encompasses the entire 'Danish Realm', made up of Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
Denmark Monarchs Translators Also known as: Margrethe II, Queen Margrethe II
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One should never be so formal that one loses life, but one should never be so informal that one becomes without form of any kind.
God's help, the love of the people, the strength of Denmark.
There is nothing so clever as people you agree with.
For me it is always the colour, first and foremost.
You are handed your job as the old king or queen dies... It is not a life sentence, but a life of service.
That cold January day - and so many people... I'd never imagined it would happen nowadays.
We can be very relaxed in our relationship with the Danish people...I feel extraordinarily privileged.
We do not have that much to moan about when one thinks of what people did not moan about before.
I will remain on the throne until I fall off!
I do not think one should chase the fashions of the day, concerning neither sweaters nor opinions.
The fact that I am a woman has never really played into what I have done or not done. I have just been lucky that things have played out so that I could do things.
We were so busy that we didn't have time to think about how terrible it was or - in fact it felt strangely natural.
Being Queen is a profession, a job, a position, an office that one cannot put aside when you come home from work. It is there all the time - and it is there all your life.
Gradually he [King Frederik] showed me everybody was going to help me in this...it was not a terrifying thing, but a great challenge.
One may well use one's head even though one is in love. Someone has said that one cannot prevent lightening from striking – but one may prevent the whole town from burning down.
One would not die from my cooking, but I am not sure one would survive my driving.
I have always felt that it is a task that you are given, and that you have it as long as you live. That is my fundamental view. It is an integral part of the job that you have it for life.
For me, it [being Queen] is a responsibility that does not include abdication. It is a task one has been given and taken upon oneself, and one does not relinquish it because it would perhaps be convenient personally to be rid of some of it.
I would like to stress that the obligation [of being Queen] has always been driven by joy. The joy is rooted in the warmth that has met me and my family everywhere through every year, in celebration and joy as in sorrow, in the so-called "big days", as well as in everyday life.
I was supported from every side by my family and by the ministers, but so much also by the people.
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