Queen Ingrid

[H.M. Margrethe]

Originally Posted by sm1939

Was Queen Ingrid's marriage a love match ??

I think the marriage was a mach made in heaven

[Josefine]

When did the Queen do her last official duty
and were she called queen or Dowager Queen?

[GrandDuchessOlga]

In danish media she was only referred as Queen. I´ve never heard her being called dowager queen even though she actually was.

I don´t know her exact last official duty but as to my rememberance (sp?) she was active until almost the very last. Someone correct me if I´m wrong

[norwegianne]

Originally Posted by GrandDuchessOlga

In danish media she was only referred as Queen. I´ve never heard her being called dowager queen even though she actually was.

I don´t know her exact last official duty but as to my rememberance (sp?) she was active until almost the very last. Someone correct me if I´m wrong

She has been referred to as enkedronning Ingrid (Dowager Queen Ingrid) on occasions (as in this article on Frederik and Mary moving into her old home) - but Dronning Ingrid was the most frequent form.

[GrandDuchessOlga]

Hmm... Enkedronning Ingrid and Dowager Queen Ingrid somehow sounds weird cause you´re not used to it

[MargreteI]

Queen Ingrid never held the title Dowager Queen but was styled Queen Ingrid for life. Meaning that during her daughters reign and while she was still alive Denmark oficially had two queens. Though only one Monarch.

This was the request of the young Monarch back in 1972 when her father had just died, that her mother not be dowager queen, but to be titled Queen Ingrid also in future.

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[Furienna]

That was a sweet thing to do by Margarethe.

[Villemann]

Originally Posted by MargreteI

Queen Ingrid never held the title Dowager Queen but was styled Queen Ingrid for life. Meaning that during her daughters reign and while she was still alive Denmark oficially had two queens. Though only one Monarch.

This was the request of the young Monarch back in 1972 when her father had just died, that her mother not be dowager queen, but to be titled Queen Ingrid also in future.

:)
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Margrethe did much more than letting Ingrid keep her title as Queen. She included Ingrid as a regent, when she herself was out of the country. This was done in the summer of 1972, when Queen Ingrid signed the Danish Constitution and thereby swore to uphold it. It was the first time in Denmark that a regent was picked from outside the line of succession. It was a great honour and signalled that even though Ingrid was now a widow , she was still a very important member of the royal family.