Margrethe's Enthronement

[Australian]

I have been searching unsuccessfully for pictures of Queen Margrethe's entrhonement ceremony. Can anyone help? Thank you

[Mandy]

I don't believe that there is an enthronement ceremony per se in Denmark. Queen Margrethe was proclaimed Queen from the Palace balcony on January 15, 1972 by the Prime Minister following the death of her father King Frederik IX. There are pictures of Queen Margrethe and the Prime Minister on the Palace balcony.

I have edited my post to add the link to pictures of Queen Margrethe on January 15, 1972.

[Australian]

Thank you for that Mandy, they are great pics :)

[ladybelline]

Thanks you for the pics!

I watched last year a documentary about Consort Princes : there were some images showing QM on the balcony, on the verge of tears, because of her father's loss :( when she was proclamed Queen. Very emotional image...

And in the pics with the red dress, I remember her daughter-in-law Mary in a similar dress...

[carlota]

great pictures! margrethe was a really beautiful lady.

was she wearing black because of his father's death? or is that the protocol in enthronements? what about the photo with the red dress? was it taken after she being proclaimed queen because of the death of the former king or some months later as the official photo of the new queen? she looks a little bit happier in those...

[Margrethe II]

Originally Posted by carlota

great pictures! margrethe was a really beautiful lady.

was she wearing black because of his father's death? or is that the protocol in enthronements? what about the photo with the red dress? was it taken after she being proclaimed queen because of the death of the former king or some months later as the official photo of the new queen? she looks a little bit happier in those...

Carlota,

I am pretty sure that as her father had died the day before that this explains the reason why the Queen was in black attire. I am almost certain that all provided pictures of the Queen in black are either from the very same day as the Kings death or the balcony presentation the following day.

"MII"

[Louise]

I believe the pictures of Margrethe in the red dress were taken right before her wedding. As far as I remember she wore it to a galla-performance at the royal theatre.

[Lasse Pedersen]

On the Danish website of the Danish Monarchy, there is a clip in which The Queen talks about her proclamation in Danish. But it also shows footage from Her Majesty’s proclamation. First, after about 20 seconds, the prime minister thrice proclaims that “King Frederik IX is dead. Long live Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II”. The reason for him proclaiming the same message thrice is that he must proclaim it to all corners of the kingdom… except south because he would have to yell down the hallway behind him in order to do so.

The video can be found here: http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?dogtag=k_dk_familien_dronningen
(go to the paragraph “Tronfølgeloven” and click “filmklip”.

/Lasse Pedersen

[Australian]

I wish that the European royal families still had coronations, as it makes for a good spectacle. I would like to see them wearing their full regalia and the state imperial crowns etc. Maybe they got rid of coronations because it might seem a bit old-fashioned? Does anyone know why they got rid of coronations, opting for enthronements/ proclamations?

[Lasse Pedersen]

Originally Posted by Australian

I wish that the European royal families still had coronations, as it makes for a good spectacle. I would like to see them wearing their full regalia and the state imperial crowns etc. Maybe they got rid of coronations because it might seem a bit old-fashioned? Does anyone know why they got rid of coronations, opting for enthronements/ proclamations?

In Denmark, we stopped anointing our kings at lavish ceremonies after the introduction of democracy as part of the limited monarchical constitution of 1848 rather than absolute monarchy (1660-1848). The anointing of kings was seen as being part of an absolute monarchy and was thus abolished.

/Lasse Pedersen

[Smilla]

Thank you for compiling the pictures. Margarethe was such a beautiful young woman, and she is still amazing. Among all the European queens, she was probably the prettiest at that time.

[Australian]

Originally Posted by Lasse Pedersen

In Denmark, we stopped anointing our kings at lavish ceremonies after the introduction of democracy as part of the limited monarchical constitution of 1848 rather than absolute monarchy (1660-1848). The anointing of kings was seen as being part of an absolute monarchy and was thus abolished.

/Lasse Pedersen

Thank you for the explanation Lasse. :)