Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik Current Events Part 4

[acdc1]

Hopefully HRH will have a smooth operation and a quick recovery.

[JessRulz]

TV 2 Kongelig - Kongelig sommerferie i Gråsten

Article which contains two videos of Margrethe & Henrik arriving in Aabenraa yesterday

[JessRulz]

Earlier this week, Queen Margrethe attended the funeral of Wava Kitty Armfeldt, the woman who was her lady-in-waiting and close friend for more than fifty years.

At the funeral

Dronningen tynget af sorg ved begravelse

[JessRulz]

KRONBURG, July 27: Queen Margrethe attends the Danes Worldwide celebrations at Kronburg Castle

Arriving
Close-Up
Smile for the Camera!
Close-Up 2
Smiling
In the Castle grounds

Full gallery here

(WireImage)

[Villemann]

Just a quick note about Wava Armfeldt. She was so much more than "just" a lady-in-waiting. She was perhaps the person closest to Queen Margrethe after her husband. Wava was the first to be told about Margrethe's love for a certain French count. It was in her apartment that Margrethe's parents (King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid) first met Henrik. Over the years Miss Armfeldt dedicated her entire life to Margrethe and the Queen of Denmark repaid her devotion by granting Miss Armfeldt a grace and favour apartment close to Amalienborg palace in Copenhagen. Miss Armfeldt was much loved by all the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Danish court. She was a funny, lively lady and not at all grand. She will be sorely missed.

[Odette]

Originally Posted by Villemann

Just a quick note about Wava Armfeldt. She was so much more than "just" a lady-in-waiting. She was perhaps the person closest to Queen Margrethe after her husband. Wava was the first to be told about Margrethe's love for a certain French count. It was in her apartment that Margrethe's parents (King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid) first met Henrik. Over the years Miss Armfeldt dedicated her entire life to Margrethe and the Queen of Denmark repaid her devotion by granting Miss Armfeldt a grace and favour apartment close to Amalienborg palace in Copenhagen. Miss Armfeldt was much loved by all the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Danish court. She was a funny, lively lady and not at all grand. She will be sorely missed.

Thanks for the interesting information. It must be sad for the Queen to lose someone she has been so close to for so long.

[bramair]

Photos of Margrethe and Henrik in Caix, France, at my blog:

Elegant Celebrities Blog » Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik French Vacation Photos

[Villemann]

Originally Posted by Odette

Thanks for the interesting information. It must be sad for the Queen to lose someone she has been so close to for so long.

It is very sad, indeed. The Queen broke off her holiday to attend Miss Armfeldt's funeral in Southern Zealand. The former Lord Chamberlain Søren Haslund-Christensen as well as the current, Ove Ullerup, did the same. As I said, Miss Armfeldt will be missed.

[alex001]

There's an article here from yesterday, to say that the Queen is making a film, in which she will be the scriptwriter with the father of Countess Alexandra's husband, based on a fairytale of Hans Christian Anderson.
Billed-Bladet - Margrethe laver film med Martin Jørgensens far

Translated version:
http://www.billedbladet.dk/Kongelige/ArticleFolder/2008/9/Margrethe%20laver%20film%20med%20Martin%20Joergensens%20far.aspx translated by GramTrans

[Villemann]

Originally Posted by alex001

There's an article here from yesterday, to say that the Queen is making a film, in which she will be the scriptwriter with the father of Countess Alexandra's husband, based on a fairytale of Hans Christian Anderson.
Billed-Bladet - Margrethe laver film med Martin Jørgensens far

Translated version:
http://www.billedbladet.dk/Kongelige/ArticleFolder/2008/9/Margrethe%20laver%20film%20med%20Martin%20Joergensens%20far.aspx translated by GramTrans

Lovely project, no doubt, but shouldn't HM spend more time on her day-job instead of all these creative projects? There are quite a few paralympic athletes, for instance, who would have loved to see their sovereign amongst them, but I guess HM was too busy with her scriptwriting.!

[Jo of Palatine]

Originally Posted by Villemann

Lovely project, no doubt, but shouldn't HM spend more time on her day-job instead of all these creative projects? There are quite a few paralympic athletes, for instance, who would have loved to see their sovereign amongst them, but I guess HM was too busy with her scriptwriting.!

It's really funny (or sad, depends on how you look at it) that a free-lance journalist who lives on being creative should deny her queen the same right to creativity only because said queen has been born into her position and thus had to take on her duties, not choosing them as Villemann could with her professional aims.

Being creative is a part of a personality and if you feel the need to write or design, then it doesn't matter how many people wish to get something from you, you yourself have a right to do what your personality needs in order to be sustained emotionally. It's not after all that she skips meetings of her council in order to sing and dance aimlessly.

And talking about disabled sportspeople: yes, one would wish to see more officials thinking of handicapped people and their needs but so far I got the feeling that the Danish RF are really interested in helping and supporting handicapped people: maybe not attending the events Villemann chooses for them but certainly enough others to give the impression that they're caring.

[JessRulz]

Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik are currently embarking on a summer tour of Denmark. Yesterday (September 15th), they visited Nakskov

Billed-Bladet - Billedgalleri - Margrethe og Henrik på sensommertogt
TV 2 Galleri

[Marengo]

Apparently Queen Margrethe II has been criticized by the Danish media for only inviting the sporters of the Olympics to the palace on the 21st of October at Fredensborg and not the sporters of the Paralympics.

Acording to the court there is no discrimination here, the paralympic sporters will be invited later and seperately.

Article (in Dutch) here.

[JessRulz]

More pictures from the Queen and PC's Summer Tour:
Nakskov - September 15
Lohals - September 17

[alex001]

JessRulz, this may be me doing something wrong, but that first link shows pictures of Marie & Joachim on the 25th of September.

[JessRulz]

Woops, sorry! Here is the correct link (if maybe a mod wants to replace it in my original post #94?)