Christmas With Queen Margrethe

[Alexandria]

www.colourpress.com - Queen Margrethe and Princess Benedikte opened this year's exhibition of Christmas decorations at Royal Copenhagen porcelain factory in the Danish capital. The tables are decorated by Queen Margrethe. Photo: Klaus Moeller

[Alexandria]

www.colourpress.com - Queen Margrethe and Princess Benedikte opened this year's exhibition of Christmas decorations at Royal Copenhagen porcelain factory in the Danish capital. The tables are decorated by Queen Margrethe. Photo: Klaus Moeller

1, 4, 5) here the Trend table.

2,3) here the Fredensborg table.

[Alexandria]

www.colourpress.com - Queen Margrethe and Princess Benedikte opened this year's exhibition of Christmas decorations at Royal Copenhagen porcelain factory in the Danish capital. The tables are decorated by Queen Margrethe. Photo: Klaus Moeller

1, 3, 6) here the Amalienborg table.

2, 5) here the Marselisborg table.

[Alexandria]

www.colourpress.com - Queen Margrethe and Princess Benedikte opened this year's exhibition of Christmas decorations at Royal Copenhagen porcelain factory in the Danish capital. The tables are decorated by Queen Margrethe - here the Graasten table. Photo: Klaus Moeller

[Alexandria]

www.colourpress.com - Queen Margrethe and Princess Benedikte opened this year's exhibition of Christmas decorations at Royal Copenhagen porcelain factory in the Danish capital. The tables are decorated by Queen Margrethe. Photo: Klaus Moeller

[Alexandria]

Polfoto 18-11-2003

If you follow this link and click on Royal Christmas Tables, you can see and read more of Queen Margrethe's Christmas tables decorations:

http://www.royalcopenhagen.com/

[paulette]

The Royal Family usually spends their Christmas in Marselisborg Palace in Århus - this being the Royal couple's holiday residence.

[paulette]

Since Marselisborg Palace is a holiday destination of the Royal Family, I would like to give some info's.

A Royal holiday destination

Holidays, pleasure and family life are closely inter-linked for most of us - as it is for the Danish Royal family which takes its refuge at the Marselisborg Palace in Århus - this being the Royal couple's holiday residence.
There is music on the quay and many hands waving small Danish flags when the Århus citizens come to the harbour in the summertime to greet the city's most popular holiday guests - Queen Margrethe and her family. Year after year they arrive in Århus by ship to spend part of the summer holiday at the Marselisborg Palace, where they usually also spend Christmas and Easter.
The Queen got a taste for life in Århus as early as 1961 when she was studying political science at the University of Aarhus and stayed at one of the local residence halls. She spent much of her time taking part in the excavations at the Prehistoric Museum in Moesgaard where she is still a frequent visitor.

A present from the Jutlanders

Originally the Marselisborg Palace was erected as a national gift for the present queen's grandparents, Prince Christian and Princess Alexandrine, back in 1902. Some local Jutlanders wanted to present the royal family with a residence in Jutland, and they collected a total of 150,000 kroner for its construction.
The gift was very well received by the recipients. After Prince Christian became king, Marselisborg remained very special to him and his family. He resisted all building activities around the palace because this would destroy the unique view of the bay and instead he bought up the land thereby turning the original 13.5 acres into the present 50-acre estate.
Following the death of King Christian his widow often stayed at the palace until she died in 1952. Thereafter the palace lay dormant until Crown Princess Margrethe and Prince Henrik initiated a major renovation of the estate in 1968. The palace was refurbished, as were the furnishings, and many new items of furniture were purchased.

Public allowed in the park

When the royal family are not in residence, there is free admission to the palace park for the public from morning till evening. Here you can follow the changing of the seasons in terms of both wildlife and vegetation.
The plants for the garden were originally selected by Queen Alexandrine. Today Queen Margrethe consults the palace gardeners regarding what she wants done. She has her own opinions as to the colours and shapes of rhododendron beds and the rose garden, whereas the Prince Consort, who takes a keen interest in gastronomy, rules in the vegetable garden.
A relaxed lifestyle, spending time with family and friends, strolls together with their many dogs, and hours spent on the tennis court, are special pleasures enjoyed and often expressed by the royal family about their holidays in Århus. They also always find time to go to church. Professor Christian Todberg, who is the royal family's chaplain, lives in Århus, and the royal family attend the service at the Cathedral both in connection with the festivals of the year and family functions.

Taking part in the life in the city

The royal couple also show their close relationship with Århus by their active participation in the life and matters of the city. The Queen is the patroness of the Aarhus Festival and the Old Town urban museum which she is fond of visiting both officially and in private because of her continuing interest in history.
Therefore, Århus inevitably provides the setting for many of the motifs in the royal family's personal photograph album; Christmas in the bosom of the family; Easter egg hunting in the park; Christenings and students' celebrations. For a hundred years now, the capital of Jutland has had the privilege of being the city of royal relaxation and pleasure.

[purple_platinum]

wow...thanks for the pictures rchainho!

speaking of danish cristmas, is it true we won't see Alexandra, Nikolai, and Felix in Marselisborg or at church service this year?

[H.M. Margrethe]

Originally Posted by purple_platinum

wow...thanks for the pictures rchainho!

speaking of danish cristmas, is it true we won't see Alexandra, Nikolai, and Felix in Marselisborg or at church service this year?

Yes it is tru..Alexandra, Nikolai and Felix are going to spend ther christmas at Alexandras new home at Svanemollen in Copenhagen.
I have read that prince Joachim will give his sons thier christmasgifts on the 23. of december.

[Ethel]

Originally Posted by H.M. Margrethe

Yes it is tru..Alexandra, Nikolai and Felix are going to spend ther christmas at Alexandras new home at Svanemollen in Copenhagen.
I have read that prince Joachim will give his sons thier christmasgifts on the 23. of december.

I read that too, just today... That sounds very sad, that the family won't be together.

[lady_windsor]

their christmas tree loooks so big and its really pretty

[Sira]

Queen Margrethe is a true artist.

[Margrethe II]

Originally Posted by Sira

Queen Margrethe is a true artist.

Amen to that Sira :)

"MII"

[Royal Fan]

do you think there will be a family Picture that includes the baby (I hope so)

[H.M. Margrethe]

Originally Posted by Royal Fan

do you think there will be a family Picture that includes the baby (I hope so)

I do hope ther will. I know that CP Mary and CP Frederik made thier christmastcarts with a photo of ther littel boy and them together.

[paulette]

Is this where we are going to post news or pictures if in case there are available ones of the DRF celebrating Christmas 2005?

Do they also attend a Christmas Service in any church in Denmark aside from spending their christmas at Marselisborg Palace?

[purple_platinum]

Christmas Eve's Church Service this year

http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/article.php?id=3400606

[purple_platinum]

Originally Posted by paulette

Do they also attend a Christmas Service in any church in Denmark aside from spending their christmas at Amalienborg Palace?

The Danish RF are spending christmas at Marselisborg Palace, near Arhus. This will be lilleprins' 1st christmas. Only that we won't see Princess Alexandra, Prince Nikolai, and Prince Felix - they're spending it at their copenhagen home with Alex's family. :) :)

[paulette]

Thanks for the info. I am very much eager to look at the new photos of the royals celebrating Christmas at Marselisborg.

But I am also hoping that there will be pictures of the other royals like Princess Alex while celebrating it in her house in Copenhagen.