pictures have been posted to the official website.
Den kongelige familie ankommer til nytårskur og -taffel - Kongehuset
some from inside the palace.
on some it shows Joachim, Frederik and the Queen individually inspecting the guards?
That's correct.
QMII, Frederik and Joachim acknowledge the honor and respect shown them by the guard of honor.
Could anyone point me in the right direction (most likely not on the forums I am guessing!) to explain the political party set up in DK? I am very interested in how a Prime Minister's party can not really be the party with the power. I saw this on two different Danish drama series I watched and loved but was never fully explained.
Enjoy the rest of the New Years events.
Not sure where you can get such comprehensive info in English. Perhaps the English edition of Jyllands Posten?
Anyway, very short and simplified.
There are 179 seats in the Parliament, which means that for a government to have a majority and thus ensuring the policy can be carried through 90 seats are needed.
Before last election two parties, The Social Democrats and the Socialist People's Party, set out to form a left wing government coalition, should they win. They were supported by two more parties, the extreme left wing Enhedslisten (The Unity List) and the centre-right Radikale (The Radicals). These four parties just managed to get more than 90 seats. However The Unity List and the Radicals are predominantly political opposites. So in order to secure the loyalty of the Radicals, they were invited to join the government. But there was a price! The Radicals had a lot of demands - and they got them, practically every single one!
Result: The Radicals are in charge of the current government and the policy is radical, not left wing.
The current government has abandoned all essential promises made before the election and is now carrying out a policy that is de facto more right wing, than the previous right wing government.
As such those who voted for the socialist parties are hopping mad and feel the government has betrayed them. So the government is heading for disaster
I think you can read a little more about how the government was formed in the QMII thread about her political roles.
Something similar was also the case with the last government. It consisted of two right wing parties, Venstre (The Liberals) De Konservative (The Conservatives). Supported by the Danish People's Party, which is usually labelled an extreme right wing party, in reality they are right wing Social Democrats. The PM's were from the largest government party, The Liberals but the de facto deputy PM was undisputedly the leader of Danish People's Party. - They decided how long the government should live and everybody knew that. That balance of power lasted for ten years.