TV2 has just shown the portrait I wrote a summary of above and it was brilliant!
It gave a very good picture of the person Margrethe who also happens very much to be Queen.
A Queen who has a girlish side and a good sense of humor, especially when dealing with people she works with in connection with art projects and that in a formal and yet informal way at the same time.
I haven't got time to go into details, but for those who know about and are interested in QMII this portrait is a must and I hope it will be aired in English at some point.
For those who don't know about QMII this isn't the best start though.
What I like most about such portraits are the behind the scenes footage including the occasional goof and in this case also QMII's quiet banter with the camera crew.
There were a couple of details I noticed: During a visit to Greenland with M&F the Regent Couple left a kaffemik when QMII called PH, "Ups. We didn't bring Mary and Frederik with us". - "What's keeping them"? - "Dunno, ain't my fault".
And during the visit QMII had in Eastern Greenland with Frederik, where they trekked on dog sledges and lived in a small cabin on the ice. (Pit stops used by the Sirius Patrol). Here Frederik nursed a cut to his arm, presumably a dog bite, that happens. Later on Frederik sported some three or four stitches, something neither QMII, nor her LiW, nor Frederik paid much attention.
You are welcome Polyesco & Muriel.
The Queen usually attended these events (weddings, birthdays, jubilees...) without JC. On Margrethe's 70th birthday Sofia didn't attend either. Iirc that was due to that Islandic culcano which prevented airtravel on that day.
They also attended a private Dinner/Event for King Harald's 70th birthday in 2007.
Yes, they are first cousins.
Apart from their family relationship the countries are also very close on a political level. All Skandinavian countries cooperate very closely and that is also reflected on the royal level. I'm sure that there will be significant representation from the Norwegian RF as well. I expect that from Norway there will also be the Monarchs and the CP couple.
For once I disagree with you, Muhler
I was disappointed by the film. It was old and earlier used photoage 90-95% of the time. And why wasn´t neither CPss Mary nor the children of the CPC mentioned. It was only the then Pss Alexandra and the little Prince Nikolai, who was about 1 year.
I agree with you. I was surprised by how little new footage was used in the documentary and that they would dig up such old footage. But then again, they're notoriously bad at portraits and documentaries over at TV2. I'm moderately disappointed that DR doesn't have a proper documentary about QMII for her birthday. They only have the QMII and the arts one that will be sent tomorrow and it's a bit sad because I usually love their portraits of the royal family.
Depends on the eyes of the beholder I guess. To me it wasn't the footage (beautiful as it was) so much as what was said and done by QMII.
Notice also that it is a trompeter horse. The Guard Hussars uses only "white" horses as trompeter horses
I have a special spot for those uniforms
Notice also that it is a trompeter horse. The Guard Hussars uses only "white" horses as trompeter horses
The signalmen rode horses that were "reversed" in color to the rest of the horses in a squadron, so that the commanding officer could quickly locate his signalman in the confusion. 
Ther lucemburgian GD Ducal Couple was also there for the Theater Gala, the dutch RF not they attended only thex next day.
The Lux. GD couple did attend. Perhaps hey went by car? On the way back they traveled with the Dutch royals on the royal train. The Belgians were unable to attend indeed. QMII told a Dutch tv-show that the Lux. couple also traveled to Copenhagen on the Dutch train but perhaps she remembers it wrong. At the arrival only the Dutch royals appeared on the station platform.
In The Netherlands it is more likely that f.e. a company will celebrate its 75th anniversary instead of 70 or 80. The same goes for 25 instead of 20 or 30. So I do not find it all that odd. The same applies to weddings and even birthdays. I do not know if this is also the case in Denmark though.
It is a nice surprise that the king and queen of the Belgians will attend. Let's hope we will see Queen Mathilde with a tiara she has never worn before. The 9-provinces in full setting or ideally the Spanish tiara of Queen Fabiola.
