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Thanks, Eya.
Yes, Dannebrog was today sailing for the first time this season.
The crew seen in their summer uniforms, on this cold day, are all conscripts. 100 % of the conscripts aboard Dannebrog are volunteers and there is a two to three waiting list to serve aboard her as conscript.
The same thing applies to the Royal Lifeguard Regiment and the Guards Hussars' Horse Squadron. All of them are volunteers even though they are serving longer than conscripts in most other units.
For the Royal Lifeguard the guard duty on New Years Eve, while QMII give her speech and on Christmas Eve is actively sought after. Sometimes they have to draw lots. Not to mention of course on QMII's birthday.
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05-03-2019, 07:10 AM
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05-03-2019, 08:04 AM
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I think this is a lovely annual tradition and a great use of your beautiful yacht. People in outlying remote areas get the chance to see their wonderful Queen.
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05-13-2019, 02:35 PM
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Another tour with the Dannebrog has been announced today: From September 3 to September 6 Queen Margrethe will visit the German federal state Schleswig-Holstein and the Danish minority in Southern Schleswig. Among other places and towns she will visit Flensburg and Kiel.
The visit will take place prior to the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the reunification of Southern Jutland with Denmark that will be celebrated in 2020.
** kongehuset: Hendes Majestæt Dronningen besøger Sydslesvig **
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05-13-2019, 03:04 PM
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That's nice. Dannebrog is a beautiful ambassador for DK. I always like when she is is visiting foreign ports, even is Kiel and Flensburg is pretty much around the corner.
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05-28-2019, 04:49 AM
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05-29-2019, 03:22 PM
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I am really liking the nautical theme on her arrival to Koge. Love the blue jacket accessorised with the sapphire anchor brooch and sapphire blue daisy earrings and wearing the hat at a jaunty angle is so typically her.
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05-30-2019, 04:31 PM
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Sunset on Koge and headed for Nyborg for this beauty!!! The Dannebrog !!!
https://www.instagram.com/p/ByGQHuFAK16/
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05-30-2019, 06:22 PM
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The Queen received a special gift from a skater : D
https://www.instagram.com/p/ByENXmFhnVL/
The Queen has been in top form
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05-31-2019, 01:55 AM
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For a brief, very brief, second I saw QMII skating very competently in the inner courtyard of Fredensborg - with dachshunds and grandchildren in hot pursuit. 
It's a sweet present and something I'm sure she treasures.
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05-31-2019, 05:40 AM
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05-31-2019, 03:54 PM
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Despite the cold grey skies a good crowd have turned out to greet their beloved Queen and to welcome the beautiful Dannebrog. She is a gorgeous ship. I love looking at her.
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06-01-2019, 06:40 AM
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Dannebrog sure is a pretty vessel. I love the way the royal family find so many ways to use her.
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06-05-2019, 07:12 AM
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Summary of article in Billed Bladet #23, 2019.
Written by trine Larsen.
This covers the visit to the town of Køge.
Everything started out fine.
The weather was reasonable. The clock was 10 when Dannebrog moored.
And the quay a crowd, scouts, honor guards from veterans and the Home Guard was lines up, the pensioners had been rolled out from the local retirement homes and kindergarten children with their teachers in tow were there as well.
Well down the phalarope QMII greeted the mayor and local dignitaries and that's when it happened; her dachshund, Tilia had sneaked down the phalarope as well. But "mother" wasn't having it: "No, no, come here... You are not coming along!"
The deserter was quickly picked up by a servant and carried back to the ship.
Wearing an outfit made by Annette Freifeldt, QMII proceeded with the schedule. Riding through the town, escorted by the Guards Hussars, to the townhall, where she was presented with the town's present to her. A mini-sculpture in bronze by Lise Høyer.
Then it was off to the newly opened Center for Health, Training and Rehabilitation. Here a flowergirl in the shape of 90 year old Grethe Kristensen waited for the Majesty.
Well inside QMII was told how among others the local retirees are kept active at the center - no doubt burning off excessive energy and thus preventing them from hanging around on the streets at night causing mischief.
QMII was also taken for a tour of mini-Køge, a reconstruction of how the town looked some 150 years ago. With 560 houses it's almost down to the chicken-coops. But it will be bigger still. Currently some 30 mine-houses are build each year and the aim is to reach 1.000 buildings. The houses are build in scale 1:10, so it is actually a little neighborhood in it's own right.
QMII also went to see some real houses. A new part of the town actually, with aim on sustainability. And that's where it almost went wrong a second time. A republican wind blew in from the bay and QMII had to hold on to her hat.
QMII also saw the local youths display their skills on a skater-park and somewhat to everyone's surprise she was presented with an endearing present: a skateboard for herself.
After a change of clothes, QMII went to brand new terminal run by Post Nord (What used to be a very efficient Royal Mail, before it was privatized. So now we have a most inefficient and very expensive post-service! Fortunately hardly anyone send letters anymore, and certainly not by Post Nord. Putting your letter in an empty bottle and throwing it into the sea, will ensure it will arrive sooner, than if it was carried by Post Nord!)
Inside QMII was taken for a tour of the terminal that can sort 17.585 parcels an hour. (Why on earth it takes them days to deliver a parcel then, that is if it even gets through, is beyond me!)
QMII tried to send a parcel through the system, and by some miracle it didn't get lost, but ended up in box in another part of the terminal. Here the parcel was presented to QMII. Upon opening it she saw it was the template to a stamp depicting the DRF standing on the balcony of Amalienborg.
She also visited a school, where she was cheered, loudly, by hundreds of pupils, as well as kindergartners and retirees. Here she saw the school artshop with keen interest before seeing the spring-concert performed by the children.
Then it was off to a part of Køge that used to be classified as a ghetto by the government. (*) Here she saw the result of a project aimed at getting in particular migrant-children off the streets and getting a job, where they can earn their own money. She met three who had been through that and they told her their story.
(*) Officially knows as the Ghetto-list. If a neighborhood has a composition where non-ethnic Danes constitute more than a certain percentage of the residents, it is officially labelled a ghetto and the municipality is obliged to take measures to correct that status. No more people who are unemployed or otherwise on welfare can move into the area. People who have a job get priority to housing in the area to mention a couple of measures.
If that does not help more draconian measures will be taken.
Such neighborhoods usually consists of apartment blocks and number of blocks will simply be demolished and the residents rehoused in another part of the municipality. New housing will be build instead with preference given to people who have a job, do not have social issues or otherwise have a steady income.
It has turned out to be surprisingly efficient. The prospect of being rehoused (evicted) is motivating and there is considerable peer-pressure on families on welfare to get a job (or move), so that the neighborhood gets off the ghetto-list.
The ghetto-plan as this more harsh measure is labelled has been criticized as too harsh and an infringement on personal rights as well a collective punishments. But there is no political, let alone public will, to change it.
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