Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik, Current Events 2: January 2007 - August 2010

[principessa]

Originally Posted by Marengo

Ah, and to make matters worse I see that some people in parlament have no bigger things to worry about on this day of European elections than the dog of the prince. They want the dog dead, as is normally the case with dogs that bite.

Politikere: Prins Henriks bidske gravhund skal aflives

poor Evita...but with such a name tragedy was only to be expected perhaps.

Another article at Bunte:

Dänisches Königshaus: Wirbel um Henriks Dackeldame - BUNTE

[queenofthelight]

Courtesy of Wireimage.

Queen Margrethe of Denmark attends the opening of exhibition 'Danish Gobelin Art At The Royal Castle' at Kronborg Castle. (8/06/2009).

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[iceflower]

Here are a few additional pics of Queen Margrethe at the
opening of the exhibition yesterday:


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[iceflower]

15-06-2009 Rosenborg : Queen Margrethe and Prince
Henrik attented a concert at Rosenborg Castle.


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16-06-2009 Aarhus : Queen Margrethe at the 100 years
anniversary of "Den gamle By" . The old Town in Aarhus.


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16-06-2009 Hellerup : Prince Henrik attends the Dragon
Race "Prince Henrik Silver Cup in Hellerup.


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[iceflower]

Queen Margrethe handed out the Queen's Watch to Private Morten
Klemmen Flyger Bach at the annual parade of the Royal Life guards
at the Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 19, 2009


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[iceflower]

Queen Margrethe and Prince Consort Henrik attended the
opening of the Danish Gymnastics and Sports Associations
meeting in Holbäk, Denmark, July 2nd, 2009.


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[queenofthelight]

Courtesy of PPE Gallery.

A small addition to Iceflower's pictures.

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[Mandy]

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus (R), Denmark's Queen Margrethe (C) and Lithuania's First Lady Alma Adamkiene pose for photographers during celebrations marking Lithuania's millennium anniversary in Vilnius on July 6, 2009. The Baltic nation of Lithuania is bracing for a nationwide party as it prepares to mark its symbolic 1,000th birthday and give itself some respite from a daily fare of economic crisis headlines. AFP PHOTO / PETRAS MALUKAS

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For more information and pictures about this event, see the thread here.

[sgl]

Prince Henrik made a visit to an herbal company, where he ate dried lice.

Prins Henrik spiste tørrede lus - Royale - BT.dk

He saw the company's production area, looked at dried blueberries and birch bark. The prince consort stated that he has always been very interested in herbs, ever since he was a child. He has herb gardens at Chateau Cayx and Fredensborg. The press were given spoonfuls of small black beads. They tasted them, and were told that they are lice. They are cochineal-lice, an insect that lives on cacti. Prince Henrik even tried some himself, and joked that he uses this in the kitchen.

[Lilla]

I was the Prince who fooled the press to eat the dried lice ............but afterwoods he did eat a few himselfe .

[iceflower]

Queen Margrethe of Denmark attended the launch of the exhibition
of Textile Art of the Year, which shows the Queens own art Coastal
Landscapes, at the Martha Maas-Fjetterstrom weaving studios,
July 11, 2009


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[sgl]

Is the rug that Queen Margrethe has in her hands, made by the Queen herself? I know that she is very artistic and quite talented. Do you know if the Queen gave it to the exhibition for permanent display?

[iceflower]

Queen Magrethe answers questions during a press conference in the
Pantomime Theater at the Tivoli amusement park, in Copenhagen,
Denmark, 15 July 2009 after the dress rehearsal of the ballet The
Swineherd based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

Queen Margrethe has designed the scenography and the costumes
of the ballet which plays until September with dancers from the US,
England, France, Spain, Portugal, Finland, Norway and Denmark. The
Swineherd is the fourth ballet at the Pantomime Theater since 2001
with the queen as scenographer.


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[sgl]

Here's an article about the ballet "Swineherd". It talks about the costumes and scenery that Queen Margrethe has designed.

http://www.bt.dk/royale/dronningen-bag-ny-forestilling

She worked closely with the choreographer and the production crew when she was designing the costumes and scenery. The musical arranger for the ballet said that the Queen is on equal footing with everyone else on the crew. He said that one often forgot that it was the Queen they were talking with. They all saw her as another team member.

[sgl]

And here is a photo of the Queen at the premiere of Swineherd:

Billed-Bladet - Veloverstået premiere på 'Svinedrengen'

[sgl]

There will be a jewelry exhibition at Amalienborg Museum on August 15 featuring some of Queen Margrethe's jewelry from her private collection. The exhibition honors the work of jewelry company A. Michelsen. This company has been a favorite of the Danish royals through the years. There will also be rare jewelry featured that belongs to other collectors. One of the highlights is a daisy brooch that was created in honor of the Queen's birth (Daisy is the name that close friends and family call the Queen).

Kronet sølv på Amalienborgmuseet - Alt om København - AOK

[iceflower]

Queen Margrethe attended a wedding in Germany today:

Queen Margarethe of Denmark pictured after the wedding ceremony
of Lena (born Giese) and Christian Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, at
Gluecksburg Castle in Gluecksburg near Hamburg, Germany, 25 July
2009


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[Maura724]

Who are they? Are they related to the Queen?

[Marsel]

Yes, they are related.
Prince Christian's father, Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe is Queen Margrethe's cousin.

Prince Wilhelm is the great-grandson of King Frederick VIII of Denmark. He is not in the line of succession to the Danish Throne (as he is not descended from Christian X), however both he and his children are in the line of succession to the British Throne as descendants of George II of the UK through Princess Louise (Queen Louise of Norway and Denmark).

[Stefan]

Originally Posted by Marsel

Yes, they are related.
Prince Christian's father, Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe is Queen Margrethe's cousin.

Prince Wilhelm is the great-grandson of King Frederick VIII of Denmark. He is not in the line of succession to the Danish Throne (as he is not descended from Christian X), however both he and his children are in the line of succession to the British Throne as descendants of George II of the UK through Princess Louise (Queen Louise of Norway and Denmark).

He is twice descending from King Frederik VIII. as both his paternal great-grandmothar and gramndmother where danish Princesses

through his great-grandmother

King Frederik VIII. - Princess Louise - Prince Chrstian of Schaumburg-Lippe - Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg.Lippe - Prince Chrstian of Schaumburg-Lippe

through his grandmother
King Frederik VIII. - Prince Harald - Princess Feodora - Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe - Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe