Queen Margrethe II, Current Events Part 1: February 2018 - June 2020

[gerry]

Originally Posted by eya

The Queen is present today at the Society for the Publication of Danish Memorial's 100th Anniversary at Christian VIII's Mansion, Amalienborg


https://www.instagram.com/p/B2wmWVyAT_8/

Muhler! can you please explain the Queen's joy at receiving a very large book at this ceremony? What is it about? Do please share your wonderful knowledge of all things Danish

[Muhler]

Originally Posted by gerry

Muhler! can you please explain the Queen's joy at receiving a very large book at this ceremony? What is it about? Do please share your wonderful knowledge of all things Danish

Eh, not yet.
Perhaps BB can tell us in their magazine coverage next week?

But I think QMII in general is delighted about most books she gets.

[iceflower]

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On October 5 Queen Margrethe visited the Museum Lolland-Falster and inspected the latest excavation results and findings of one of Denmark's largest archaeological research projects during the establishment of the permanent connection across the Fehmarn Belt:


** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** Pic 4 **

[Muhler]

Indeed, a happy, happy day for QMII!

Notice the appropriate brooch, in the form of a (Viking-era) boss I think it's called.

[iceflower]

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Queen Margrethe hosted a lunch for Italy's President Sergio Mattarella and his daughter Laura at Amalienborg Castle today, October 8:


** ppe gallery ** quirinale.it **

[Muhler]

Thanks, Iceflower.

Why is the Italian President accompanied by his daughter? Is he a widower?

[iceflower]

Sadly yes... His wife died of cancer in 2012.


** gettyimages: DNK: Queen Margrethe Of Denmark Receives Italian President **


** kongehuset: H.M. Dronningen modtog Italiens præsident til frokost **

[Muhler]

Sad indeed.

[eya]

Queen Margrethe receives the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, and Development Minister Rasmus Prehn , in Amalienborg, today 11 October



H.M. Dronningen modtog FN’s generalsekretær | Kongehuset


https://www.rexfeatures.com/livefeed...t,_copenhagen?

[iceflower]

Here's an additional gallery:


** gettyimages: DNK: Queen Margrethe Of Denmark Receives Antonio Guterres In Copenhagen **

[iceflower]

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Yesterday, October 11, Queen Margrethe presented the Queen Ingrid's Research Prize:


** Pic ** BB: SE BILLEDET: Dronningen uddelte fornem pris i riddersalen **


** gigtforeningen: Fornem pris til gigtforsker Lene Terslev ** translation **

[iceflower]

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Queen Margrethe presented the HC Ørsted Medal at the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters today, October 16:



** Pic ** kongehuset gallery **

[iceflower]

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This morning, October 24, Queen Margrethe presided over the name changing ceremony of two regiments at the Varde and Ryes Barracks in Fredericia:


** tvsyd video: Dronning Margrethe overrækker nye faner **


** jv.dk article with gallery: Dronningen helt tæt på Fredericias soldater i vådt græs: På hurtigt visit torsdag **

[Muhler]

Thanks Eya & Iceflower.

She presented the colours for two regiments, an HQ-regiment and an intelligence regiment.

DK has often contributed with an HQ for multinational missions. And the idea is to pick such a future HQ from this regiment.
The regiment will also provide supporting HQ specialist for Danish missions abroad.
HQ-members are today today much more specialized than beforehand. So depending on the mission additional specialists will be attache to a battalion deployed to say Estonia.

The same things goes for the intelligence regiment. Their job, is together with the Military Intelligence (which mainly gather information via listening devices, human sources and foreign intelligence organizations. However the specialist in this regiment, gather and analyze intelligence on a tactical level. That can be anything from using drones, to directing special forces, to providing language officers (intelligence officers who master the local language) for patrols and interrogation.

In contrast to say USA and Britain Danish regiments do not have a regimental colour and a national flag. The Danish colour is always a Dannebrog with regimental symbols.

QMII here hammer in the last and topmost nail in the colour, attaching Dannebrog to the pole. Then she present the colour to the commander in chief, usually a colonel.

When an old regimental colour is replaced, it will often be displayed in a place of pride at the regimental barracks.
Otherwise it must be disposed of in the exact same way you dispose of an ordinary Dannebrog:
You fold the flag neatly and place it on a clean fire.
There it will burn to ashes, having never ever touched the ground, since it was made.

[eya]

The Queen is present at the presentation of Ebbe Munck's Honorary Award 2019 in Christiansborg Castle today


H.M. Dronningen var til stede ved overrækkelsen af Ebbe Muncks Hæderspris 2019 | Kongehuset

[iceflower]

Here's a video of the award ceremony:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lztglA_no5o

[eya]

Queen Margrethe was present today 8 November at the opening of the special exhibition "Germany" at the National Museum in Copenhagen.


H.M. Dronningen var til stede ved åbning af særudstillingen �Tyskland� | Kongehuset

[Muhler]

The exhibition about Germany is based on this being the 30th anniversary of the fall of Die Maur - The Berlin Wall.
(I remember watching it live on Sky News - with disbelief!)

But it is also aimed at heightening Germanys profile (and popularity) in DK. Hence why the German Foreign Minister was present as well.

QMII recommended the exhibition warmly and urged people to come at see it. - She doesn't usually recommend something that eagerly IMO.

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https://www.bt.dk/samfund/dronning-m...ns-universitet

Today QMII got caught up in a student-protest at Copenhagen University.
She was present there because of the annual celebration of the university. And while sitting there a student entered the rostrum and for three minutes scolded the management and expressed dissatisfaction with some ways the Humanitarian lines are being directed. All that on behalf of a number of other students. - I must confess I haven't heard about this protest before nor do I really understand what it is about.
Anyway, it seem directly inspired by an almost identical protest back in 1968. Where King Frederik (IIRC) was present as well.

Afterwards a representative for the protesting students expressed regret that QMII had been caught up in the protest, it was in no way aimed at her and they had not even been sure QMII would be there.

A representative for the management is quoted for saying that QMII reacted with "stoic calm."

The court has not yet returned for a comment on the episode.

[iceflower]

Here's a photo of Queen Margrethe at the University of Copenhagen's annual celebration last Friday:


** kongehuset: H.M. Dronningen var til stede ved Københavns Universitets årsfest **

[Archduchess Zelia]

Originally Posted by Muhler

https://www.bt.dk/samfund/dronning-m...ns-universitet

Today QMII got caught up in a student-protest at Copenhagen University.
She was present there because of the annual celebration of the university. And while sitting there a student entered the rostrum and for three minutes scolded the management and expressed dissatisfaction with some ways the Humanitarian lines are being directed. All that on behalf of a number of other students. - I must confess I haven't heard about this protest before nor do I really understand what it is about.
Anyway, it seem directly inspired by an almost identical protest back in 1968. Where King Frederik (IIRC) was present as well.

Afterwards a representative for the protesting students expressed regret that QMII had been caught up in the protest, it was in no way aimed at her and they had not even been sure QMII would be there.

A representative for the management is quoted for saying that QMII reacted with "stoic calm."

The court has not yet returned for a comment on the episode.

It's about the faculty being cut so tight that multiple programmes are forced to be merged to avoid closing down altogether, teaching hours are down to the barest of minimum, a large number of classes are being cut and the remaining classes are overfilled (in hope that a certain percentage of students won't show up physically because otherwise there aren't seats enough for everyone), institute libraries are being closed down and to the best of my knowledge masters thesis defences have now also been cut across the entire faculty.

So definitely a relevant protest (a case that the media can't whine "krænkelseskultur!" at though and as such it doesn't gain as much (if any) traction in the press – which is probably the reason you haven't heard of it). And perhaps it's also very healthy for QMII to not exclusively see the state of an institution such as the University of Copenhagen portrayed through rose-coloured glasses.