Queen Margrethe's Golden Jubilee Celebrations 2022


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Blog Real said:
I hope all European royal families are represented. It's the Queen's Golden Jubilee, so it's an important event.
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Agreed, and for the same reason I hope the performances will be streamed internationally.
 
Tatiana Maria said:
Agreed, and for the same reason I hope the performances will be streamed internationally.
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I will suggest that you already now start to write and request DR1 to braodcast without a filter. The more the better.
 
W.Y.CII said:
Interesting that the event schedule doesn't include Victoria and Daniel so far.
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It will be coming… The Norwegian royals will definitely attend too and they haven’t even scheduled that event at all yet
 
I expect king Willem-Alexander to attend his godmother's golden jubilee and he will most likely bring his mother and wife along.
 
If the continental royals are invited at all - i definitely expect Willem-Alexander, Maxima and Beatrix from NL, Henri and Maria Theresa from Luxembourg, and Felipe, Letizia and maybe also Sofia from Spain… The Belgian Royals is a question mark as Princess Maria Laura’s wedding is the same weekend…

The british royals ? Who knows… They usually don’t come at all… If they do it is almost certainly the Wessex’s or the Gloucester’s… The latter would be logical as Birgitte is danish…

BUT there is also the possibility that it will be just the Swedish RF, the Norwegian RF, the Finnish Presidential Couple and the Icelandic Presidential Couple
 
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I expect king Willem-Alexander to attend his godmother's golden jubilee and he will most likely bring his mother and wife along.
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I think it might be also possible to see Prince Carl Philip of Sweden with his wife as he is also a godchild from Margrethe.
 
Edward and Sophie (IMO the most likely BRF representatives) have nothing on the royal website's calendar for the Golden Jubilee weekend. Given that overseas trips, and ones of this nature, aren't confirmed in advance often they may well attend.They attend the Queen's big 0 birthdays in the past and Edward is Nikolai's godfather.
 
principessa said:
I think it might be also possible to see Prince Carl Philip of Sweden with his wife as he is also a godchild from Margrethe.
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But he didn't attened the ruby Jubilee in 2012.


Hans-Rickard said:
If the continental royals are invited at all - The Belgian Royals is a question mark as Princess Maria Laura’s wedding is the same weekend…
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They could still attend on Sunday as the Wedding is scheduled for Saturday
 
principessa said:
I think it might be also possible to see Prince Carl Philip of Sweden with his wife as he is also a godchild from Margrethe.
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I'm not sure. This is a state occassion and not a family affair such as a round birthday. And he didn't attend in 2012.

His sister didn't attend back then either, but that was due to her pregnancy. I really expected her and Prince Daniel to attend this time, but that announcement might come later.
 
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tommy100 said:
Edward and Sophie (IMO the most likely BRF representatives) have nothing on the royal website's calendar for the Golden Jubilee weekend. Given that overseas trips, and ones of this nature, aren't confirmed in advance often they may well attend.They attend the Queen's big 0 birthdays in the past and Edward is Nikolai's godfather.
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Edward and Sophie may be too "low-ranked" for a Golden Jubilee. The proper action, if the British royals are invited, would be Charles and Camilla attending on behalf of the Queen.



If Charles and Camilla are not available, then the Cambridges should go. Although William theoretically has lower precedence than Edward, in practice we know that is not the case in the British court anymore. Besides, William and Catherine seem to be reasonably close to Frederik and Mary now.
 
Mbruno said:
Edward and Sophie may be too "low-ranked" for a Golden Jubilee. The proper action, if the British royals are invited, would be Charles and Camilla attending on behalf of the Queen.



If Charles and Camilla are not available, then the Cambridges should go. Although William theoretically has lower precedence than Edward, in practice we know that is not the case in the British court anymore. Besides, William and Catherine seem to be reasonably close to Frederik and Mary now.
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I can easily see it being Edward and Sophie but you never know.
 
Charles has rarely attended these kind of events…

If the BRF is invited at all, i expect the Wessex’s or/and the Gloucester’s

There is still nothing that points that this jubilee will be a ”bigger arrangement” in any way or form than previous danish jubilee’s so i won’t hold my breath for a representation below scandinavia (except Anne-Marie’s and Benedikte’s families ofcourse)
 
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The press programme for the celebrations on 10-11 September indicates that only the other Nordic countries will be represented at the jubilee celebrations.

For the gala dinner for instance: "In the evening of 11 September, HM The Queen hosts a gala dinner at Christiansborg Palace. The Royal Family, foreign Nordic heads of state, representatives from official Denmark, representatives from Denmark and abroad will participate."

A shame if so. I was hoping they would up the scale for the jubilee a bit considering how the grand celebrations for the 80th birthday had to be cancelled. The neat little video of the foreign royals wishing QMII a happy birthday certainly indicated a much broader foreign attendance than what seems to be the case at these celebrations.
 
I will be sorry if so. It would be nice to see all the reigning royal families represented. If any of Princess Ingrid Alexandra's 18th birthday celebrations extended their guest list to the royal families of Spain, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg, I would expect to see the same thing happen at the Queen of Denmark's jubilee.
 
A shame if so, but it is strangely worded - Nordic Heads of State presumably includes the Presidents of Finland and Iceland. Maybe "representatives from abroad" should give us some home but sadly I doubt it.
 
I would take 'representatives from abroad' to mean ambassadors rather than anyone from the country making the trip. The ambassadors will already be in place.
 
The birthday celebrations and jubilee galas have always been celebrated differently in Denmark.

Birthday Celebrations = with every european royal house invited

Jubilee Galas = with the 5 Nordic countries represented at highest levels. The others send their ambassadors.
 
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So it seems like we won't see any Heirs attending this time, as neither Victoria and Daniel nor Haakon and Mette-Marit are listed to attend. That's a difference to ten years ago.
 
Kingen said:
So it seems like we won't see any Heirs attending this time, as neither Victoria and Daniel nor Haakon and Mette-Marit are listed to attend. That's a difference to ten years ago.
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Let's hope they will be added, otherwise it are really not much foreign Royals. Did Haakon attend in 1997? I know Victoria didn't as the Swedes had to cancel because of the death of Prince Bertil.
 
I don't think this was ever posted, so: here is a very interesting and forthright (of course) Luxemburgish interview with the Queen that was published back in January. https://www.luxtimes.lu/en/luxembou...grethe-ii-of-denmark-602d5adbde135b923688c801

She says she doesn't consider her accession as being related to the advancement of women because "I've never been in control of my destiny". She has a point...

— Edit: Sorry! I didn't even realize this was from ten years ago, that's how valid it all still is. Not sure she's really changed any of her opinions since then.
 
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This morning, August 29, Queen Margrethe received the Armed Forces' official gift on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee on the Royal ship Dannebrog at Storebælt and Naval Station Korsør: a ceremony that included a flyover, a fleet parade with several of the Navy's ship types, followed by a military parade with speeches and music.

As a special surprise for the Queen Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim attended as well:


** kongehuset gallery ** rex gallery ** tt.se gallery **


** forsvaret.dk photos and videos: Stor parade for H.M. Dronningen **


** tv2east.dk article: Jagerfly og krigsskibe bød Dronningen velkommen til Korsør **


** BB article: Dronning Margrethe dybt rørt: Frederik og Joachim bød på skøn overraskelse **


** BB article: Følelsesladet fejring: Dronning Margrethe omgivet af kronprins Frederik og prins Joachim **
 
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Best part of the whole thing was seeing Frederik and Joachim. Both look great in uniform.
 
polyesco said:
What a lovely event! The Queen looked more then happy having her two sons by her side. Yes, Frederik in long navy uniform is just perfect to start the week :flowers:

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what a lovely photo of the 3
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Could someone ( Muhler ?) please explain the uniforms for us laypersons? Both Frederik and Joachim seem to have wings on their uniforms. What does that mean?
 
Mbruno said:
Could someone ( Muhler ?) please explain the uniforms for us laypersons? Both Frederik and Joachim seem to have wings on their uniforms. What does that mean?
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My pleasure and easily done. ?

Joachim is wearing in the full dress uniform of a brigadier in the army.
He is wearing the red jump wings. - Free-fall jump wings. Meaning that he has mastered jumping and pulling the ripcord himself at various heights and condition - including at night.
The static line jump wings are blue. - Here the ripcord is attached to the plane and when you jump the ripcord is pulled when you reach the end of the line and your weight pulls the ripcord.
On his right pocket he is wearing various skill badges. Meaning that he has completed various specialist curses. - Like pistol shooting, sniper, medic, machine gun, sapper and so on. I can't tell clearly from the pic what they are.
Saber and medals are a part of the full dress uniform for officers.
If it was the dress uniform he would wear ribbons and a beret.
Joachim is wearing an adjutant/attache cord over his left shoulder. Right behind him we can see an officer wearing the adjutants cord over the right should. That means he is an adjutant for commander in chief - QMII.

Frederik is wearing the full dress uniform of a rear admiral - and as such he is one rank above Joachim.

He is wearing the wings of the Frogman Corps.
- A part of their training is no only free fall jumps but steering the parachute, often over many kilometers. - Example: Frederik could be jumping at night from a plane flying along the Swedish coast, but still within Danish airspace. And then he would steer his parachute, cross the border and land in Sweden. Alternatively glide across the border before opening the parachute. A HALO insertion = High Altitude (jump) Low Opening (of the parachute.)
I have rarely seen navy officers wear skill badges. The skills required in the navy are of course often very different from the other branches - but they could have been a diver badge or something similar.
However, having been in the Frogman Corps for a number of years they wings pretty much suffice. ;)

You can find more on the defense site here:
https://www.forsvaret.dk/da/nyheder/2022/stor-parade-for-h.m.-dronningen/

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Allow and indulge me in commenting on these three pics from the defense site.

First we have the honor guard from the army. Smartness and correct as one can expect from the army. :cool:
https://www.forsvaret.dk/globalasse...tikel/-_hmd50_fsvdk_img_3954-2022-artikel.jpg

Then we have the honor guard from the navy, they look smart too.
Albeit looking in all directions - presumably looking for sharks or mermaids...
https://www.forsvaret.dk/globalasse...tikel/-_hmd50_fsvdk_img_5886-2022-artikel.jpg

Then we have the honor guard from the air force. Oh, dear, oh dear. Looking like they have been dropped from a transport plane.:ohmy:
The belts are all over the place and whoever issued the pants must be blind.
The badge on the berets is supposed to be over the left eye, not in the general vicinity of the forehead. You place your right hand next to the butt of the rifle, not several meters away! Your heels are supposed to be touching too. :whistling:
https://www.forsvaret.dk/globalasse...tikel/-_hmd50_fsvdk_img_3965-2022-artikel.jpg
In the army :cool: they would have been marching up and down the square for a few hours until they got it right. But they are from the air force and what can you expect? They are mere children in comparison to the army and brigands from the navy.

This is the first personal military review QMII is getting since 1990 I heard on the news.

ADDED.

To be serious, the sloppiness of the honor guard from the air force does actually annoy me a little bit.
It's bad leadership of the detachment and bad attitude from the personnel.
You disrespect QMII, the event, your branch and not least yourself by not looking your best and putting in some effort at such a parade.
You wear your uniform with pride or you resign from the service.
 
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Muhler said:
My pleasure and easily done. ?

Joachim is wearing in the full dress uniform of a brigadier in the army.
He is wearing the red jump wings. - Free-fall jump wings. Meaning that he has mastered jumping and pulling the ripcord himself at various heights and condition - including at night.
The static line jump wings are blue. - Here the ripcord is attached to the plane and when you jump the ripcord is pulled when you reach the end of the line and your weight pulls the ripcord.
On his right pocket he is wearing various skill badges. Meaning that he has completed various specialist curses. - Like pistol shooting, sniper, medic, machine gun, sapper and so on. I can't tell clearly from the pic what they are.
Saber and medals are a part of the full dress uniform for officers.
If it was the dress uniform he would wear ribbons and a beret.
Joachim is wearing an adjutant/attache cord over his left shoulder. Right behind him we can see an officer wearing the adjutants cord over the right should. That means he is an adjutant for commander in chief - QMII.

Frederik is wearing the full dress uniform of a rear admiral - and as such he is one rank above Joachim.

He is wearing the wings of the Frogman Corps.
- A part of their training is no only free fall jumps but steering the parachute, often over many kilometers. - Example: Frederik could be jumping at night from a plane flying along the Swedish coast, but still within Danish airspace. And then he would steer his parachute, cross the border and land in Sweden. Alternatively glide across the border before opening the parachute. A HALO insertion = High Altitude (jump) Low Opening (of the parachute.)
I have rarely seen navy officers wear skill badges. The skills required in the navy are of course often very different from the other branches - but they could have been a diver badge or something similar.
However, having been in the Frogman Corps for a number of years they wings pretty much suffice. ;)

You can find more on the defense site here:
https://www.forsvaret.dk/da/nyheder/2022/stor-parade-for-h.m.-dronningen/

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Allow and indulge me in commenting on these three pics from the defense site.

First we have the honor guard from the army. Smartness and correct as one can expect from the army. :cool:
https://www.forsvaret.dk/globalasse...tikel/-_hmd50_fsvdk_img_3954-2022-artikel.jpg

Then we have the honor guard from the navy, they look smart too.
Albeit looking in all directions - presumably looking for sharks or mermaids...
https://www.forsvaret.dk/globalasse...tikel/-_hmd50_fsvdk_img_5886-2022-artikel.jpg

Then we have the honor guard from the air force. Oh, dear, oh dear. Looking like they have been dropped from a transport plane.:ohmy:
The belts are all over the place and whoever issued the pants must be blind.
The badge on the berets is supposed to be over the left eye, not in the general vicinity of the forehead. You place your right hand next to the butt of the rifle, not several meters away! Your heels are supposed to be touching too. :whistling:
https://www.forsvaret.dk/globalasse...tikel/-_hmd50_fsvdk_img_3965-2022-artikel.jpg
In the army :cool: they would have been marching up and down the square for a few hours until they got it right. But they are from the air force and what can you expect? They are mere children in comparison to the army and brigands from the navy.

This is the first personal military review QMII is getting since 1990 I heard on the news.

ADDED.

To be serious, the sloppiness of the honor guard from the air force does actually annoy me a little bit.
It's bad leadership of the detachment and bad attitude from the personnel.
You disrespect QMII, the event, your branch and not least yourself by not looking your best and putting in some effort at such a parade.
You wear your uniform with pride or you resign from the service.
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Here is the video of the entire event today. Frederik and Joachim make their surprise arrival around the 19:00 mark.

Video from the Royal Yacht passing by the military ships earlier this morning.
 
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Thank you for posting this parade. Great view of HDMY Dannebrog & HDMS Peter Willemoes at the end. Denmark has a fine navy & the RN's new type 31 frigates will be based on the Iver Huitfeldt class because they're so good.
 
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