Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen

[eya]

"Yesterday, a small duck family had taken a temporary stay in the garden behind Her Majesty the Queen's Palace at Amalienborg. Guards from the Royal Life Guards escorted the animals from the mansion across the castle square and led them to the harbor quay, from where they jumped into the water and could safely swim on…"


https://www.instagram.com/p/CdpYV67DpnM/

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Parade of the changing of the guard in front of Amalienborg Palace
http://www.maryevans.com/history/parade-in-front-of-the-amalienborg-palace-in-copenhagen-10623520

 

[polyesco]

Some lovely photos shared by the DRF
"Spring has announced its arrival at Amalienborg"
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqpj1UvAbFe/

 

[Lady Daly]

A beautiful floral beginning as Easter is upon us.

 

[Blog Real]

Until the end of 2027, the Danish Palaces and Culture Agency will replace the roofs on Christian VII's Palace and Christian VIII's Palace. The two mansions will thus be covered by scaffolding for periods of time.

https://www.kongehuset.dk/nyheder/restaureringsprojekt-paa-amalienborg

 

[Blog Real]

Breaking:
Today, Amalienborg Palavr Square has been cordoned off due to the discovery of a suspicious package.
Amalienborg Slotsplads was isolated on Tuesday morning.
A major operation is underway on Tuesday morning in Amalienborg Castle Square after a suspicious package was found in the post office.

According to the media, experts have also arrived who will investigate the matter. It should be an EOD team, which normally works on bomb disposal.

Both Amaliegade and Slotspladsen are blocked.

The Yellow Palace, where court staff work, was evacuated and isolated, along with Amaligade and Slotspladsen.

BT further writes that the police cannot say whether Queen Margrethe was also evacuated.

https://www.billedbladet.dk/kongeli...ikke-oplyse-om-dronningen-er-blevet-evakueret

https://www.billedbladet.dk/kongeli...-spaerret-af-efter-fund-af-mistaenkelig-pakke

https://www.bt.dk/krimi/politi-afspaerrer-amalienborg-slotsplads-efter-fund-af-mistaenkelig-pakke

https://www.bt.dk/royale/live-dele-af-amalienborg-evakueret-efter-mistaenkelig-pakke

Update:
For BT, Copenhagen police chief of duty Michael Andersen told BT that nothing suspicious was found in the package in Amalienborg.

Police will not say what was found in the package.

 

[Muhler]

The DRF "post office" is located in the Yellow Mansion along with the court administration in Amaliegade (street). A little distance from QMII's residence.

Going on alert in such a situation is a prudent precaution, because even though an explosive devise would cause limited damage, the confusion could be a decoy, designed to draw attention away from another upcoming attack, this time aimed directly at say tourists on the square or one of the mansions.

 

[Blog Real]

Billed Bladet published an article with photos of the decoration of the palace where King Frederik X and Queen Mary live.

Hjemme hos Frederik og Mary: Sådan ser der ud i Frederik VIII’s Palæ

Kong Frederik og dronning Mary har sat deres eget personlige præg på familiepalæet. Sådan ser der ud hjemme hos dem.

www.billedbladet.dk

 

[Sun Lion]

So few people there when I took these photos, though upthread Muhler noticed the flag flying on Mary and Frederik’s building meaning someone was home.
Such a big spacious square, and fun seeing the back door on the street.
A quiet part of Copenhagen, and not a long walk from Nyhaven where it was busy and lively, and where Mary’s father and step-mother lived for a time.

 

[An Ard Ri]

A little further reading on the Knights Hall in Christian VII's Palace in Amalienborg
Its such a beautiful reception hall.
THE GREAT HALL IN CHRISTIAN VII’S PALACE

 

[An Ard Ri]

The old Amalienborg prior to its fire in 1689

 

[An Ard Ri]

A wonderful painting from 1933
A winter day at Amalienborg Slotsplads by Danish painter,Paul Gustav Fischer

 

[Stefan]

The old Amalienborg prior to its fire in 1689

There was never an earlier Amalienborg which burned down. But Christiansburg burned down a few times.

 

[An Ard Ri]

There was never an earlier Amalienborg which burned down. But Christiansburg burned down a few times.

The Sophie Amalienborg stands on the spot where the present Amalienborg is located
It caught fire in 1689
The present Amalienborg was constructed in 1750 once the Queen Sophie's Palace was demolished and the site cleared.
Sophie Amalienborg - Wikipedia

 

[Stefan]

The Sophie Amalienborg stands on the spot where the present Amalienborg is located
It caught fire in 1689
The present Amalienborg was constructed in 1750 once the Queen Sophie's Palace was demolished and the site cleared.
Sophie Amalienborg - Wikipedia

Have never heard about this Palace before

 

[An Ard Ri]

Have never heard about this Palace before

We all learn something new every day!

 

[Blog Real]

Does Princess Benedikte live in Amalienborg Palace when she is in Denmark?

 

[Hans-Rickard]

Does Princess Benedikte live in Amalienborg Palace when she is in Denmark?

Yes. She has an apartment in the wing that is called Christian VIII’s Palæ (the same part as where the Amalienborg Museum is)… As has Prince Joachim and Princess Marie with children, Count Felix, and Queen Anne-Marie..

 

[Muhler]

A wonderful painting from 1933
A winter day at Amalienborg Slotsplads by Danish painter,Paul Gustav Fischer

No work-safety rules about the snow being cleared for the sentries.
The heavy cloaks were useful.
The Royal Lifeguard Regiment sentries still hold their rifles this way. It's a surprisingly comfortable way to hold a rifle - or musket. These guys are armed with the Krag-Jørgensen rifle, which was standard issue until 1943.
The sentries were ever since the 1650 and until 1943 professional soldiers. The reason being that it might be useful for the King to have a battalion of professional soldiers around in the capital - just in case...
After WWII conscripts took over sentry duties at the royal residences.
Notice the two ladies in the background with the bell-hats and fox-skin around the neck of one of them, in the typical style of the 1930s.
And also the snow being carted away, probably by employees of the royal stables.
Today some of us may still find it a little odd to see how much snow was lying around in the cities back then. Nowadays it's quickly cleared away or simply melts from all the piping in the ground.

 

[An Ard Ri]

There was a proposed equestrian monument in honour of King Frederick V in the Amalienborg Square planned in 1750 ,it was later changed and the sketches and plans were amended .
The new statue was commissioned to the French sculptor ,Jacques-François-Joseph Saly who unveiled the new version in 1771.