Queen Margrethe II, Current Events Part 3: September 2023 -

[Muhler]

I suppose they didn't want to take any chances and committed her as a precaution.
She is after all 85 years old and has been a heavy smoker since she was seventeen. So complications like pneumonia is of course always a risk.

 

[Izzie]

I suppose they didn't want to take any chances and committed her as a precaution.
She is after all 85 years old and has been a heavy smoker since she was seventeen. So complications like pneumonia is of course always a risk.

And she has had COVID 2x. So I imagine they may want to at least run some tests and take a chest x-ray plus monitor her vitals and oxygen levels. Better safe than sorry.

 

[hereditarytitles]

I suppose they didn't want to take any chances and committed her as a precaution.
She is after all 85 years old and has been a heavy smoker since she was seventeen. So complications like pneumonia is of course always a risk.

That was a very good decision to get her to hospital immediately.

Pneumonia is always a risk for older people, whether smokers or non-smokers. I hope she has had her biennial vaccinations against pneumonia. That's now standard practice for older people here. Studies will probably have to show whether it actually helps.

 

[iceflower]

An update from the Palace this morning - Queen Margrethe remains in hospital today (Friday) but is expected to be discharged during the upcoming weekend:

H.M. Dronning Margrethe forventes udskrevet i løbet af weekenden

H.M. Dronning Margrethe er fredag formiddag fortsat indlagt på Rigshospitalet.Hendes Majestæt er i bedring og ved godt mod. Dronning Margrethe forventes derfor at blive udskrevet fra Rigs...

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HM Queen Margrethe is still hospitalized at Rigshospitalet on Friday morning.

Her Majesty is recovering and in good spirits. Queen Margrethe is therefore expected to be discharged from Rigshospitalet and return to Fredensborg Palace during the weekend.

 

[iceflower]

Good news! Queen Margrethe is back home!

HM Queen Margrethe was discharged from Rigshospitalet on Saturday morning.

Her Majesty is well and is now back in her residence at Fredensborg Palace.

H.M. Dronning Margrethe er udskrevet fra Rigshospitalet

H.M. Dronning Margrethe er lørdag formiddag blevet udskrevet fra Rigshospitalet.Hendes Majestæt har det godt og er nu retur i residensen på Fredensborg Slot. H.M. Dronning Margrethe er ud...

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[polyesco]

That is great news. Nothing like home

 

[Muhler]

King Frederik was asked about his mother today and came with an odd reply, I think.

Kongen reagerer på dronning Margrethes sygdom: 'Intet nyt er godt nyt'

Lørdag blev dronning Margrethe udskrevet fra Rigshospitalet efter at have været indlagt til observation som følge af en forkølelse.

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He answered: "Intet nyt er godt nyt, kan jeg kun sige = I can only say, no new is good news."

Well, QMII is scheduled to attend an event next Thursday, then we'll see, if not sooner.

 

[Tatiana Maria]

If taking the king’s remarks at face value, it does make it sound like the queen emerita’s illness was/is quite serious. One could infer from his wording that truly good news (i.e. a full and uncomplicated recovery) is not expected (at least not this soon), only no news or bad news.

On the other hand, Queen Margrethe herself has acknowledged she is not always good at communicating with her family, even about important issues (abdication, titles). So I wonder if – and in this case hope that – perhaps King Frederik simply knows that his mother wouldn’t communicate with him about her health issues unless it were truly dire.

 

[JR76]

The transparency of the DRF re when a member is ill is always appreciated. No covert actions, no cryptic articles from "sources". Just clear information.

It's always been my firm belief that the chaotic leaking from "sources" in a certain non-Danish monarchy has been given the green light from the very top.

 

[kalnel]

I thought it was interesting that QMII left the hospital she returned to Fredensborg, not Amalienborg. If her health were precarious, I would imagine she would have stayed at Amalienborg, closer to the hospital.

 

[Muhler]

I thought it was interesting that QMII left the hospital she returned to Fredensborg, not Amalienborg. If her health were precarious, I would imagine she would have stayed at Amalienborg, closer to the hospital.

Indeed. But there could be reasons for that: Lime her apartment at Amalienborg is being painted. Fredensborg is more discreet and a helicopter can ferry her to the hospital.
Having said that I'm not particularly alarmed, because sometimes when King Frederik say something it doesn't come out the way he possibly intended. Because if there are no issues with QMII he could simply say: She's better, thanks, recovering at home.

 

[Izzie]

I take him saying No New is Good News to mean that if you don't hear anything - all is good. Like, an update will only be given if anything takes a downturn. So, I take it as a positive. It is a common phrase in English.

 

[Tatiana Maria]

But the King was speaking in Danish, I think, and I don't know if the direct translation has the same casual connotation in Danish as the English saying does; @Muhler's reaction suggests it might not.

 

[Muhler]

You can use the phrase casually in Danish, but it's a little unusual.
Normally the phrase would mean: Don't worry, it'll probably be alright.

Or a little more ominous: He's been missing in the desert for two days now, but as long as they haven't found him dead, there is reason to hope for the best.

- If you get my meaning.

Had Joachim, whose Danish is very correct, used that phrase I would have sat up and begun to worry. And considering the reaction in the press (next to no reaction), the journalists don't seem too worried.
But QMII was committed to hospital and she is 85 and getting pneumonia or something similar at the age is serious.

 

[ricarda]

QM was committed to hospital for precaution, because she is old and was a heavy smoker. But she was released after 2 days, so obviously her illness wasn't that serious after all. And there were 3 news published on DRF's website during the course of her short hospitalization. I think Frederik meant exactly what he said. There are no news and that means good news.

 

[Hans-Rickard]

I don’t think there is any reason to worry for her life at the moment… She is 85 now and has probably (like most people in her age) some underlying health conditions that makes her doctors not taking any chances when she becomes ill…

King Frederik sometimes have a tendency to wanting to say one thing but instead says something confusing that leaves more question marks than answers… Not totally unlike our King in here Sweden… It’s unintentionally but unfortunate

 

[An Ard Ri]

Has the queen's events been cancelled for the foreseeable future?

 

[Hans-Rickard]

Has the queen's events been cancelled for the foreseeable future?

Her engagement on 22 May is still in the calendar

 

[Lady Ingahild]

is she still smoking?

 

[royaljul73]

is she still smoking?

I think it was told that she quit Smoking about two years or so ago, after she had to undergo major surgery on her back.

 

[LibrarianDaisy]

Queen Margrethe’s engagement on 22nd May has been changed. It should have been in Copenhagen in the evening but it is now at Fredensborg at 11am. Looks like she is still recuperating.

 

[Blog Real]

Today Queen Margrethe received the Bible Society's 2025 Award. The award ceremony took place in the Garden Hall of Fredensborg Palace.

H.M. Dronning Margrethe modtog Bibelselskabets Pris 2025

H.M. Dronning Margrethe modtog Bibelselskabets Pris 2025

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[LibrarianDaisy]

She looks well, thank goodness and a well deserved prize.

 

[Izzie]

Today Queen Margrethe received the Bible Society's 2025 Award. The award ceremony took place in the Garden Hall of Fredensborg Palace.

H.M. Dronning Margrethe modtog Bibelselskabets Pris 2025

H.M. Dronning Margrethe modtog Bibelselskabets Pris 2025

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DET DANSKE KONGEHUS 🇩🇰 on Instagram: "For sit mangeårige engagement i tro, kirkeliv og bibelformidling modtog Hendes Majestæt Dronning Margrethe i dag Bibelselskabets Pris 2025. Havesalen på Fredensborg Slot dannede rammen om prisoverrækkelsen, hvo

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Glad to see she is up and about and well enough to keep this engagement on the calendar. Good idea to hold it at Fredensborg Palace and not make her come to Amalienborg.

 

[Muhler]

Indeed. I think she may still tire easily.
Here she can just go upstairs after the event for a lie down, instead of driving for an hour to Copenhagen, then spend an hour attending the event, and another hour driving back to Fredensborg. - In contrast to everybody else in the kingdom, members of the DRF can be seen snoring away on the backseat of their cars.

 

[polyesco]

Margrethe is regent start today till June 1.

H.M. Dronning Margrethe er rigsforstander

H.M. Dronning Margrethe er rigsforstander. H.M. Dronning Margrethe er rigsforstander

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It means that at least Frederik and Christian are out of the country. I wonder if some nice family time with Christian who just finished boot camp.

 

[Somebody]

It's Ascension Day weekend, so the other siblings don't have school either; great opportunity for some family time indeed.

 

[Blog Real]

Queen Margrethe attended the opening of a student exhibition on the theme of "a real universe" at Sofieskolen in Bagsværd.

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[iceflower]

On May 28 Queen Margrethe attended the board meeting of the Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik Foundation, a photo has been released today together with the list of recipients who will receive grants from the foundation this year:

Uddelinger fra Dronning Margrethes og Prins Henriks Fond

H.M. Dronning Margrethe deltog onsdag den 28. maj 2025 i bestyrelsesmøde i Dronning Margrethes og Prins Henriks Fond. Fonden afholder bestyrelsesmøder to gange årligt, hvor der uddeles st...

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A great selection like the one released for the grants of Frederik and Mary's foundation yesterday:

The foundation holds board meetings twice a year, where support is awarded for cultural, scientific and social purposes. In addition, at the foundation meetings in May, support from the Cayx-Legatet is also awarded in connection with stays in France to students and candidates from Danish universities or higher education institutions. At this board meeting, H.M. Queen Margrethe, together with the rest of the board, has granted support to a total of 38 projects and applicants:

World BalletWorld Ballet 2025
- Performance at Møllerup Gods75,000 DKK

Strandberg Publishing
Book "Bjørn Nørgaard: Every day we must start over"
100,000

DKKJysk Arkæologisk Selskab
Book "Børglum Cathedral and Monastery in the Middle Ages"
25,000

DKKAarhus University Press
Book publication "Egill Jacobsen and his time" by Peter Michael Hornung
100,000 DKK

Museumsorganisation ROMU
Books - Second volume in the book series on the Iron Age Achievements
27,000 DKK

Gads Forlag
Books on Queen Dorothea
75,000 DKK

Society for Architectural History
Publication of Architectura: Special issue on the Marble Gallery at Frederiksborg Castle
50,000 DKK

Army Officers' School Foundation
Anchoring the history of the reserve officer at Frederiksberg Castle
50,000 DKK

Department of Geoscience at Aarhus University
Natural science analyses of the production of Viking Age art
75,000 DKK

DepressionsForeningen
Training and mobilisation of volunteers
50,000 DKK

Alzheimer's Association
Holiday stay for couples where one person lives with dementia
100,000 DKK

Summer School Tasiilaq
Workshops at Summer School Tasiilaq in 2025
50,000 DKK

The Danish School Chess Association
The SKAK+MAT® learning concept - game-based learning for children and young people
50,000

DKKSønderborg University of Sport
Annual award
40,000 DKK

The French Embassy / Institut français du Danemark
French-Danish cultural program on the occasion of the Copenhagen Architecture Biennale
45,000 DKK

Aarhus Festival Week
"A luminous Festival Week" - construction of light works in connection with Aarhus Festival Week
100,000 DKK

Arctic Institute
The project "Art and objects from expeditions in the Arctic"
100,000 DKK

Haderslev Diocese
New altarpiece by Thomas Kluge for Bramdrup Church
300,000 DKK

Sonja Fredsgaard Staal Strange
Recomposition of the work "I Carry My Rider Home" in connection with the Culture Night
50,000 DKK

Museum Kolding
Establishment of "Denmark's Silver Museum"400,000 DKK

Karen Blixen Museum Rungstedlund
Further development of the strategy "Fantastic Stories for All Times - Phase 2"
340,000 DKK

Society for Ecclesiastical Art
Exhibition and book publication: "Time and Spirit in Danish Church Design and Textiles over 100 Years"
150,000 DKK

Svendborg Museum
Antique Collection at Broholm - from flint to dissemination
100,000 DKK

Kunsthal Rønnebæksholm
Exhibition "FLASH" with Esben Weile Kjær
75,000 DKK

Ribe Kunstmuseum
Exhibition and publication about Ebba Carstensen
50,000 DKK

Hindsgavl Festival
Hindsgavl Festival 2025
75,000 DKK

European Choir Games
The "European Choir Games" choir festival 2025 in Aarhus
50,000 DKK

Frederiksberg Festival
Frederiksberg Festival 2025 with the theme "Dream"
50,000 DKK

ÆTLA vocal ensemble
Concert series in Denmark and the Faroe Islands
40,000 DKK

Felagið føroysk tónaskøld (FFT) / Faroese Composers' Association
Summartónar Festival 2025
80,000 DKK

Grønnegårds Teatret
Grønnegårds Teatret's summer performance 2025
25,000 DKK

Teaterforeningen Grummes Teater
Liselunds Stemmer - walking theatre in the garden at Liselund
50,000 DKK

Aveny-T
Theatre performance "Annas Sang"
50,000 DKK

Cayx Legatet

Vibe Nielsen
Support for research stay at Musée Rodin Meudon
25,000 DKK

Malte Damgaard Hansen
Support for research stay at Ateliers XVIe siécle Sorbonne
22,000 DKK

Ulla Gjedde
Support for archival studies at the Olympe de Gouges archive in Montauban and the National Archives of France in Paris
27,000 DKK

Frederik-Emil Friis Jakobsen
Support for study at the Collége International des Traducteurs Littéraires in Arles
10,000 DKK

Julius Lagoutte Larsen
Support for studies at the École nationale supérieure des métiers de l’image et du son
41,515 DKK

A total of 3,122,515 DKK was granted at this meeting.

 

[iceflower]

Queen Margrethe and her cute little Tillia were present at the presentation of the "Prince Henrik Prize" at Fredensborg Palace today, June 11:


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