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Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine Þorhildur Ingrid), styled HM The Queen (born April 16, 1940), is the Queen regnant and head of state of Denmark. Download high resolution version (780x780, 456 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... H.K.H Prinsen, KFOR team 1, December 1999 His Royal Highness The Prince Consort of Denmark (née Henri Marie Jean André de Laborde de Monpezat1, June 11, 1934), is the husband of the queen regnant of Denmark, Margrethe II. He was born in Talence, Gironde, France, the son of... Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg ( German) or Slesvig-Holsten-Sønderborg-Lyksborg (or Glücksborg) ( Danish), from Glücksburg in northernmost Germany, is a line of the House of Oldenburg, to which the royal house of Denmark, Norway and (formerly) Greece belongs. ... Frederik visits the Løgting of the Faroes, the Faroese Prime Minister Kjartan Mohr on the right. ... Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark Crown Prince Frederik in soldier uniform HRH Crown Prince Frederik André Henrik Christian of Denmark (born May 26, 1968) is the eldest son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Prince Henrik. ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A monarch is a type of ruler or head of state. ...

She was born at Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, to Frederik IX and Princess Ingrid of Sweden. Queen Margrethe II's official motto is "God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength". Amalienborg Palace (Danish: Amalienborg Slot) is the home of the Danish royal family, and has been since the fire of Christiansborg in 1794. ... City nickname: none Location in Denmark Area - Total - Water 526 km² xxx km² xx% Population - City ( 2004) - Metropolitan - Density 502,204 1,116,979 954/km² [including water] xxx/km² [land only] Time zone Eastern: UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 55°43 N 12°34 W Copenhagen ( Danish: København) is... Frederik visits the Løgting of the Faroes, the Faroese Prime Minister Kjartan Mohr on the right. ... Ingrid of Sweden, Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louise Margareta (March 28, 1910 - November 7, 2000) was the queen consort of King Frederick IX of Denmark. ...

Princess Margrethe (pronounced Margretta) was baptised on 14 May 1940 at The Naval Church and confirmed on 1 April 1955 at Fredensborg Palace. As the Danish king was also sovereign of Iceland at the time, as a courtesy the princess was given an Icelandic middle name, Þorhildur (spelt with the Icelandic thorn character, transliterated "th"). May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Þ (capital Þ, lower-case þ) or Thorn or Þorn is a letter in the Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic alphabets. ...

Margrethe was not born to be Queen, even though she was the child of a Monarch. At the time of her birth in Denmark, only males could ascend to the throne. Since Margrethe had no brothers it was assumed that one of her uncles would one day assume the throne. However, in 1952 Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne of the United Kingdom and this caused questioning into why a woman could not become Queen of Denmark. As a result, a referendum was held and on March 27, 1953 a new Act of Succession permitted female succession to the throne of Denmark, but only if the King had no sons. Princess Margrethe was therefore Heiress Presumptive to the Danish throne. 1952 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The Queen, is the Queen regnant and Head of State of the United Kingdom, as well as the Queen of Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces egg cells. ... Succession is the act or process of following in order or sequence. ...

On her eighteenth birthday, 16 April 1958, the Heiress Presumptive was given a seat in the Council of State, and the Princess subsequently chaired the meetings of the Council in the absence of The King. 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Council of State (Statsrådet) The Council of State (Statsrådet) is the Danish Privy Council. ...

On 10 June 1967 Her Royal Highness The Princess Margrethe of Denmark married a French diplomat, Count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat at the Naval Church. Henri received the title of "His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark" because of his new position as the spouse of the heiress presumptive to the Danish Throne. Two children were produced from this union: His Royal Highness Frederik André Henrik Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark was born on 26 May 1968; and His Royal Highness Joachim Holger Waldemar Christian, Prince of Denmark, was born on 7 June 1969. June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Prince Henrik of Denmark, né Henri de Laborde de Monpezat (born June 11, 1934) is the Prince consort of Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. ... This article is about royal thrones, for the order of angels by the same name see Thrones. ... Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark Crown Prince Frederik in soldier uniform HRH Crown Prince Frederik André Henrik Christian of Denmark (born May 26, 1968) is the eldest son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Prince Henrik. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... HRH Joachim Holger Waldemar Christian, Prince of Denmark (born June 7, 1969), is the younger son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and her husband, Prince Consort Henrik, formerly Henri de Laborde de Monpezat. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

On the occasion of the accession to the throne on 14 January 1972, Queen Margrethe II became the first Danish Sovereign under the new Act of Succession. January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... The adjective sovereign is used to refer to a state of sovereignty. ...

The Kingdom of Denmark is a Constitutional Monarchy, which means that the sovereign cannot perform political acts independently. Although The Queen signs all Acts of Legislation before they can become Law, these only come into effect when they have been countersigned by a Cabinet Minister. As Head of State, The Queen participates in the formation of a new government. A constitutional monarchy is a form of government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges a hereditary or elected monarch as head of state. ... Alternate meanings in cabinet (disambiguation) A Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. ... A minister or a secretary is a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e. ...

After consultation with representatives of the political parties, the Leader of the Party which holds the largest number of seats in the Danish Parliament is invited to form a new government. Once it has been formed, the monarch formally appoints it. Additionally, it is The Queen who is the real Head of the Government and therefore presides over the Council of State, where the Acts of Legislation which have been passed by Parliament are signed into law.

The Prime Minister of Denmark and the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs report regularly to The Queen to notify and advise her on the latest political developments. Her Majesty hosts official visits by foreign Heads of State and pays State Visits abroad. The Queen receives every Ambassador from foreign countries represented in Denmark and also formally appoints and dismisses civil servants. This is a list over the heads of government in Denmark, from the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in 1849 until present. ...

The Queen's main tasks are to represent the Kingdom abroad and to be a unifying figurehead at home. The Queen performs the latter task by accepting invitations to open exhibitions, attending anniversaries, inaugurating bridges, etc. As an unelected public official, The Queen takes no part in party politics and does not express any political opinions.

Queen Margrethe has a reputation for being one of Europe's most modern and progressive monarchs. She openly grants television interviews, and is fond of casual public appearances. World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ...

The Queen is also an accomplished and critically-acclaimed painter, and has held many art shows over the years. It is often said that were she not Queen, she could easily make a living as a professional artist. Her illustrations were used for the Danish edition of The Lord of the Rings published in 1977 and the re-issue in 2002. She is also an accomplished translator and is said to have participated in the Danish translation of this book. She also designs some of her own clothes. Logo of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. ... For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... An artist is someone who employs creative talent to produce works of art. ... Dust jacket of the 1968 UK edition The one ring of power The Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy story by J. R. R. Tolkien, a sequel to his earlier work, The Hobbit. ... Translation is an activity comprising the interpretation of the meaning of a text in one language—the source text—and the production of a new, equivalent text in another language—the target text, also called the translation. ...

On a less favourable note she is a known chain smoker. A chain smoker is, properly, a person who lights each new cigarette from the one he is just finishing. ...

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