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The Amalienborg complex

Monday, 30 January 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Amalienborg complex in Copenhagen is the official residence of the Danish royal family. It consists of four almost identical palaces around an octagonal courtyard. It was originally built for four noble families, but the royal family purchased the complex after a fire devastated Christianborg Palace. Christian VII’s Palace Christian VII’s Palace was originally built [read more]

Christiansborg Palace – The heart of the kingdom

Monday, 7 November 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen is the third palace of its name at the same site – both of the other ones were destroyed by fire. This third palace was built between 1907 and 1928, but while the other two palaces were used as royal residences, this Christianborg Palace is only used for official functions. The [read more]

Royal titles – Queen Margrethe II of Denmark strips four of her grandchildren of their titles

Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 15:52 Moniek Bloks 0

The Danish Royal House has announced that as of 1 January 2023, the children of Queen Margrethe’s second son Prince Joachim will no longer be His/Her Highness Prince(ss). Instead, they will be known as Count and Countesses of Monpezat with His/Her Excellency as a style of address. This concerns Princes Nikolai, Felix and Henrik, and [read more]

Exhibition ‘A Queen’s Jewellery Box – 50 years on the throne told in jewellery’

Saturday, 2 July 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

One might forget that there is another major Jubilee being celebrated this year, and Queen Margrethe II of Denmark has put on a grand display of A LOT of jewellery at the Amalienborg Museum, and I was lucky enough to visit. The exhibition is guided by an audio tour, and if you’ve been here a [read more]

Royal Wedding Recollections – Princess Margrethe of Denmark & Henri de Laborde de Monpezat

Friday, 10 June 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

On 10 June 1967, the heiress presumptive to the Danish throne Princess Margrethe married the French diplomat Henri de Laborde de Monpezat at the Holmen Church in Copenhagen. Today would have been their Emerald wedding anniversary, but tragically Prince Henrik, as he was then known, passed away in 2018. So today, we take a look [read more]

A curtsey for a King – Queen Margrethe remembers her father

Saturday, 15 January 2022, 3:40 Moniek Bloks 0

As Queen Margrethe II of Denmark celebrated the 50th anniversary of her accession to the throne, the day was also be tinged with sadness for her as it also marked the anniversary of the loss of her beloved father. Embed from Getty Images Queen Margrethe went to visit the grave of her parents, King Frederik [read more]