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Denmark’s Queen Margrethe to celebrate jubilee on Copenhagen City Hall balcony

Queen Margrethe of Denmark will on November 12th step on to the balcony at Copenhagen City Hall to mark her 50th jubilee in an event that has been repeatedly postponed.

Published: 18 October 2022 16:14 CEST
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe to celebrate jubilee on Copenhagen City Hall balcony
Queen Margrethe waving from Fredensborg Palace in 2021. Photo: Martin Sylvest/Ritzau Scanpix

The Queen will appear at the City Hall (Rådhuspladsen) balcony – where thousands of people will be able to gather on the City Hall Square below – to celebrate her jubilee.

This year has already seen events to mark the Queen’s jubilee, but the balcony appearance has been rescheduled on repeat occasions for different reasons.

It will now take place on November 12th, the palace confirmed in a statement.

The celebrations were initially scheduled for the beginning of 2022, closer to the exact date of the jubilee. They were postponed until September due to Covid-19 restrictions.

A second postponement saw celebrations on September 10th toned down following the death of Great Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.

Queen Margrethe will step onto the balcony in central Copenhagen at 1pm, according to the November 12th schedule.

READ ALSO: How serious are the divisions in Denmark’s royal family?

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IN PICS: Danish royal couple kick off cruising season on royal yacht

Denmark's King Frederik X and Queen Mary on Thursday inaugurated the start of their summer's cruising on Denmark's royal yacht Dannebrog.

Published: 2 May 2024 17:20 CEST
IN PICS: Danish royal couple kick off cruising season on royal yacht

Christian X, King of Denmark from 1912 to 1947, was the first Danish ruler to take an annual summer yacht cruise. 

It was he who had the royal yacht “Dannebrog” built in 1931, with the ship used as a private and official residence for the royal family ever since.

His successors Frederik IX, Queen Margrethe and now Frederik X have continued the traditionm taking cruises every summer. 

Frederik X has announced that the royal couple plan this year to sail to Sweden, Norway, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, with trips to Bornholm, Ærø, Assens and Vejle scheduled for the August.

The couple began their inauguration of the cruising season when they arrived at Nordre Toldbod, the old customs house next door to the Kastellet fortress in central Copenhagen, where they were greeted by waving well-wishers.

Photo: Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix
 
They then boarded a tender vessel which took them across the harbour to the Refshaleøen peninsular, where Dannebrog was moored. 

Photo: Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix
 

Photo: Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix

Photo: Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix

From there, the royal couple sailed out of the harbour and up the Øresund strait to Helsingør, where they were met by a marching band, dignitaries and a crowd up well-wishers. 

Photo: Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix
 
Here you can see a marching band with the Kronborg Castle in the background.   
 

Photo: Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix

Photo: Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix
 
On arrival in Helsingør, the King and Queen waved at the crowds from the deck. 
 

Photo: Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix
 
They then came down and greeted a selected group of dignitaries waiting in line. 
 

Finally they posed for photos before being driven away to he Danish royal family’s spring and autumn residence, Fredensborg Palace. 

Photo: Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix

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