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Denmark to get own version of ‘The Crown’ about Queen Margrethe

The life of Denmark's ex-sovereign Queen Margrethe II, who abdicated on Sunday in favour of her son King Frederik, will be chronicled in a new television series, project organisers said Thursday.

Denmark to get own version of 'The Crown' about Queen Margrethe
Queen Margrethe hands her seat at the Council of State to her son King Frederik X. Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix

The series will document “an important story that concerns all Danes, told from the point of view of the Danish royal family and centred on Margrethe,” TV2 producer Pernille Bech Christensen said in a statement.

The series will be called Af Guds nade, unofficially translated as “By the Grace of God”.

TV2 and production company Sam Productions, behind the smash political series “Borgen”, has been in development for 18 months.

Its storyline begins in 1940, the year Margrethe II was born, and follows her throughout her life.

“It’s the story of a family, an institution and an anachronism that is fighting to remain pertinent in modern times,” Bech Christensen said.

Like the hugely-successful Netflix show “The Crown” about the British monarchy, the Danish series will cover changes in the royal family and Danish
society.

Filming is due to start in 2025. The cast has yet to be announced.

The Danish royal family is massively popular, enjoying the support of more than 80 percent of Danes, as evidenced by the more than 100,000 people who turned out for Sunday’s historic succession.

The queen, an artist in her own right who has created sets and costumes for the theatre and ballet, has already been the focus of a musical titled “Margrethe”.

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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.

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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