Margrethe II of Denmark: New recordings for the 85th birthday

The former Danish monarch Margrethe II will be 85 years old on April 16. On the occasion of the birthday, two new recordings of the jubilee published. It was also revealed how the queen will spend her day of honor.

According to the palace, the official birthday portraits were recorded at Fredensborg Castle, where Margrethe is also to be celebrated by family and friends. You show the pictures in a purple dress with large silver brooch. The 85-year-old, who is no longer as mobile after a back operation, took a seat on an armchair. On a close -up she looks into the camera with a smile. The second picture shows you as a whole and a little thoughtful to the side.

As the palace continued, there should be a birthday concert by the royal bodyguard at 12 p.m. to change waking up in Fredensborg Castle. To do this, “everyone is cordially invited”. Margrethe II, the royal couple Frederik X. (56) and Mary (54) as well as other members of the royal family are to follow the concert from the main staircase of the castle. Only on the evening before, the Royal family had shown itself to the Royal Theater of Copenhagen on the occasion of a birthday performance for Princess Isabella (17). The oldest daughter of the royal couple will be 18 on April 21, but today the focus is on Margrethe. The rest of her birthday is celebrated privately in the castle after the concert, it said. A birthday lunch with the royal couple and a dinner “with family, friends and representatives of the courtyard” are planned.

Margrethe II was born on April 16, 1940. From January 14, 1972 to January 14, 2024, she sat on the Danish throne. In her New Year’s address on December 31, 2023, she surprisingly announced her abdication for the 52nd anniversary of the throne and the handover to her eldest son Frederik. Even after her resignation, she kept her queen title.