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Crown Princess Mary of Denmark reacting to Danish singer Malte Ebert serenading Queen Margrethe II with his song Kalde Dem for Du featuring the lyrics “I’ve heard you smoke King’s, I could be your Prince” and “You love Lord of the Rings, but what about this Frodo, who’d go all the way to Mordor, to get a glimpse of Daisy... can I call you baby?” at the gala dinner at Christiansborg Palace in honour of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee on 11 September 2022 ✨

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The gala dinner at Christiansborg Palace on 11 September 2022 in honour of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark’s Golden Jubilee – as seen in tiaras at the royal arrivals:

Princess Benedikte of Denmark wearing the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Fringe Tiara and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece wearing the Greek Emerald Parure Tiara

Princess Marie of Denmark wearing the Diamond Floral Tiara

Crown Princess Mary of Denmark wearing the Ruby Parure Tiara

Queen Silvia of Sweden wearing the Nine Prong Tiara

Queen Sonja of Norway wearing the Norwegian Emerald Parure Tiara

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark wearing the Pearl Poiré Tiara

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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark greeting her cousin Count Ingolf of Rosenborg at his arrival at the gala dinner in honour of her Golden Jubilee at Christiansborg Palace on 11 September 2022 ✨

— If not for the constitutional amendment in 1953 that allowed Margrethe to succeed her father upon his death in 1972, Ingolf would have been king of Denmark today.

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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark trying The Old Roller Coaster (Den Gamle Rutschebane) – one of the world's oldest wooden roller coasters still operating today – during her visit to Tivoli in Copenhagen on 21 May 2022 as a part of her Golden Jubilee celebrations.

The Queen personally requested the roller coaster ride, and when asked when she last tried the roller coaster, the 82-year-old Queen said that it wasn't terribly long ago.

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Queen Alexandrine's Sapphire Tiara 💎 On display at Koldinghus for the exhibition Mary and the Crown Princesses as featured in the documentary Dronningens skatkammer (2022). Created in the late 1890's by the Russian court jeweller Bolin, it is a sapphire tiara, set with eight oval-cut sapphires, as well as numerous old mine- and single-cut diamonds. Originally a convertible bandeau, it was converted permanently into a tiara in the 1960's by Danish court jeweller A. Michelsen. The tiara was a present from Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra Feodorovna to their cousin Princess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin for her wedding in 1898 to the future King Christian X of Denmark. In 1933, Alexandrine herself gave the tiara as a gift to her new daughter-in-law, Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, for her wedding to Christian and Alexandrine's youngest son, Knud, in 1933. After Caroline-Mathilde's death in 1995, the tiara was passed on to her youngest son, Christian, and his family, whose possession it was in until 2018 when it was auctioned off by Christian's three daughters, Camilla, Josephine and Feodora of Rosenborg. It was sold for 2.000.000 DKK to an unknown buyer. In 2020, it appeared in the Amalienborg Museum's Fabergé chamber and as of 2022, it features in Koldinghus' exhibition in honour of Crown Princess Mary of Denmark's 50th birthday. Its reappearance has prompted speculation that the buyer was none other than the Danish monarch, bringing the tiara back into the Danish royal family.

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50 YEARS OF QUEEN MARGRETHE II OF DENMARK

At 7:50 pm CET on 14 January 1972, King Frederik IX of Denmark dies at the Copenhagen Municipal Hospital. His eldest daughter, 31-year-old Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, succeeds him as Margrethe II and becomes the first ever female Danish monarch.

Contrary to popular belief, the 14th century Scandinavian regent and founder of the Kalmar Union, Margrete Valdemarsdatter, who is widely known as Margrethe I, was never actually crowned queen in her own right. However, upon Margrethe II’s accession in 1972, she opted to be known as Margrethe II in recognition of Margrethe I’s importance to Danish history.

On 14 January 2022, Queen Margrethe II celebrates her Golden Jubilee. Having reigned for exactly 50 years, Queen Margrethe II is the second longest-serving monarch in Danish history – only surpassed by Christian IV who reigned for 59 years and 330 days after having succeeded to the throne at the age of 11.

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Princess Isabella of Denmark arriving at the gala performance at The Royal Danish Theatre on 10 September 2022 in honour of her grandmother Queen Margrethe II’s Golden Jubilee ✨