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Prince Johan Friso. Image: Wikimedia

Prince Johan Friso’s funeral set this Friday. [Expatica]

King Carl XVI Gustaf

Let us relish King Carl XVI Gustav’s 40 years on the throne. [Kungahuset]

Princess Isabella of Denmark with Mom and Dad. Image: Hello

Princess Isabella of Denmark is now a grown up girl. Check out how thrilled she was as she makes her way to school. [Hello] 

Monaco's Andrea Casiraghi and Tatiana Santo Domingo. Image: ARD

Monaco readies for the wedding of Prince Andrea Casiraghi and Tatiana Santo Domingo. [Wort.lu]

Prince Philip resumes round of official engagement. Image: AP

Prince Philip is back! The Duke of Edinburgh makes his first public appearance two months after his stomach operation. [MailOnline]

Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark. Image: Wikimedia

Government and Prince Frederik speak out against Russia’s anti-gay law [CPHPost]

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway. Image: Wikimedia

Norway celebrates Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s 40^thbirthday [Norway Today]

Princess Irina of Romania and her husband. Image: CNN

Princess Irina of Romania and her husband John Wesley Walker were arrested after due to charges of operating an illegal cockfighting arena in Oregon. Princess Irina is the third daughter of King Michael of Romania. [USA Today]

The Royal Blogger

Christian George Acevedo is a book worm, mentor, and scholar of wide-ranging interests. He has authored hundreds of articles for various websites, and his expertise ranges from online marketing and finance to history, entertainment and many more. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Tumblr. Contact Christian at powerwordsonlinewriting@gmail.com.

Denmark's royal twins celebrate second birthday

Denmark's royal twins, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine turns two last January 8. Born in 2011, they are the third and fourth children of Crown Prince Frederik and Australian-born Crown Princess Mary.

About the Author

Christian George Acevedo is a librarian, mentor, and scholar of wide-ranging interests. He has authored hundreds of articles for various websites, and his expertise ranges from online marketing and finance to history, entertainment and many more. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Tumblr. Contact Christian at powerwordsonlinewriting@gmail.com.

Denmark's Royal Family gathers for summer photo shoot

The Danish Royal Family at their summer's best for this season's photocall

Denmark’s Royal Family has gathered once again, this time for their summer photo shoot at the garden of Grasten Palace.

Prince Frederik, the 18-month old son of the Crown Prince and Princess, was the star of the show, although her twin-sister Princess Josephine wasn’t around because she was tucked in her sickbed.

The prince looked cherubic, thanks to her blonde curls, while her elder siblings Prince Christian and Princess Isabella busy themselves looking after him with glee.

With Crown Princely family are Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik, the Queen’s sister Princess Benedikte and other members of the Royal Family, although absent were Prince Joachim and Princess Marie.

Photos: Queen Margrethe's Ruby Celebration

Prince Christian steals the scene on grandma's ruby celebrations. 

Queen Margrethe waives on to crowds of well-wishers after taking
part on a special exhibition in her honor titled Regent  for 40 Years:
Queen Margrethe 1972-2012.

Prince Christian

Prince Christian helps grandma unveil a portrait by Niels Stroebaek.

Prince Frederik, Prince Christian, and Princess Mary

Prince Henrik

Princess Mary receives a bouquet of flowers, as she, Prince Frederik
and son Prince Christian are welcomed to the special exhibit.

Photo Source, Hello Magazine, retrieved Jan. 14, 2011.

Danes overwhelmingly support Queen Margrethe

Unwavering love for Queen Margrethe on her 40th year as Queen. 

The Danes just loved their Queen but they'd rather to see their Crown Prince and Crown Princess ascend to the throne the soonest time possible. It is happy to see the Danish monarch enjoys a relatively high approval rating and support from their subjects, one thing that most royal houses do not enjoy as much as their Danish counterparts.

Since her accession to the throne on this same day 40 years ago, Queen Margrethe or the crown has never lost the love, support, trust, and affection of the Danes. Through the years, it has gone even better an today, as the Queen, together with all the Danes around world celebrates her 40^th year, there is no better time to look back back at the illustrious and fruitful career of Queen Margrethe II.

Survey Shows Danes Love their Queen, But Many Look Forward to Seeing the Crown Prince Ascend as King

Are we looking forward for an abdication and a new king this year? In a recent pole conducted by Megafon poll, more than 40 percent of the Danish public wish to see the queen step down from the throne in favor of Crown Prince Frederik in the next ten years. Meanwhile, 11 percent look forward for the succession to take place immediately.

Historian Steffen Heiberg said that being a king or queen is a duty that you perform for the rest of your life. However, people these days “live longer than they used to,” which meant, in the words of Heiberg,

that since the 20^th century “successors accede to the throne when most people are pensioned off.”

The Queen Shows No Signs of Slowing Down

Despite the recent desire of the Danes to see their queen enjoy her retirement years, the ever-dutiful monarch shows no sign of stopping. “My view has always been that it is an assignment that you have for life,” she said in an interview to Politiken.

Forty Years, Forty Memorable Years

As Queen Margrethe celebrates her fortieth year on the throne, it is only fitting to look back on the life of the queen whose life has been dedicated to the service of her country and country. Born in 1940, she is the elder daughter of King Frederick IX of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Sweden. By an act of the parliament in 1953, she was allowed to succeed on the throne on the event of her father's death and the absence of a male son. Then-Princess Margrethe attended Girton College, Cambridge where he studied (1960-1) prehistoric archeology, Aarhus University (1961-2), Sorbonne (1963), and the London School of Economics (1965). She was also Fellow of the London Society of Antiquaries. In 1967, she married French diplomat Count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat at the Church of Holmen in Copenhagen. She bore him two sons, Prince Fredrick (born 1968) and Prince Joachim (1969). On the death of his father, the King, she became Denmark's first female sovereign under the new act of Succession. Her proclamation as Queen of Denmark took place Jan. 15. 1972 at Christiansborg Palace.