2024-01-01 19:49:44
The Danes have nothing to worry about! There is definitely no danger that Queen Margrethe II (83) could become bored as a “pensioner” after her resignation on January 14th.
The Queen has been an active artist all her life and will be able to devote herself entirely to this passion in the future. She paints, draws, crafts and designs tirelessly. She once said in an interview: “There are scraps of paper lying around everywhere I go.” Her artistic streak first became public at the end of the 1970s, when the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy was published in Denmark and she illustrated the books.
Margrethe loves colors, whether when painting or, as here, in the sea of flowers in Hinnerup
Foto: Corbis via Getty Images
Exhibitions were an important part of the Queen’s life. Her work has been shown worldwide since the 1980s, including in the Landesmuseum Zurich, the Kawasaki City Museum in Japan and the Theatermuseum in Düsseldorf.
The Queen has never offered her work for private sale – but she has often given away watercolors, drawings, paper baskets or paintings. Some of these gifts ended up at auction and have usually achieved good prices so far. Some of her watercolors were auctioned for around 20,000 euros.
also read
Don’t be afraid of big projects
But Queen Margrethe is not afraid to tackle larger projects. She has designed both the sets and the costumes for several theater performances. In 1986 she drew the designs for the fairy tale “The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep”, which was broadcast on Danish TV at the time. Since then she has taken part in eleven theater productions, most recently in 2021 in the play “The Snow Queen” for the concert hall in Copenhagen’s Tivoli.
1968: Royal classic! Margrethe with cigarettes
Foto: Getty Images
Will the Queen of Denmark light a cigarette while practicing her art? Margrethe was a heavy smoker throughout her life. Her husband Prince Henrik, who died in 2018, once said about meeting at the embassy dinner in London: “There was this wonderful woman sitting there, surrounded by a cloud of smoke.” After her back operation at the beginning of 2023, the Queen is said to have given up smoking. Doctors had advised her to do so.
The most beautiful pictures of the Danish queen
The relationship between the queen (left) and her daughter-in-law Mary is considered to be extremely trusting
Foto: picture alliance / PPE
Three Disney princesses: Margaretha of Sweden (l.), Margrethe of Denmark (became queen in 1972) and Astrid of Norway (r.) in 1960 in Disneyland, California
Foto: Bettmann Archive
1972: When Margrethe became queen at the age of 31, she was a young mother and raised her sons Joachim (left) and Frederik with Prince Henrik (here at Marselisborg Castle).
Foto: Getty Images
August 2007: Margrethe with her love Henrik on a traditional summer vacation in his home country of France
Foto: AFP via Getty Images
April 2018: The monarch surrounded by her family, including Crown Princess Mary (red dress), on the balcony of Amalienborg Palace on the occasion of her 78th birthday
Foto: Getty Images
State banquet at Windsor Castle in 2000: Queen Elizabeth (†96) and Queen Margrethe framed by their husbands Henrik (†83, left) and Philip (†99)
Foto: Getty Images
Intimate: Margrethe will receive a kiss from heir to the throne Frederik in September 2022. Does she also abdicate to strengthen her son? He’s currently dealing with rumors of an affair…
Foto: picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Even as a little girl, Margrethe was cheeky! It was only at the age of 13 that she became crown princess through the introduction of female succession to the throne in Denmark
Foto: Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
Super grandparents! Margrethe and her Henrik in 2007 with their three grandchildren (from left): Prince Christian, Prince Felix and Prince Nikolai
Foto: AFP via Getty Images
#Margrethe #Denmark #coolest #monarch #Europe #Entertainment