https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Over 100,000 Danes sung the country's birthday song for Queen Margrethe II at midday on Thursday, after her 80th birthday celebrations were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus lockdown. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200416/over-100000-danes-sing-for-queen-on-her-birthday Thu, 16 Apr 2020 15:43:50 +0200 over-100000-danes-sing-for-queen-on-her-birthday Denmark's Queen Margrethe II has called on Danes not to send her flowers on her 80th birthday, but to instead send them to other elderly Danes facing "particular difficulties" during the coronavirus lockdown. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200403/danish-queens-special-request-dont-send-me-flowers-on-my-birthday Fri, 03 Apr 2020 12:17:21 +0200 danish-queens-special-request-dont-send-me-flowers-on-my-birthday Denmark's queen has called off her birthday celebrations due to the spread of the new coronavirus, but nearly 140,000 Danes announced that they would sing to celebrate the sovereign's 80th. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200325/danes-to-sing-for-queen-after-coronavirus-shelves-birthday-bash Wed, 25 Mar 2020 11:35:23 +0100 danes-to-sing-for-queen-after-coronavirus-shelves-birthday-bash Denmark's Queen Margrethe II has told her subjects that attending any sort of gathering at this point would be both "inconsiderate" and "reckless" and could lead to the deaths of loved ones. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200318/denmarks-queen-calls-on-danes-to-stay-home-in-coronavirus-address Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:26:21 +0100 denmarks-queen-calls-on-danes-to-stay-home-in-coronavirus-address Prince Richard of Berleburg, brother-in-law to Denmark’s Queen Margrethe, has died at the age of 82, the royal family has announced. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170314/danish-prince-dies-at-82 Tue, 14 Mar 2017 14:24:12 +0100 danish-prince-dies-at-82 Queen Margrethe II took to the streets in style on Wednesday, riding in a gold-plated horse-drawn carriage through Copenhagen. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170104/see-denmarks-queen-take-her-annual-gold-carriage-ride-through-copenhagen Wed, 04 Jan 2017 16:33:13 +0100 see-denmarks-queen-take-her-annual-gold-carriage-ride-through-copenhagen Queen Margrethe II has raised eyebrows in Denmark for passages in a new book that weigh in on the nation’s seemingly never-ending debate on ‘Danishness’. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161024/queen-margrethe-living-in-denmark-doesnt-make-you-danish Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:59:37 +0200 queen-margrethe-living-in-denmark-doesnt-make-you-danish Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has written a history of Denmark from prehistoric times to the present day, bring her own personal voice to her country’s national story together with behind-the-scenes details from her own life and reign. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161019/danish-queen-writes-history-of-her-nation Wed, 19 Oct 2016 19:22:26 +0200 danish-queen-writes-history-of-her-nation With Denmark once again engaged in a national conversation about what makes one ‘Danish’, Queen Margrethe II told German newspaper Der Spiegel that she represents “all people who are citizens of the Danish nation”. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161004/queen-margrethe-denmark-not-a-multicultural-country Tue, 04 Oct 2016 02:57:17 +0200 queen-margrethe-denmark-not-a-multicultural-country Queen Margrethe II turns 75 next week, but celebrations already kicked off in Aarhus on Wednesday, with American singer Josh Groban featured on a list of entertainers. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150408/queen-of-denmark-turns-75-party-kicks-off Wed, 08 Apr 2015 14:52:01 +0200 queen-of-denmark-turns-75-party-kicks-off Queen Margrethe delivered a New Year’s Eve address that saw her gently wade in to the ongoing debate about Denmark’s response to a record number of refugees and asylum seekers. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141231/queen-greets-refugees-welcome-in-new-years-address Wed, 31 Dec 2014 20:16:00 +0100 queen-greets-refugees-welcome-in-new-years-address