{"id":368966,"date":"2017-11-07T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=368966"},"modified":"2017-11-07T13:00:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T13:00:09","slug":"5-facts-about-the-queen-of-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/5-facts-about-the-queen-of-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"5 facts about the Queen of Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Her Majesty, The Queen of Denmark, Margrethe\u00a0II, is expected to pay a <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/05\/danish-queen-set-for-two-day-visit-to-ghana-in-november\/\"><strong>state visit to Ghana<\/strong><\/a><\/span> from November 23 \u2013 24, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>This will be her first visit to any West African country.<\/p>\n<p>Here are five\u00a0facts\u00a0about the Danish monarchs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Queen for 45 years and counting\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Margrethe Alexandrine \u00deorhildur Ingrid, Her Majesty The Queen, became Queen of Denmark in 1972.<\/p>\n<p>On the occasion of her accession to the throne on 14 January 1972, HM Queen Margrethe II became the first Danish Sovereign under the new Act of Succession (The Royal House).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Her Majesty\u00a0The Queen attended Zahles Skole between 1946 and 1955 &#8211; She was a private pupil at Amalienborg Palace from 1946 to 1949.<\/p>\n<p>Between 1960 and 1965, HM The Queen studied at universities in Denmark and other European countries. Copenhagen University in 1960, University of Cambridge in 1960-61, Aarhus University in 1961-1962, at the Sorbonne in 1963, and at the London School of Economics in 1965 (The Royal House).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Language<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HM The Queen\u2019s mother tongue is Danish. In addition, Her Majesty speaks French, Swedish, English and German(The Royal House).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HM The Queen takes no part in politics and does not express any political opinions.<\/p>\n<p>Denmark has a constitutional monarchy, which means that the monarch cannot independently perform political acts. Although The Queen signs all Acts of Parliament, these only come into force when they have been countersigned by a Cabinet Minister (The Royal House).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Number of Travels and guiding principle <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Queen\u2019s impending State Visit to Ghana in November will be her state visit no. 53. Since her accession to the throne in 1972, The Queen has been on state visits to large parts of the world.<\/p>\n<p>The first were to Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Finland, and the latest was to Indonesia in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Rabiu Alhassan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her Majesty, The Queen of Denmark, Margrethe\u00a0II, is expected to pay a state visit to Ghana from November 23 \u2013 24, 2017. This will be her first visit to any West African country. Here are five\u00a0facts\u00a0about the Danish monarchs. Queen for 45 years and counting\u2026 Margrethe Alexandrine \u00deorhildur Ingrid, Her Majesty The Queen, became Queen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[41,2168],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 facts about the Queen of Denmark - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/5-facts-about-the-queen-of-denmark\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 facts about the Queen of Denmark - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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