Yesterday was the fiftieth anniversary of the accession to the throne of The Queen of Denmark.
The Queen of Denmark
Image: Per Morten Abrahamsen for Kongehuset
To an outsider she appears to have been an exemplary monarch, has a supportive and popular family, and that is reflected in her widespread popularity in her three realms of Denmark, The Faroes and Greenland.
That popular esteem is not just a consequence of her position as Queen but also reflects the things that make her who she is. An always elegant figure, very stylish on ceremonial occasions, an articulate communicator through visual media, a talented artist and designer of books and stage-sets, a keen archaeologist, and definitely a character amongst the royal personages of Europe - and determinedly counter-cultural in her refusal to give up smoking.
Long may she reign!
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