The lights go out, the birthday cake enters the dome room of the Château de Fredensborg. Surrounded by her guests, Queen Margrethe blows on the candles arranged around the dessert. 85, like the spring number she celebrates this Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
On the long table, freshly cut branches but also Easter eggs delicately decorated over the years by the mother of King Frederik X. The menu of this private banquet remained secret, only a few surprises were revealed the next day on the social networks of the palace.
Art in the spotlight
During the dinner, the voices of the Choir des Filles de Sainte-Anne resounded in the castle. An unexpected visit that illuminated Margrethe’s face, dressed for the occasion of an outfit in the colors of Denmark. Then, the troop of the theater of Pantomime delighted the guests-among them, the king but also the sisters of the Queen, Princess Benedikte of Denmark and Queen Anne-Marie de Grèce-with extracts from the ballet inspired by the tale Klods-Hans. A spectacle that the queen knows well since she had created the costumes.
-A tender tribute
Another reference to Margrethe’s life, the song Strangers in the night Played by the Royal Life Guards Music Band. As reported Picture magazinethe song interpreted by Frank Sinatra has a very special meaning for the Queen. She reminds him of her thunderbolt with her deceased husband, Prince Henrik.
It was on this melody that they had danced together in London, during their meeting. “It has become our song,” she said in her memoirs, Along the way-memories 1940-1972written by Tom Buk-Swienty. Unknowns in the night before their love exploded in broad daylight. A story that has lasted 52 years.
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