King Frederik X and Queen Mary move their residence to Fredensborg Palace. Danish sovereigns have always changed residence with the seasons. Frederik will occupy the Chancellery building in Fredensborg during the spring. The installation of the royal family in the residence was made official with a festive ceremony this Thursday.
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New Danish royal couple leaves Copenhagen for their spring residence
The Danish sovereign has the habit of officially transferring the place of his residence over the seasons. The Amalienborg Palaces in Copenhagen are used during the winter and remain in use for certain ceremonies or meetings in the capital. In the spring and autumn, Queen Margrethe II used to reside at Fredensborg Palace. During the summer, she preferred Marselisborg Castle in Aarhus.
King Frederik Regarding transfers of residence, King Frederik X will continue this tradition. King Frederik particularly appreciates Fredensborg Palace. When he married Mary in 2004, the palace chancery was designated as their primary residence to make their home. They lived permanently in the chancellery until 2010, when renovation work on the Frederick VIII Palace in Amalieborg, Copenhagen, was completed.
From 2010, Frederik and Mary also traveled between Copenhagen and Fredensborg, depending on the season. Being until now only the heir couple, the change of domicile did not take an official turn. Now king and queen of Denmark, their move takes place in a more formal manner and is accompanied by official ceremonies.
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King Frederik and Queen Mary take up residence in Fredensborg Chancellery
On May 2, 2024, King Frederik Considered a floating castle, the ship receives official royal residence status when used for multi-day cruises. The palace is located only about forty kilometers north of Copenhagen.
The royal couple arrived around 3 p.m. at the port of Elsinore, where Frederik and Mary disembarked to travel to the palace by car. At 5 p.m., a welcoming ceremony was held in the presence of the mayor of Fredensborg, Thomas Lykke Pedersen, and the girls’ choir from the palace church. They were accompanied by a brass ensemble.
Fredensborg Palace was built as a pleasure palace for King Frederick IV. Construction began in 1719. The main castle was inaugurated in 1722 and the church in 1726. The palace was later rebuilt and enlarged under Christian VI, Frederick V and Queen Juliane-Marie. Queen Margrethe took part in the festivities for the 300th anniversary of the palace in 2022. The chancellery is an annex building to the palace, built in 1731, which was used at the time to house and house the offices of ministers and the administration who followed the sovereign when he resided in the palace. In contemporary times, the chancellery was the main residence of Queen Ingrid, widow of King Frederick IX, and mother of Queen Margrethe. Died in 2000, the chancellery was then renovated, then occupied from 2004 by Frederik and Mary.
Nicolas Fontaine
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