Margarida II, nascida Margarida Alexandrina Thorhildur Ingrid é a rainha da Dinamarca desde 1972. Era a filha mais velha do rei Frederico IX e sua esposa a princesa Ingrid da Suécia, ascendendo ao trono após a morte de seu pai e se tornando a primeira mulher soberana da Dinamarca desde Margarida I no século XV.
Margarida tornou-se herdeira presuntiva apenas em 1953, quando uma emenda constitucional foi aprovada permitindo que mulheres ascendessem ao trono, já que estava claro que Frederico não teria nenhum filho homem. Ela se casou com Henrique de Laborde de Monpezat em 1967, com quem tem dois filhos: Frederico, Príncipe Herdeiro e Joaquim.
Margarida II e Isabel II do Reino Unido são as únicas rainhas soberanas da atualidade.
“That cold January day - and so many people… I'd never imagined it would happen nowadays.”
Television documentary 'Queen Margrethe of Denmark', BBC & Jørgen Bonfils, 08:50, 28 April 1974.
Becoming Queen
“I do not think one should chase the fashions of the day, concerning neither sweaters nor opinions.”
From 'Om man så må sige – 350 Dronning Margrethe-citater', quoted in English here http://trondni.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/new-books-wit-and-wisdom-of-margrethe-ii.html.
Life Philosophy
On Queenship, in an interview with the BBC during her Ruby Jubilee http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16537659 (13 January 2012).
Queenship
On the possiblity of abdication, interview with Bo Lidegaard, 'Politiken' Partially available online http://politiken.dk/indland/ECE1495013/dronningen-opgaven-som-regent-har-man-for-livet/ (01 January 2012).
Possiblity of Abdication
Quoted in Bistrup, Anne, 'Margrethe' (JP/Politikens Forlaghus (2005)).
Queenship
New Year's Address 2010/2011 http://kongehuset.dk/english/Menu/news/her-majesty-the-queens-new-year-address-2010 (01 January 2011).
Society
Television documentary 'Queen Margrethe of Denmark', BBC & Jørgen Bonfils, 01:20, 28 April 1974.
Becoming Heir to the Throne
“I will remain on the throne until I fall off!”
Interview re-quoted in The Daily Telegraph, 'Danish Queen Celebrates Milestone' http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/danish-queen-celebrates-milestone/story-fn6e1m7z-1226243081167?nk=d03eb35c11a2e6b21efaa5992bdc9306 (13 January 2012).
Possiblity of Abdication
From 'Om man så må sige – 350 Dronning Margrethe-citater', quoted in English here http://trondni.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/new-books-wit-and-wisdom-of-margrethe-ii.html.
Personal
Interview with Reuters, quoted on ITN. http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist/RTV/2012/01/26/RTV249512/ (26 January 2012).
As an Artist
Ruby Jubilee speech, http://www.altinget.dk/artikel/dronningens-jubilaeumstale (15 January 2012).
Queenship
“We do not have that much to moan about when one thinks of what people did not moan about before.”
From 'Om man så må sige – 350 Dronning Margrethe-citater', quoted in English here http://trondni.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/new-books-wit-and-wisdom-of-margrethe-ii.html.
Society
“God's help, the love of the people, the strength of Denmark.”
Margrethe II's royal motto, chosen upon her accession to the throne.
Queenship
On being a female monarch, interview with Bo Lidegaard, 'Politiken' Partially available online http://politiken.dk/indland/ECE1495013/dronningen-opgaven-som-regent-har-man-for-livet/ (01 January 2012).
Life Philosophy
From 'Om man så må sige – 350 Dronning Margrethe-citater', quoted in English here http://trondni.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/new-books-wit-and-wisdom-of-margrethe-ii.html.
Personal
“I was supported from every side by my family and by the ministers, but so much also by the people.”
Television documentary 'Queen Margrethe of Denmark', BBC & Jørgen Bonfils, 08:45, 28 April 1974.
Becoming Queen
Television documentary 'Queen Margrethe of Denmark', BBC & Jørgen Bonfils, 30:27, 28 April 1974.
Life Philosophy
Television documentary 'Queen Margrethe of Denmark', BBC & Jørgen Bonfils, 31:30, 28 April 1974.
Protocol
New Year's Address 2010/2011 http://kongehuset.dk/english/Menu/news/her-majesty-the-queens-new-year-address-2010 (01 January 2011).
Society
BBC, 'Denmark's Queen Margrethe Marks Forty Years', http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16537659 (13 January 2012).
Personal
“There is nothing so clever as people you agree with.”
Quoted by Helle Thorning-Schmidt on the occasion of Margrethe II's Ruby Jubilee. Speech http://kongehuset.dk/Menu/nyheder/statsministerens-tale-ved-gallataflet (15 January 2012)
Misc.
On assuming the throne, interview with Bo Lidegaard, 'Politiken' Partially available online http://politiken.dk/indland/ECE1495013/dronningen-opgaven-som-regent-har-man-for-livet/ (01 January 2012).
Becoming Queen
“For me it is always the colour, first and foremost.”
Conversation with Christian Geter, http://luxembourg.um.dk/fr/actualites/actualites/newsdisplaypage/?newsid=fe6684ff-f0cd-4ff4-aaec-d6de78b2801a (19 January 2012).
As an Artist
Interview with Reuters, quoted on ITN. http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist/RTV/2012/01/26/RTV249512/ (26 January 2012).
As an Artist
Quoted in Bistrup, Anne, 'Margrethe', JP/Politikens Forlaghus (2005).
Possiblity of Abdication
“One would not die from my cooking, but I am not sure one would survive my driving.”
From 'Om man så må sige – 350 Dronning Margrethe-citater', quoted in English here http://trondni.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/new-books-wit-and-wisdom-of-margrethe-ii.html.
Personal
New Year's Address 2011/2 http://kongehuset.dk/english/Menu/news/her-majesty-the-queens-new-year-speech-2011 (01 January 2012).
Society
