Margrethe II of Denmark Quotes
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One may well use one’s head even though one is in love. Someone has said that one cannot prevent lightening from striking – but one may prevent the whole town from burning down.
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For me, it being Queen is a responsibility that does not include abdication. It is a task one has been given and taken upon oneself, and one does not relinquish it because it would perhaps be convenient personally to be rid of some of it.
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We do not have that much to moan about when one thinks of what people did not moan about before.
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For me it is always the colour, first and foremost.
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I have always felt that it is a task that you are given, and that you have it as long as you live. That is my fundamental view. It is an integral part of the job that you have it for life.
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One should never be so formal that one loses life, but one should never be so informal that one becomes without form of any kind.
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The fact that I am a woman has never really played into what I have done or not done. I have just been lucky that things have played out so that I could do things.
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We were so busy that we didn't have time to think about how terrible it was or - in fact it felt strangely natural.
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I would like to stress that the obligation of being Queen has always been driven by joy. The joy is rooted in the warmth that has met me and my family everywhere through every year, in celebration and joy as in sorrow, in the so-called 'big days', as well as in everyday life.
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I will remain on the throne until I fall off!
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Being Queen is a profession, a job, a position, an office that one cannot put aside when you come home from work. It is there all the time - and it is there all your life.
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I think, for me, nature has always been my main point of reference. I think as a child I was fascinated by landscapes and nature wherever I went. I was able to travel all over Denmark, which is not that large, everywhere in this country where I've been I always loved the landscape.
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In spite of the many initiatives our society offers to help and support, recovery can be such a monumental task that some give up. They withdraw into themselves. Not least during Christmas and New Year is it hard to feel left out. Tonight my thoughts are with them.
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I was supported from every side by my family and by the ministers, but so much also by the people.
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There is nothing so clever as people you agree with.
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You are handed your job as the old king or queen dies... It is not a life sentence, but a life of service.
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That cold January day - and so many people... I'd never imagined it would happen nowadays.
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One would not die from my cooking, but I am not sure one would survive my driving.
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God's help, the love of the people, the strength of Denmark.
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I do not think one should chase the fashions of the day, concerning neither sweaters nor opinions.
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Painting is not what my life is about, but it is very important to me, and I am very lucky to be able to give some time to it. The time that I devote to painting is not a lot of time, but I do it 100 percent while I am working, and then there's nothing else that counts.
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Gradually he King Frederik showed me everybody was going to help me in this...it was not a terrifying thing, but a great challenge.
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When people say that I may not speak, they forget that I may well think. I may think what I want, like everyone else. I shall just refrain from saying everything I think. That might be something many people should do once in a while.
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We can be very relaxed in our relationship with the Danish people...I feel extraordinarily privileged.