Margrethe II of Denmark Quotes

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.

God's help, the love of the people, the strength of Denmark.

That cold January day - and so many people... I'd never imagined it would happen nowadays.

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.

I hope I will be able to paint as long as I live.

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.

We were so busy that we didn't have time to think about how terrible it was or - in fact it felt strangely natural.

I do not think one should chase the fashions of the day, concerning neither sweaters nor opinions.

Gradually he [King Frederik] showed me everybody was going to help me in this...it was not a terrifying thing, but a great challenge.

You are handed your job as the old king or queen dies... It is not a life sentence, but a life of service.

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.

I was supported from every side by my family and by the ministers, but so much also by the people.

We do not have that much to moan about when one thinks of what people did not moan about before.

For me it is always the colour, first and foremost.

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.