For me it is always the colour, first and foremost. - Margrethe II of Denmark

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

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.

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.