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

One would not die from my cooking, but I am not sure one would survive my driving.

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.

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.