Frasi di Margherita II di Danimarca

Margherita II di Danimarca è la regina regnante di Danimarca. È la figlia maggiore di re Federico IX e della regina Ingrid. Nel 1967, sposò Henri de Laborde de Monpezat, da cui ha avuto due figli maschi: il principe ereditario Frederik ed il principe Joachim . È vedova dal 13 febbraio 2018.

Quando suo padre, Federico IX, morì nel 1972, Margherita gli succedette come Regina di Danimarca, diventando la prima sovrana danese dai tempi di Margherita I che regnò anche in Svezia e Norvegia . Wikipedia  

✵ 16. Aprile 1940
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Margherita II di Danimarca: Frasi in inglese

“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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

Television documentary 'Queen Margrethe of Denmark', BBC & Jørgen Bonfils, 30:27, 28 April 1974.
Life Philosophy

“We can be very relaxed in our relationship with the Danish people…I feel extraordinarily privileged.”

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.

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

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

“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

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