Yes lol. Under an interview with Ulla Therkildsen. Then she got up and walked to the the other room to find a pillow for Ullas back 😂. I would love to see the queen of Britain doing that ha ha.
I was born in Denmark but my family moved to Canada when I was 5 (my dad sold furniture for Fritz Hansen). My mom grew up working class in Copenhagen and was old enough to remember and tell me about seeing Christian X on his daily ride in the city. One story (possibly a folk tale) I heard on a tour of the Rundetårn (Round Tower) was that once The Danish King and Russian Czar stood at the top looking out at the city. The Czar bragged that he could order any of his subjects to jump off the tower and they would. The Danish King's reply was that he could lay down and sleep with his head on the lap of any Dane and know that he would wake up alive. Love trumps fear.
it is partly a folktale, they did have discussion of relative power and the fear of god and man,, Frederiks answer where that his people might not fear him like Peters people did him, but that he (Frederik) didn't need to fear his people either.
It goes to show, the people who love their King or just fear the consequences to refusal. Danes are precious to the Royals and Royals are precious to the People of Denmark and other countries.
As a former royal guard I know I might be biased, but there's a moment which really showcases Crownprince Frederik's humbleness, or " down-to-earthness" that still sticks with me. It's four year's ago, so details may be fuzzy, but it was night ( I remember wearing the night hat) and guarding Christian IIX palace kitchen gate when I recogniced his voice asking a servant on his way home how his sick son was doing. It really stuck with me.
I would say it's a pretty normal quality to have. But for some reason, because he is royal and still have normal qualities, he is elevated to be "great"? - I don't get your fascination.
@@Nazrahnas it is a big company and it is not always so that the upper management knows or cares what is happening in their underlings lives. how many companies do you know where that happens.
@@Nazrahnas Yes it is normal, but everyone knows that power and wealth will corrupt some people. The Royal family (especially the line of succession) is one bad incident of corruption/cruelty/immorality away from even put the most liked monarchy in jeopardy. How many countries can say that their leaders have lived up to that kind of standard their whole life over generations? Not many that is why it is a good story, they are under a constant test of their character.
I love our royal family❤️ As a child I lived next to their summer castle and even though their gardens/the surrounding parks are open to the public they use it themselves daily throughout the summer as well as around christmas time to take walks, ride, ski aso. So it is normal to meet them. I have played with the prinses, walked my dog with the queen who was out walking her own dachshunds, the children of our crown prins used to go a local kindergarden and would often be dropped off and picked up there (often on bikes👍🏼) by the crown prins Frederik or his wife Mary. I could go on and on but basically what I want to say is that the danish royal family is very approachable, down to earth and friendly as well as being individually very accomplished in many fields and professonial. The danish monarchy may be one of the oldest in the world, but they a modern royal family and great diplomats for our country❤️🇩🇰
Wow, what really cool experiences! You also nailed it - they are so approachable and that's why they're such a special family. It's also a great way to look at them as diplomats 😀🇩🇰
I went to the "high school" Marselisborg Gymnasiet next to it and Frederik crashed the school party. So I've partied with him during his "wild days". 😂👍
A few month ago, there was a short story on danish TV, about two little boys 5 or 6 years of age, who visited the yard of the castle, with their dad, to see the castle and they both was wearing homemade royal guard uniforms, marching back and forth, pretending to be guards. Crownprins Frederik saw that from the windows and he went down, wityh a big and warm smile, he was thanking the little boys for taking extra good care of him that day. I just love that about him. :)
@@MegoPlays Jeg må sgu skuffe dig og sige at det ikke helt er det samme. Statsministeren er groft sagt kun lederen af det politiske Danmark. En præsident fungerer på samme måde som et statsoverhoved og repræsenter sit land officielt udadtil.
@@anderslarsen6009 Der er dem der vil bevare kongedømmet, og dem der vil have en præsident, og de siger særdeles kampberedte "vi vil have en præsident, og det skal være Margrethe"!!!
If Denmark was created from scratch right now, we would likely become a republic of very much the same kind as our Icelandic and Finnish brethren, because that would be the simplest way of doing things, but that is not how it actually happened. More than 1000 years ago, we metamorphosed from a tribal community into a monarchy, which has gradually been upgraded and now fits exceptionally well into modern day Denmark while at the same time being a reminder of our deep roots in the past.
Another interesting fact is that, prince Karl, as you mentioned became the Norwegian king Haakon 7 of Norway, actually refused to take the title unless there was a referendum in Norway showing, that the people actually wanted him to be king.
The Danish Royal family is our faces to the outside world, and they do a great job of promoting Denmark. They are well educated enough that they can keep thair own in any situation, but down to earth enough that they can talk to people from all walks of life. When the crown price was young he ended up in the news more than once for driving too fast and escaping his guard, they would later find him at the Agreed upon place, relaxing and laughing with the Danish people. 😂 (just a funny little story for you about our crown prince) I'm one of the people that are proud of our royals, that keep out of danish politics, and fight to keep Denmark the lovely oasis that it is. 🇩🇰
You are truly blessed with your Royal Family, Queen Margrete has done a great job modernizing their role, and Prince Frederick picked a beautiful intelligent wife.
I think the royals are more popular up here in Greenland, than they are in Denmark. Our crownprince also did a big stint on the sirius patrol in the northeast and north of Greenland on dogsledge.
And the Crown Prince's 2 youngest children have names from Greenland as their middle names. The Greenland population are extremely proud of this. And rightly so, I might ad. When the royal family visit Greenland, the people call for the children by their Greenland names.
theres a whooooole lot to be said about the relationship between denmark and greenland, but im glad that the people of greenland feel that our royal family are doing good job doing what they do
And the faroe islands. They had planed an independence vote but it got scrapped after a visit from Crown Prince Frederik made it clear it wouldn't pass
they were raised to be nice , yes , much more so than most royal families but then they are not wealthy like most royals and money makes a huge difference , sadly , many more families that are royal descent and are not rich , like mine , we too were raised to be kind and nice because that is what really matters in a human
For historical reasons, many Americans have strong feelings against the entire idea of monarchy. When Americans move to Denmark and have sufficiently open minds to appreciate a very different country, they also begin to understand how very Danish the Danish royal family is in its attitude.
In spring of 1990, I was living in Århus. My apartment didn't have a phone so I would use the phone across the street at rec center/tennis hall. After using the phone, I literally turned and ran into the crown prince Frederik which startled me and I said excuse me in English instead of Danish. It surprised the prince and he asked if I was american. We spoke for a few minutes. He was incredible down to earth. I would occasionally see him that spring/summer and we would exchange a venlig hilsen. I would have never guessed he was a prince.
Dronning Margrethe turned 80 last year and of course couldn't celebrate the occasion as planned. She did ask for folks not to leave or give flowers to her but to give flowers to the elderly. This woman never stops smiling! Always in good cheer and doesn't hide her age. No hair dye or teeth whitener for her! And the Crown Prince is HOT! ( Almost like our Norwegian Crown Prince!) Thanks from another expat from the US who lives with his Norwegian husband! ( I'm also a Norwegian citizen!)
She's so cool, isn't she!? Definitely the epitome of grace. Oh, and Denmark, Norway, and Sweden are full of hot princes - it's not surprising though haha. Thanks for watching and it's really cool hearing from another American expat! We hope you guys are doing well - cheers from Copenhagen! Hope you guys are visiting for World Pride! 😀🇩🇰
Although I am partial to our own danish royal family, I really like the norwegian royals too. Märtha Louise (though no longer officially royal, I think most danes still see her as a princess) is so beautiful. They are a goodlooking family in general😉Did you ever notice how much Ari Behn looked like our kronprins Frederik?!? They could have been brothers! 😳🙂👍
@@kirstinearbl5558 Actually Prins Christian is on the way to enter Herlufsholm Kostskole ( a boarding school) soon. I think you miss what a public school is. Eton is a public school BTW. But yes the young royals had all went to a community school. 😉
@@kirstinearbl5558 Det er jo fint for dig. 😎 Men på the Queens English er en public school stadig en privatskole. Ikke en kommunal skole. Tænk, at man kan være lærer i 16 år uden, at vide dette?! 😳
Regarding the way the Queen ends her New Year's speeches, it's not so much "God bless Denmark" as it's "God preserve Denmark". We don't ask for prosperity - that's for us to achieve - but a little help in staying around is always nice.
I don't like religion so that would put me off. One of the things I dislike about the British royal family is that the monarch is also head of the Church of England. In a multicultural society, that seems anachronistic.
You misunderstand our Queens role. Among other things she is the last failsafe against corruption and protector of our culture. Her powers may be mostly symbolic, but she still has to approve any new government, minister and law.
@@steffenjespersen247 Then you should pray that she lives forever. Charles is corrupt (check out his various dealings with assorted Saudi and Arab kings/sheiks/autocrats) and does not know that he is supposed to be neutral in politics - he meddles in everything - he is not fit to be king.
Every king and queen in the official history has an election slogan ("valgsprog"), formally chosen when taking power. This one is hers. Many of the predecessors also had God in their slogan, many were in fact heads of the national church, though that is now handled by a government department with a political head, just like justice, finance, army and taxes.
You forgot that our queen has a ton of other interests too. For example, she also studied archaeology and still really enjoys archaeology and history a lot. Try and find pictures from last summer, where she cut the red ribbon (with a Viking sword, of course) to open the new Viking King's Hall at the Land of Legends. She really enjoyed seeing it and just has the most genuine, interested and happy smile on her face the whole time :D
Also the documentary A Royal Family about...well...the royal family...was only possible because the producers had her backing them. She got family members from ALL over the world to participate, making it feel much more authentic as they were talking about their great great grandparents, great grandparent, grand parents, parents and themselves eventually. Giving first hand accounts of some of the most turbulent times of 20th century Europe.
Queen Margrethe looks like a person with a great sense of fun and always loves to play a prank. She is an artist and looks like she wouldn't 't let anybody be too depressed for long
the 18% that dont support are not always against the Royal family. I personally don't support them but I dont go against them either, I'm just indifferent towards them.
@@mezahatred Indeed. In the British sense - Churchill, Wilson, Thatcher, Major, Cameron or Johnson - regardless of whether they were 'our' PM - Lizzy was still 'our Queen' - in that respect, even if we don't love them, they are a sort of unifying establishment for a Nation. As a symbol, not an omnipotent ruler.
The crown prince of denmark takes his kids to kindergarten riding a bicycle, chased by his bodyguards also on bikes. A friend worked at the kindergarten in Copenhagen and watched it happen every day.
We heard that too, it's really neat that they're so down to earth and involved in their children's upbringing even if they have the means to pass those tasks off onto others.
Queen Margrethe's 2020 covid speech annoucement was like mom calling a family. Everyone I know was like "Ok, it bad, but it cant be THAT bad." Then... "Margrethe is going to speek to the nation?! Omg, this is really really serious."
But also calmed the nation down and got people of the idea of stock piling food. Also alot of my friends canceled parties with the simple statement. The queen asked us not to.
You forgot to mention the Queens farther king Frederik was a navy man and was tattooed (pictures in the web) . Rumered to be a real down to earth man 👍 makes me proud to be a danish sailor . Great video guys , keep it up 👍
Or like His father King Christian X rode through copenhagen each day during the occupation in ww2, he didnt want to cancle his tradition war or not, so he rode his white horse (most often alone) through the city to boost peoples morale.
@@jimmywayne983 I am sorry. This was meant for some other comment I saw in the thread. I don't know it ended here. Your comment is absolutely correct. Sorry again!
As a dane it really touches my heart that you say such wonderful things about our royal family. And those little remarks you make about ours being truly better in some ways, just mean that you are danish-americans!
This description of the Danish Royal Family made me so happy! THANK YOU! It is not often, that foreigners really get, what it means to have a REAL LEADER! We feel secure and comforted, as well as it brings glamour and style to our nation
This came up randomly in my suggestions, and I'm so happy it did 😄 We do have the best royals! 🇩🇰🤘🏻 I lived in the UK for a while and I was actually taken aback at how much drama and gossip the tabloids were aiming in the British royals' direction, especially growing up in a country like Denmark, where royals were just people like the rest of us... My dad was in the queen's guard back in the 70s and got to stand guard as Margrethe was just chilling by the pool in a bikini 😄 You guys are fun. Love how you told Oprah how it is, and I'm happy you're enjoying your new home! Happy to have ya! Subbed!
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but Christian X didn't want to bring back absolute power. The reasons for his dismissal of the government in 1920 were a bit more complicated and had to do with the reunification of Denmark and Schleswig after WW1. Following a referendum, Schleswig was to be split in two, with the Northern part (and its Danish majority) returning to Denmark, while the Central part (and its German majority) would remain a part of Germany. The king was not satisfied with this division and ordered the Prime Minister at the time to include the Central part of Schleswig in the reunification process. He refused and chose to resign after a heated discussion with the king, and the king then proceeded to dismiss the rest of the government and installing a Conservative PM who would be more cooperative. This was the king's right according to the constitution, but the action led to massive protests against the crown, and after just five days the king had to back down, dismiss his Conservative PM and install a compromise cabinet until a new general election could be held. Yeah I know I must be real fun at parties :P I didn't mean to write a novel, but one sentence led to another and here we are. Still a great video. Gave you guys a like and a follow! :)
YESSSS!!! You would be a HIT at our parties - we LOVE history. We did know precisely the details you provided but wanted to condense it and we probably over-simplified it to a point where it lost some historical value. There was also a bit about him wanting the central Schleswig territory because of his family's historic landholdings there - so interesting! Even if you're the only viewer - we may go all-in and do an entire video on Christian X. His rule straddled such a fascinating period in European history and shaped the modern era too. Thank you so much for watching and adding to the discussion! Happy to have you as a subscriber
That's just great, I sometimes tend to do the same. But, this is important! Refresh my memory , been away a long time, did middle Slesvig stay Danish?! But, the king's transactions Hillarious, ...they don't mess, when something matters to them. We could use that here in some spots presently. 🇩🇰🌬️🇺🇸🦅🙏📬🌅
@@limesebastian Excellent sumup! For Chr X it was kind of a bad move, but not a coup-bad-move and to his credit, he stayed out of politics from then on :)
During the covid we saw what's perhaps the first time ever for most of us, that the queen have made a public speech to the nation that wasn't the traditional new-years eve speech. She informed us about the importance of having in there and staying safe. Ans she informed us that ofcourse her otherwise great birthday would be canceled for the same reason. She did an amazing job and inspiring everyone and we had the kids sit and listen to her speech to us. We are so glad to have the royal Danish family here.
fun fact : when Oprah was in DEnamrk in 2009, she was introduced to danish rye breed, and she thought it tasted of earth, but she got ued to the taste after a couple of days, and when she returned to the states there was 5 packets of rye bread hidden away in her suitcase and she had an agreament with the danish woman Nanna Norup, who she visited and introduced her to the bread , about sending her more. so now she have a slice every morning, and she have promoted it for her fans aswell... sadly schulstad didnt pick up the gauntlet and made an invasion in the states, but danish bakerys in the states had a big uptake in sales afterwards...
My father was born in Århus, Denmark and he would tell up stories of seeing King Christian X when he was a child. I can not tell you how many times he would tell his children about shaking his hand. I’m sure he didn’t wash his hand for a week.
They are my favorite royal family, I have given up on the Windsors, the queen has been protecting and enabling Andrew for years, how can you respect that? the future looks bright for Denmark G-d Bless the people of Denmark
Gentleman you forgot to mention that the Danish Royals all went to the same state schools, thus received the same state education as the rest of the population and took the same entrance exams to universities/military schools and academies. This is sill the case with Danish Royals of the school seeking age. The Royal princes are called upon to-do nation military service in the same way that other young Danish men are call upon to do. Kronprins (Crown Prince) Frederik did, all within his power to get himself posted to Afghanistan but, permission wasn't granted. Great video T/U
Love your videos 😊 Just a Quick correction: the first non-noble to marry a King was a balletdanser, Louise Rasmussen, who married King Frederik VII in 1848. At that time it was unthinkable and she could only be titled Countess Danner. She went on to start the Danner Foundation to aid victims of domestic abuse. In Norway a former single Mother will be the next queen and in Sweden a former personal trainer is the next Prince consort to be. Scandinavia rocks 💪❤️
Oooh another great Royals story! In our research, Frederik VII seemed like a very popular guy - he had a crappy childhood and decided he would live life his own way - even if it annoyed the aristocracy (and left Denmark with a succession crisis!) And we love that the Scandi royals are very real people - I think it makes the institution even stronger when it is such an anachronism.
@@RobeTrotting Indeed. And every single one of royals have a great story to be told that not only reflects the time they lived in, but also the maturing and developement of our national mentality. How the different areas traditions, ways of life and also their tenacity to fight for change is very much part of all of us and yet still so different for such a small nation. How we responded to rulers that bankrupted or endagered our independence, and how we in todays age find ourselves having to adapt as the world and our country evolves yet again. It is all so very fascination, so glad you dive in and gives new perspective from the outside. I Hope you will tell the story of the Queens father, King Frederik 9th, how he was into bodybuilding, had multiple tattoos and also became key in changing the constitution to allow his daughter to be our queen. He was - and still is- remember ed with great love by all. As our Queen is and always will be, especially because they have a great sense of humour and do not hesitate to share it as all Danes do. A Quick tip to all foreigners: make us laugh, it's the quickest way to get to earn our trust 😊 Humour, self irony and decency before anything else, and this I say coming from outside of the capitol 😊
And the fact that they travel around Denmark on the royal ship each year is also pretty amazing. They really get out among people, ecspecially Frederik and his family. I had a teacher once who ran a couple miles of the Ironman right next to him and they just talked like two regular people and stuff like that just shows how much trust there is and i think it sends a beautiful message :)
Those travels are actually a continuation of a medieval tradition of traveling the country setting up temporary court at a local nobleman's castle (at his expense) and handling government business for the area before moving on to impose their power at another castle. Now it's entirely symbolic at the local city's expense.
I'm really enjoying your videos. It's so fascinating to hear non-natives' perspective about Denmark. You put a lot of time and effort into these videos. Good job, guys. Have you thought about putting out one more weekly video where it doesn't require as much work from you (e.g. writing a script, finding images and video, editing)? I'm thinking something along the lines of a more "reactionary" video along the lines of your julebryg video. Maybe you try things once a week? Sometimes it's Danish food/things. Sometimes you maybe visit a place and give your thoughts and review. :)
Well, there's a reason for that. They're related. Norway's royal family is, like the Danish, of the House of Glücksborg. King Haakon the VII, the grandfather of King Harald, was born Prince Carl of Denmark, younger brother to King Christian the X of Denmark who was the grandfather of the current Queen. Haakon the VII has the honor of being the only Scandinavian monarch to be democratically elected as King of Norway. Otherwise he wouldn't have taken on the duty.
@@Neko141212 they are related to the Swedes as well, but through both King Christian the IX and Queen Victoria. Maude already being a British Princess, had amongst met many cousins, one named Margaretha. She married the Swedish Crown Prince, with whom she had five children. Sadly she died before becoming Queen. She was of course the grandmother of the current King of Sweden. But her only daughter, Ingrid, married the later King Frederik the IX of Denmark. Making Queen Margrethe, named after Margaretha, the first cousin of King Carl Gustav of Sweden. There is another family relation to the Swedish royal family though, which “helped” spread the lineage even further. The granddaughter of King Christian the IX, Ingeborg, married the Swedish Prince Carl. One of their daughters, Märtha, married the later King Olav of Norway. And another, Astrid, married the later King Leopold of Belgium. Astrid’s daughter, Josephine Charlotte, married the later Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg. The Danish royal family is related to most of the royal families of Europe. I believe the only ones they are not related to is the Netherlands (apart from cousins from a marriage centuries ago), and Liechtenstein.
I looooove the Danish royals and are by far my favorite of the European royals! Y’all did a great job on your video and it was very interesting! Cheers from Sugarland, Texas ❤️
Another one who loves the Danish Royal Family. The warmth and the smiles. The beautiful speech CP Mary made during the birthday of CP Frederic. Romantic, funny and to the point. ❤ from just another very old Aussie.
Great video! I love the Danish royals and I'm so glad I discovered them! It was nice to see what a royal family can actually be and do! Wish more people would actually take the time to broaden their knowledge about other royal families...there IS more than one!
I'm glad you devoted a video to the Danish royal family. and that you pointed out one of the benefits it brings to Denmark. I.e. that the head of state is above the grind of party politics. She can speak to and for all Danes! They certainly seem blessed with a Queen and Crown prince devoted to service and to the country. And Mary if great!
A little Lesson in the princesses dairies, Derek you mentioned in the episode that Crown princess Mary is the original princesses dairies before Kate Middleton, but actually it was Queen Sonja of Norway, because the then Crown prince Harald of Norway said to his father, the king of Norway "that he will remain unmarried, if he couldn't marry Sonja" Sonja was a commoner and they were together for 9 years before they were married
Many years ago, before the world got crazy, the Queen would do her shopping in Copenhagen unescorted, and I was at the palace with my kids to watch the change of guards along with a number of foreign tourists, when I spotted her crossing the square heading home. I asked the Japanese tourists closest if the cared to see the Queen herself and pointed in her direction; but they politely declined out of disbelief.
@@RobeTrotting I also once watched a Canadian indian chief build a canoe at the Viking Ship Museum at Roskilde assisted by two local boys whom I didn't recognize. I did realise, however, who they were, as I suddenly noticed the woman standing right next to me.
You guys are awesome! The way you are talking about our Queen and her family is amazing! You know so much - so a great Thumbs Up from here - love ya! 😉
Yeah, the new years speech is a big thing here. One year, one of the tv providers had some sort of fuck up that made it impossible for their customers to watch any of the channels. And it happened on new years eve. Before the queen's speech. And people were losing their fucking minds over it xD My family got hit by the 'black screen'. We were trying the television, didn't work. Went online to stream it, but the website had already crashed from everyone else who were trying to do the same thing. We had to listen on the radio because it's not New Years Eve if you don't hear the speech, damn it!!! That tv provider was in for a looooooooooooooooooooooot of complaints xD
I am a republican and am fundamentally opposed to our monarchy, but as long as the royal family keeps being so good and down to earth as they are right now, I don't really se a reason to get rid of them just yet. It might be an antiquated system that has no place in the 21st century, but when royals act like the Danish royals do, I think the benefits outweigh the negatives.
I feel exactly the same. The Danish republicans are nice, down to earth people - and as long as they behave that way I see absolutely no reason to get rid of them.
I'm not trying to be an idiot, but if you are a republican, I would think you'd be against a monarchy regardless of how "nice" the monrach is. Or what are your reasons to wish for a republic?
Even though I disagree with you politically (I'm a royalist to the bone), I respect your opinion and think it's great you think the monarchy should be preserved for as long as it makes sense.
the interesting thing with the Queens speak in 2020 was that she never makes a speak like that. if i remember correctly thats the first time she has done that. also showing how important that speech was. she normally only broadcast like that at new years eve. so it was a very very important moment.
@@RobeTrotting As an American it was more comforting to hear the Queen’s address to Denmark than to listen to our own president say it was “like the flu”, and a few months later, after a quarter million deaths in the US, “it is what it is.” So little concern for his countrymen.
You make the best videos about Danmark. As a Dansker living in Germany now, its nice to hear about the Danish again, and learning things...Good job...if you come to Jylland dont forget to try what all Danish are doing over there..... shop in fleggard on the other side of the boarder...
What i find most interesting about our queen is that her job (as she isn't a part of the politics of Denmark) is to both represent Denmark outwards and be a gathering point inwards. Basically she is to do PR and smooth relations externally and unify the country and be at important opening ceremonies internally. (Heard it from DR Nyheder)
I do think it is amusing that both the sitting monarch for Denmark and England, is not only a queen, but the second with a very noteworthy namesake. For male monarchs, we have alternating names between Christian and Frederick, with the first Christian crowned 1448, who was suceeded by a john, but after that came a christian, and then our first Frederick who was crowned in 1523. And while I know some people that don't support the monarchy, even those people watch the Queen's New Year's speech. (sorry about rambling comment) And my favorite story about King Christian X, is a story about the supposed flying of the German flag over the Hotel d'Angleterre (then being used as the Germany military headquarters in Copenhagen). The King riding by and seeing the flag, tells a German sentry that this is a violation of the armistice agreement and that the flag must be taken down. The sentry replies that this will not be done. The King then says if the flag is not taken down, he will send a Danish soldier to take it down. The sentry responds, "The soldier will be shot." The King replies "the Danish soldier will be me." According to the story, the flag was taken down.
These are all great stories also! The rotation of Frederik/Christian is an awesome tradition (and I love that the current Queen considers herself a "Christian" to keep it proper". And there are so many good stories of Christian X!
Nevertheless, his official name was King Hans of Denmark. He ruled Denmark from 1481 to 1513, Norway from 1483 his death and Sweden from 1497 to 1501. He ruled Sweden under the name of Johan ll. He was followed by Christian 2, King of Denmark and Norway.
Your pronounciation of danish words is really good, and the pronounciation of “Frederik” is 100/100. I appreciate your videos very much, keep it up fellas 🙂👍🏻
Have to say... This is your best video yet... I thought i knew almost all the important bits about the royal family... Man was i wrong... You enlightened me quite a bit... Thank you for that... I am feeling a ton of pride, being both a Dane, and a Royalist...
I think you’re forgetting that the laws on privacy in Denmark are stronger than in the U.K. That then impacts the extent to which the press in each country reports on the private lives of the royals. All other things being equal, the Danish royals could get away with more if they wanted to, simply because the Danish press retains a respectful distance, whereas the British press has no such constraints.
Queen Margrethe also has a keen interest in archeology, and once said that she would have become an archaeologist if not queen. And she has hosted several tv programmes, where she tells about her family history, the castles, Denmark's history. She is a great storyteller.
Forgot to add number 8 reason out that Queen Margrethe loves to sail and she sails with the ship named Dannebrog visiting towns around our little kingdom. Which make sense we got a lot of islands. One of the ports Dannebrog is Sønderborg right outside Sønderborg Caslte. If she is in Sønderborg they are in Gråsten too.
Great video guys! We do love our Royals, despite some everyday controversy! 😉 and they are DKs best export, ever! - another fun fact about HRH Queen Margrethe 2: She has studied archeology and been on digs, therefore she took on the challenge of designing her own sarcophagus. It's stunning! ⭐ She embroideres alter cloths & cloaks, makes decoupage and many other 'small' artistic, bits 'n bobs in her spare time 😉❤ She is a credit to the country and I'm confident that the Crown Prince couple, will be the same, in their time 🇩🇰
@@charliebak1505 Yes, she does as translates to HRH Hendes Majestæt, forkortes H.M. Hendes Majestæt Dronningen (uden navnet) H.M. Dronning Margrethe 2. (med forkortelse og navn)
@@RobeTrotting Lol. I guess it ultimately comes down to attitude and upbringing. Like as a prince you may have privileges but that isn't for nothing. Its hard work to work your position and duty as a royal and the royal parents are sure in teaching this. With Great power there must also come great responsibility after all.
Hi... I have to admit, that i´m pretty damn impressed with your historical knowledge,. I think it shows a genuin interests in the country your curremty are lving in.. Love your videos and insight on "The danish way"..... Cant helo thinking tho.... We are a difficult people to get around with arent we ? I mean, with all our unspoken rules and especially the often spoken about "jantelov" .
Once, their was an actor at my school, and he told us about the time he accidently spilled BEER on the queens shoes. The queen came backstage as the play ended, and the staff and actors had been told to bow before her when she arrived. Of course the actor was exhausted from the play, and had grabed a beer to cool down. but when he bowed, he bowed so much WITH the bottle that the beer came out and splashed the majesty's shoes. when he freaked out and tried to wipe it off, she kicked him away and told him in danish "slap dog af menneske, jeg har fri i aften" witch translates into "Calm down human, it's my day off"
'Menneske' in that context is more like 'man' or 'woman' -- 'Calm down, man....' 'Calm down, woman....' Very colloquial, and nobody in the world uses the word 'human' in that way.
Fun Fact: Queen Margrethe II is also pretty good at Icelandic! The annual Royal Run takes place all across the Kingdom of Denmark, from Greenland to Bornholm.
We didn't realize it was also beyond Denmark. I guess we focused on where Prince Frederik ran in the first year. Such a cool event! It will be nice to have those things back :)
@@RobeTrotting Yup, the Royal Run is always represented in the entire Kingdom but naturally, it’s not possible to have a Royal representative present in each part every year. So usually there is someone present in two-three out of Greenland, Faroes, Jutland, Funen, Zealand or Bornholm. Also, did you know Queen Margrethe II also has an Icelandic surname as she was born princess of Iceland as Iceland was still in a union with The Kingdom of Denmark at the time (until 1944)? This is why Danish is still taught in school in Iceland and many Icelanders speak som Danish and many come to study or live/work in Denmark as young adults.
My grandmother was from Denmark. She immigrated to the US in the mid 30's. When the German occupation happened, her younger brothers stole a rowboat and rowed to Sweden
Love it. By the way, you guys said to keep you accountable regarding the language - you're doing really good!! :) I know it's straight up gag reflex yodle and so hard - my hat's off to you!! There's just one tiny thing.. regarding the name of the queens youngest son, Joachim, the a is a little more emphasized.. like: Yo- A- Kim. But you're doing so good. I btw love all your videos. Have a great weekend :)
Thank you SO much Carina, we're so glad you love the videos and we really do keep trying with our pronunciation. Practice does make perfect and having people listen to us is major incentive to get better haha
@@RobeTrotting I am truly deeply impressed! You're doing way, way better than you think! I know, that it's not just our additional letters that suck. But pretty much our whole alphabet.. and especially our r's. But you are doing so good. Way better than you think. Frederik for one, is a name with 2 of our horrid r's and where we barely pronounce the second e (which is pronounced pretty much everywhere else) But you pronounced it PERFECTLY! Perfect danish r - wow! You're both doing way, way better than you think!
I know the lovely Danish royal family a bit. When I studied Danish, the textbook was about Queen Daisy and her family, her mor & her pa. The family had a people’s referendum to ask the Danes if they wanted the monarchy! It was positive .
Queen Margrethe’s younger son, Prince Joachim, divorced his wife some years ago, but they parted amicably. The late Prince Henrik sometimes complained about his position in the Royal household, but he remained popular. So the Danish Royal Family has been almost free of scandal and are thus better than the British Royal Family.
@@RobeTrotting if you ever come to Vejle again hit me up and ill show you a good time :) or even cook for you since you obviously love Danish food as well :) hahaha
Nice videos.. Keep up the good work. ;) Maybe you could have a go on the danish viking sites in the city of Roskilde and Lejre... Lejre near Roskilde used to be the capitol of Denmark... At least it is a great experience, and you can even hold your vacation there and live like a viking for a week. :)
Thanks for the idea! We did a day trip to the Viking Ship Museum our first year, but that's all we did in Roskilde. We also went to Dragsholm Slot one day (Derek loves finding haunted historical sites) but we were not making videos yet. It's funny because we were just talking today about how we should plan a return trip with cameras once things open again 😀🇩🇰
What a coincedence.!😁 Well then you should go by Lejre, they builded a full scale viking hall which opened in june 2020. The whole area there is called “The land of the Legends” in danish “Sagnlandet” The new hall measures no less than 200 ft in length. I havent been there myself yet due to covid-19, but it’s definately in the plans for this year with my better half and the kids, when things get better.👍🤗
I served in the Danish Royal Guard a little more than 20 years ago, a firm Royalist by choice. People can say what they want, but we have a very "down to earth" royal family, they dont try to manipulate politics like the british royal family and theres not many scandals around our royal family (now that H.K.H Henrik has passed away, since his dementia did make a few small scenes).
It’s praiseworthy that they don’t differentiate on the ground of skin colour, which is still practiced in many countries. Hats off to the Royals of Denmark who proved unity is strength ❤️
It would be incredibly bad for their image if they did differentiate on skin color. They govern over 3 different countries (Denmark, Greenland and The Faroes Islands), with Greenland having a whole different ethnic group, the Inuit's, the Faroese being a different culture and also 10 % of the mainland Danish population being not ethnically Danish, it would make them look horrible if they did not accept multiculturalism in their own family, when they rule a multicultural realm.
There was a UK Royal Family inter-racial marriage in 2004 when Lady Davina Windsor (great grandaughter of King George V) married Gary Lewis, a Maori gentleman, in 2004. They received Royal assent (as per law for legitimate descendants) and their children, Senna Kowhai (born 2010) and Tane Maputo (born 2012) have been included on the balcony at Buckingham Palace balcony during Queen's official Birthday celebrations (aka Trooping The Colour). Sadly the couple divorced in 2018. *Archie is currently great grandchild of a Monarch and currently (tks 2 Queen giving Harry titles upon marriage) Archie is entitled to use Earl of Dumbarton and Baron of Kilkeel if he/his parents so desire. If Prince Charles dies before The Queen does I don't know what happens re Prince title. Think of Prince Edward's kids (ie younger son of the Monarch but not Crown Prince) and compare to what Harry and Harry's kids will be IF Prince Charles becomes king ie grandkids of a monarch not in direct line.... Prince Edward's and Princess Anne's and Princess Margaret's kids (despite all being children of a monarch) didn't get Prince/Princess titles. Of Queen's 3 non Crown Prince children, the man considered an arrogant snob by tabloids (maybe not true) and alleged to be a pedo, Prince Andrew insisted upon getting Duke/Duchess titles for himself and wife and Princess titles for his children - but kids and ex wife get no security! All Queen's 3 other kids only get security when doing official engagements- and none of their kids get security. Also, Prince Edward didnt take top titles of Duke/Duchess - as lower expectations - but instead chose Earl and Countess for himself and wife, they only got Viscount Severn and Lady Louise for kids, not Prince/Princess despite being monarch's grandchildren via male line. Princess Anne's 2 husbands took no titles and her kids have taken none either - Captain Mark Phillips said (according to tabloids) 'I don't want any title I haven't earned' - albeit he was an Olympic medal winner and so was Princess Anne (also European Champion) and their kids: daughter Zara Phillips was Olympian and World Champion and Peter Phillips played Rugby for Scotland under 21s.
@@thething9617 the Royal Family's lack of worry about skin colour and ethnicity has very little to do with them needing to "worry about image". It simply is a question of human dignity and is a non issue.
In the late 1600 and 200 years forward the Danish monachy had a profitabel slave business. They owned slave farms in the former danish west indies, and trated 110000 slaves from Afrika. It is nice to see the current royal house embrace divercity, hopefully they will one day acknowledge this fact.
I am from the U.K. and I do not believe they had any worry about Archie’s skin colour, we have had royals with black moor ancestry in the past, and we have mixed people here.
ok since you almost live in denmark now you get a little message in danish. Pisse god video og det er meget sjov at se at andre end danske der snakker som nogle der er så glade for deres land. I hope you understand it. :)
Welcome to Denmark- you seem like a nice couple. :) I havent watch your other videos, so I dont know If you made a video about the prideparade in Denmark. Outside of covid its an annual event that is in my mind a public party: "folkefest". Everybody take part in the celebration of diversity and the LGBT movement with no regards to what your sexuallity is or preference. Its a day of love, also for people who are straight, as I am. I've been to the pride multiple time and its really connecting all sorts of people, workers, politician, celebrities, children, grandparents, everybody. In 1989 the danish parliament was the first in the world to allow same sex registrated partnership. Adoption for gay couples was allowed in 2010. The former ambassador Rufus Gifford (2013-2017) married his husband at the danish city hall in 2015. The wedding was attended by Mary and Frederik the crownprince and crownprincess of Denmark. Gifford and his partner came back here, after the ending of Obamas presidency, to celebrate their anniversary.
@@RobeTrotting love Philadelphia. Came here the first time 34 years ago in the fall. I worked for Carlsberg in sales and marketing, the city has improved tremendously with excellent restaurants and a very cool Beer scene, and awesome coffee, I have lived in other cities in the US but always return to Philadelphia mostly because of the people I have meet here. Also love the history and museum and parks. But thanks again for your great videos.
This is a bit late, but in regards to the queen. it seems important. In denmark we have a cultural tradition called Revy. Its basicly a theatrical show about current affairs in a very folksy way. Its funny and sarcastic and quite caricaturist. A show of sketches, making fun of politics, famous people, rich people, basicly anyone in the public eye. One guy called Ulf, has been doing this at the scene for 40 years, completely sold out every seat in the theater, for 40 years. One of his characters is in fact the queen. With love and respect he makes fun of her. He dresses up in a galla dress, put on a crown and makes an impressive impresion of her majesty. This year he decided to end his carreer as an actor. So he ended the season, and at that very night, completely by surprice, the Queens turns up unvited, and steps on to the scene and thanked the man for his many years of service on the scene. Some people, through the years, blamed Mr. Ulf for making fun of the Queen, and here she is on stage thanking the man for it. He was stunned, the audience was stunned. It goes to show how very human she is, and her showing this actor such respect, is even more respect to her.
Thank you so much! We love learning more about the history of the royal family (and so much else). This one was super fun to make for us and we're glad you enjoyed it 😀🇩🇰
YES! Thanks for the inspiration and the fact, we went down a whole "rabbit hole" of research from your comment. Sorry that we didn't give you a shout out :)
@@RobeTrotting Theres a lot of stories about all this.. Queen Margrethe 2nd may be the only one to tell all about this. Thats okay, im just happy you guys could use those facts :)
Thanks for the great videos. I can add that few films has been made which is inspired by Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary's story. It's called The Prince & Me from 2004 and The Prince and Me 2: The Royal Wedding from 2006
I remember when Dronning Margrethe asked a journalist if their chairs were too hard and offered the journalist a pillow
Me to, and she couldnt find the pillow and Said " where the hell is my furniture" 😂😂
She has that loving regal grandma energy and we LOVE her for it.
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@@tina-xp3pk i havent actually heard her say this but i know exactly what it would sound like
Yes lol. Under an interview with Ulla Therkildsen. Then she got up and walked to the the other room to find a pillow for Ullas back 😂. I would love to see the queen of Britain doing that ha ha.
I was born in Denmark but my family moved to Canada when I was 5 (my dad sold furniture for Fritz Hansen). My mom grew up working class in Copenhagen and was old enough to remember and tell me about seeing Christian X on his daily ride in the city. One story (possibly a folk tale) I heard on a tour of the Rundetårn (Round Tower) was that once The Danish King and Russian Czar stood at the top looking out at the city. The Czar bragged that he could order any of his subjects to jump off the tower and they would. The Danish King's reply was that he could lay down and sleep with his head on the lap of any Dane and know that he would wake up alive. Love trumps fear.
it is partly a folktale, they did have discussion of relative power and the fear of god and man,, Frederiks answer where that his people might not fear him like Peters people did him, but that he (Frederik) didn't need to fear his people either.
I feel like history proved the Danish king to be the wiser of the two 😂
It goes to show, the people who love their King or just fear the consequences to refusal. Danes are precious to the Royals and Royals are precious to the People of Denmark and other countries.
I know this is an old documentary before our time this one gives an overview danish royals
@@camillechang7120 I wonder how they would write about both royal houses now.
As a former royal guard I know I might be biased, but there's a moment which really showcases Crownprince Frederik's humbleness, or " down-to-earthness" that still sticks with me. It's four year's ago, so details may be fuzzy, but it was night ( I remember wearing the night hat) and guarding Christian IIX palace kitchen gate when I recogniced his voice asking a servant on his way home how his sick son was doing. It really stuck with me.
I would say it's a pretty normal quality to have. But for some reason, because he is royal and still have normal qualities, he is elevated to be "great"? - I don't get your fascination.
@@Nazrahnas it is a big company and it is not always so that the upper management knows or cares what is happening in their underlings lives. how many companies do you know where that happens.
@@Nazrahnas Yes it is normal, but everyone knows that power and wealth will corrupt some people.
The Royal family (especially the line of succession) is one bad incident of corruption/cruelty/immorality away from even put the most liked monarchy in jeopardy.
How many countries can say that their leaders have lived up to that kind of standard their whole life over generations?
Not many that is why it is a good story, they are under a constant test of their character.
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I love our royal family❤️ As a child I lived next to their summer castle and even though their gardens/the surrounding parks are open to the public they use it themselves daily throughout the summer as well as around christmas time to take walks, ride, ski aso. So it is normal to meet them. I have played with the prinses, walked my dog with the queen who was out walking her own dachshunds, the children of our crown prins used to go a local kindergarden and would often be dropped off and picked up there (often on bikes👍🏼) by the crown prins Frederik or his wife Mary. I could go on and on but basically what I want to say is that the danish royal family is very approachable, down to earth and friendly as well as being individually very accomplished in many fields and professonial. The danish monarchy may be one of the oldest in the world, but they a modern royal family and great diplomats for our country❤️🇩🇰
Wow, what really cool experiences! You also nailed it - they are so approachable and that's why they're such a special family. It's also a great way to look at them as diplomats 😀🇩🇰
I went to the "high school" Marselisborg Gymnasiet next to it and Frederik crashed the school party. So I've partied with him during his "wild days". 😂👍
A few month ago, there was a short story on danish TV, about two little boys 5 or 6 years of age, who visited the yard of the castle, with their dad, to see the castle and they both was wearing homemade royal guard uniforms, marching back and forth, pretending to be guards. Crownprins Frederik saw that from the windows and he went down, wityh a big and warm smile, he was thanking the little boys for taking extra good care of him that day. I just love that about him. :)
I love my queen, and my future king! I would never wanna have a president in Denmark.
Vi har en statsminister hvilket er det samme som en præsident 😅
@@MegoPlays Jeg må sgu skuffe dig og sige at det ikke helt er det samme.
Statsministeren er groft sagt kun lederen af det politiske Danmark.
En præsident fungerer på samme måde som et statsoverhoved og repræsenter sit land officielt udadtil.
@@MegoPlays Nej, men det er bedre
@@anderslarsen6009 Der er dem der vil bevare kongedømmet, og dem der vil have en præsident, og de siger særdeles kampberedte "vi vil have en præsident, og det skal være Margrethe"!!!
If Denmark was created from scratch right now, we would likely become a republic of very much the same kind as our Icelandic and Finnish brethren, because that would be the simplest way of doing things, but that is not how it actually happened. More than 1000 years ago, we metamorphosed from a tribal community into a monarchy, which has gradually been upgraded and now fits exceptionally well into modern day Denmark while at the same time being a reminder of our deep roots in the past.
Another interesting fact is that, prince Karl, as you mentioned became the Norwegian king Haakon 7 of Norway, actually refused to take the title unless there was a referendum in Norway showing, that the people actually wanted him to be king.
The only King who was "elected" by the people, not hoisted upon.
The Danish Royal family is our faces to the outside world, and they do a great job of promoting Denmark. They are well educated enough that they can keep thair own in any situation, but down to earth enough that they can talk to people from all walks of life.
When the crown price was young he ended up in the news more than once for driving too fast and escaping his guard, they would later find him at the Agreed upon place, relaxing and laughing with the Danish people. 😂 (just a funny little story for you about our crown prince)
I'm one of the people that are proud of our royals, that keep out of danish politics, and fight to keep Denmark the lovely oasis that it is. 🇩🇰
Fully agree - you can tell they understand that they exist on the goodwill of the people.
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You are truly blessed with your Royal Family, Queen Margrete has done a great job modernizing their role, and Prince Frederick picked a beautiful intelligent wife.
Not for nothing that you guys are know as "Great Danes" - even your spare princes are coveted by other countries to reign over them.
I think the royals are more popular up here in Greenland, than they are in Denmark. Our crownprince also did a big stint on the sirius patrol in the northeast and north of Greenland on dogsledge.
And the Crown Prince's 2 youngest children have names from Greenland as their middle names. The Greenland population are extremely proud of this. And rightly so, I might ad.
When the royal family visit Greenland, the people call for the children by their Greenland names.
theres a whooooole lot to be said about the relationship between denmark and greenland, but im glad that the people of greenland feel that our royal family are doing good job doing what they do
Yeah, they have rockstar status.
And the faroe islands. They had planed an independence vote but it got scrapped after a visit from Crown Prince Frederik made it clear it wouldn't pass
When even Americans start to brag about the Danish royal family, we all know the family must be quite awesome then:-)
They really, really are - such a great family 😀🇩🇰
they were raised to be nice , yes , much more so than most royal families but then they are not wealthy like most royals and money makes a huge difference , sadly , many more families that are royal descent and are not rich , like mine , we too were raised to be kind and nice because that is what really matters in a human
They are awesome. Truly.
...this Swede thinks!
For historical reasons, many Americans have strong feelings against the entire idea of monarchy. When Americans move to Denmark and have sufficiently open minds to appreciate a very different country, they also begin to understand how very Danish the Danish royal family is in its attitude.
As an American, The Danish Royal Family is my favorite.
They're just so down to earth and above the drama. It definitely is a reflection of the Danish people as well :)
As a Dane it makes me really happy to hear that😁 I love that we have our royal family.
@@-e-5341 Yeah same
Me too!
The Norwegian royals are cool and open-minded too 😊
In spring of 1990, I was living in Århus. My apartment didn't have a phone so I would use the phone across the street at rec center/tennis hall. After using the phone, I literally turned and ran into the crown prince Frederik which startled me and I said excuse me in English instead of Danish. It surprised the prince and he asked if I was american. We spoke for a few minutes. He was incredible down to earth. I would occasionally see him that spring/summer and we would exchange a venlig hilsen. I would have never guessed he was a prince.
Dronning Margrethe turned 80 last year and of course couldn't celebrate the occasion as planned. She did ask for folks not to leave or give flowers to her but to give flowers to the elderly. This woman never stops smiling! Always in good cheer and doesn't hide her age. No hair dye or teeth whitener for her! And the Crown Prince is HOT! ( Almost like our Norwegian Crown Prince!)
Thanks from another expat from the US who lives with his Norwegian husband! ( I'm also a Norwegian citizen!)
She's so cool, isn't she!? Definitely the epitome of grace.
Oh, and Denmark, Norway, and Sweden are full of hot princes - it's not surprising though haha.
Thanks for watching and it's really cool hearing from another American expat! We hope you guys are doing well - cheers from Copenhagen! Hope you guys are visiting for World Pride! 😀🇩🇰
Although I am partial to our own danish royal family, I really like the norwegian royals too. Märtha Louise (though no longer officially royal, I think most danes still see her as a princess) is so beautiful. They are a goodlooking family in general😉Did you ever notice how much Ari Behn looked like our kronprins Frederik?!? They could have been brothers! 😳🙂👍
The crownprinc’s children are also going to publicschool.
@@kirstinearbl5558 Actually Prins Christian is on the way to enter Herlufsholm Kostskole ( a boarding school) soon. I think you miss what a public school is. Eton is a public school BTW. But yes the young royals had all went to a community school. 😉
@@kirstinearbl5558 Det er jo fint for dig. 😎 Men på the Queens English er en public school stadig en privatskole. Ikke en kommunal skole. Tænk, at man kan være lærer i 16 år uden, at vide dette?!
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Regarding the way the Queen ends her New Year's speeches, it's not so much "God bless Denmark" as it's "God preserve Denmark". We don't ask for prosperity - that's for us to achieve - but a little help in staying around is always nice.
And if the need arise we always have Holger Danske as backup :)
I don't like religion so that would put me off. One of the things I dislike about the British royal family is that the monarch is also head of the Church of England. In a multicultural society, that seems anachronistic.
You misunderstand our Queens role.
Among other things she is the last failsafe against corruption and protector of our culture.
Her powers may be mostly symbolic, but she still has to approve any new government, minister and law.
@@steffenjespersen247 Then you should pray that she lives forever. Charles is corrupt (check out his various dealings with assorted Saudi and Arab kings/sheiks/autocrats) and does not know that he is supposed to be neutral in politics - he meddles in everything - he is not fit to be king.
Every king and queen in the official history has an election slogan ("valgsprog"), formally chosen when taking power. This one is hers. Many of the predecessors also had God in their slogan, many were in fact heads of the national church, though that is now handled by a government department with a political head, just like justice, finance, army and taxes.
You forgot that our queen has a ton of other interests too. For example, she also studied archaeology and still really enjoys archaeology and history a lot. Try and find pictures from last summer, where she cut the red ribbon (with a Viking sword, of course) to open the new Viking King's Hall at the Land of Legends. She really enjoyed seeing it and just has the most genuine, interested and happy smile on her face the whole time :D
Also the documentary A Royal Family about...well...the royal family...was only possible because the producers had her backing them. She got family members from ALL over the world to participate, making it feel much more authentic as they were talking about their great great grandparents, great grandparent, grand parents, parents and themselves eventually. Giving first hand accounts of some of the most turbulent times of 20th century Europe.
Queen Margrethe looks like a person with a great sense of fun and always loves to play a prank. She is an artist and looks like she wouldn't 't let anybody be too depressed for long
Brave title lads, brave. Probably the best Royal Family in the world..
We couldn't agree more! 😃🇩🇰
the 18% that dont support are not always against the Royal family. I personally don't support them but I dont go against them either, I'm just indifferent towards them.
@@mezahatred Indeed. In the British sense - Churchill, Wilson, Thatcher, Major, Cameron or Johnson - regardless of whether they were 'our' PM - Lizzy was still 'our Queen' - in that respect, even if we don't love them, they are a sort of unifying establishment for a Nation. As a symbol, not an omnipotent ruler.
7 Reasons Why the Danish Royal Family is Better Than the British Royal Family? Det kan vi godt vaere enig om.
I support the title of this video!!!... 😉😁👉🇩🇰
Our Queen is just super, no any other reasons necessary. We love her.
The crown prince of denmark takes his kids to kindergarten riding a bicycle, chased by his bodyguards also on bikes. A friend worked at the kindergarten in Copenhagen and watched it happen every day.
We heard that too, it's really neat that they're so down to earth and involved in their children's upbringing even if they have the means to pass those tasks off onto others.
that's adorable
I dislike the Crown Prince!
He completed his Ironman 5 mins faster than me and is 11 years older than me!
Damn him :)
She is the coolest monarch ever
Queen Margrethe's 2020 covid speech annoucement was like mom calling a family. Everyone I know was like "Ok, it bad, but it cant be THAT bad." Then... "Margrethe is going to speek to the nation?! Omg, this is really really serious."
Yeahh.... I watched it, and stopped working at that moment. I was like WOW!!! That is a real queen.
Yup, we felt like we were little children, getting scolded by the all knowing grandma for doing a bad.
But also calmed the nation down and got people of the idea of stock piling food. Also alot of my friends canceled parties with the simple statement. The queen asked us not to.
Haha true
She was truly inspiring. She absolutely is the grandma of Denmark. She's very beloved to all of us.
You forgot to mention the Queens farther king Frederik was a navy man and was tattooed (pictures in the web) . Rumered to be a real down to earth man 👍 makes me proud to be a danish sailor .
Great video guys , keep it up 👍
Or like His father King Christian X rode through copenhagen each day during the occupation in ww2, he didnt want to cancle his tradition war or not, so he rode his white horse (most often alone) through the city to boost peoples morale.
@@jimmywayne983The later King Frederik IX did not ride af horse during WW2. He rode a bicyckle - and so did his wife, Queen Ingrid.
@@tinorozzo7536 Who mentioned Frederik XI? I am speaking about Christian X ;)
@@jimmywayne983 I am sorry. This was meant for some other comment I saw in the thread. I don't know it ended here. Your comment is absolutely correct. Sorry again!
@@jimmywayne983 And he did.
As a dane it really touches my heart that you say such wonderful things about our royal family. And those little remarks you make about ours being truly better in some ways, just mean that you are danish-americans!
This description of the Danish Royal Family made me so happy! THANK YOU! It is not often, that foreigners really get, what it means to have a REAL LEADER! We feel secure and comforted, as well as it brings glamour and style to our nation
Glad you enjoyed! And fully agree - and HM is a great leader!
This came up randomly in my suggestions, and I'm so happy it did 😄
We do have the best royals! 🇩🇰🤘🏻
I lived in the UK for a while and I was actually taken aback at how much drama and gossip the tabloids were aiming in the British royals' direction, especially growing up in a country like Denmark, where royals were just people like the rest of us...
My dad was in the queen's guard back in the 70s and got to stand guard as Margrethe was just chilling by the pool in a bikini 😄
You guys are fun. Love how you told Oprah how it is, and I'm happy you're enjoying your new home! Happy to have ya! Subbed!
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but Christian X didn't want to bring back absolute power. The reasons for his dismissal of the government in 1920 were a bit more complicated and had to do with the reunification of Denmark and Schleswig after WW1. Following a referendum, Schleswig was to be split in two, with the Northern part (and its Danish majority) returning to Denmark, while the Central part (and its German majority) would remain a part of Germany. The king was not satisfied with this division and ordered the Prime Minister at the time to include the Central part of Schleswig in the reunification process. He refused and chose to resign after a heated discussion with the king, and the king then proceeded to dismiss the rest of the government and installing a Conservative PM who would be more cooperative. This was the king's right according to the constitution, but the action led to massive protests against the crown, and after just five days the king had to back down, dismiss his Conservative PM and install a compromise cabinet until a new general election could be held.
Yeah I know I must be real fun at parties :P I didn't mean to write a novel, but one sentence led to another and here we are. Still a great video. Gave you guys a like and a follow! :)
YESSSS!!! You would be a HIT at our parties - we LOVE history. We did know precisely the details you provided but wanted to condense it and we probably over-simplified it to a point where it lost some historical value. There was also a bit about him wanting the central Schleswig territory because of his family's historic landholdings there - so interesting!
Even if you're the only viewer - we may go all-in and do an entire video on Christian X. His rule straddled such a fascinating period in European history and shaped the modern era too. Thank you so much for watching and adding to the discussion! Happy to have you as a subscriber
@@RobeTrotting I'll be happy to pop by for a history trivia party! :D Just pm me so I know when.
That's just great, I sometimes tend to do the same. But, this is important! Refresh my memory , been away a long time, did middle Slesvig stay Danish?! But, the king's transactions Hillarious, ...they don't mess, when something matters to them. We could use that here in some spots presently. 🇩🇰🌬️🇺🇸🦅🙏📬🌅
@@elizabethhestevold1340 hestevold is a very funny name. Are you aware of its two meanings?
@@limesebastian Excellent sumup!
For Chr X it was kind of a bad move, but not a coup-bad-move and to his credit, he stayed out of politics from then on :)
During the covid we saw what's perhaps the first time ever for most of us, that the queen have made a public speech to the nation that wasn't the traditional new-years eve speech.
She informed us about the importance of having in there and staying safe. Ans she informed us that ofcourse her otherwise great birthday would be canceled for the same reason.
She did an amazing job and inspiring everyone and we had the kids sit and listen to her speech to us. We are so glad to have the royal Danish family here.
We were living here then too and it was really calming and put us a bit more at ease to have her speech, even though it was so unprecedented 😊
fun fact : when Oprah was in DEnamrk in 2009, she was introduced to danish rye breed, and she thought it tasted of earth, but she got ued to the taste after a couple of days, and when she returned to the states there was 5 packets of rye bread hidden away in her suitcase and she had an agreament with the danish woman Nanna Norup, who she visited and introduced her to the bread , about sending her more.
so now she have a slice every morning, and she have promoted it for her fans aswell...
sadly schulstad didnt pick up the gauntlet and made an invasion in the states, but danish bakerys in the states had a big uptake in sales afterwards...
My father was born in Århus, Denmark and he would tell up stories of seeing King Christian X when he was a child. I can not tell you how many times he would tell his children about shaking his hand. I’m sure he didn’t wash his hand for a week.
That’s so cool! What a great experience he had 🤩
They are my favorite royal family, I have given up on the Windsors, the queen has been protecting and enabling Andrew for years, how can you respect that? the future looks bright for Denmark G-d Bless the people of Denmark
Gentleman you forgot to mention that the Danish Royals all went to the same state schools, thus received the same state education as the rest of the population and took the same entrance exams to universities/military schools and academies. This is sill the case with Danish Royals of the school seeking age. The Royal princes are called upon to-do nation military service in the same way that other young Danish men are call upon to do. Kronprins (Crown Prince) Frederik did, all within his power to get himself posted to Afghanistan but, permission wasn't granted. Great video T/U
Love your videos 😊 Just a Quick correction: the first non-noble to marry a King was a balletdanser, Louise Rasmussen, who married King Frederik VII in 1848. At that time it was unthinkable and she could only be titled Countess Danner. She went on to start the Danner Foundation to aid victims of domestic abuse. In Norway a former single Mother will be the next queen and in Sweden a former personal trainer is the next Prince consort to be. Scandinavia rocks 💪❤️
Oooh another great Royals story! In our research, Frederik VII seemed like a very popular guy - he had a crappy childhood and decided he would live life his own way - even if it annoyed the aristocracy (and left Denmark with a succession crisis!) And we love that the Scandi royals are very real people - I think it makes the institution even stronger when it is such an anachronism.
@@RobeTrotting Indeed. And every single one of royals have a great story to be told that not only reflects the time they lived in, but also the maturing and developement of our national mentality. How the different areas traditions, ways of life and also their tenacity to fight for change is very much part of all of us and yet still so different for such a small nation. How we responded to rulers that bankrupted or endagered our independence, and how we in todays age find ourselves having to adapt as the world and our country evolves yet again. It is all so very fascination, so glad you dive in and gives new perspective from the outside.
I Hope you will tell the story of the Queens father, King Frederik 9th, how he was into bodybuilding, had multiple tattoos and also became key in changing the constitution to allow his daughter to be our queen. He was - and still is- remember ed with great love by all. As our Queen is and always will be, especially because they have a great sense of humour and do not hesitate to share it as all Danes do.
A Quick tip to all foreigners: make us laugh, it's the quickest way to get to earn our trust 😊
Humour, self irony and decency before anything else, and this I say coming from outside of the capitol 😊
@@RobeTrotting Yes, Frederik VII was nicknamed "Frederik Folkekær" by the people (Frederik, dear to his people) 😉
And the fact that they travel around Denmark on the royal ship each year is also pretty amazing. They really get out among people, ecspecially Frederik and his family. I had a teacher once who ran a couple miles of the Ironman right next to him and they just talked like two regular people and stuff like that just shows how much trust there is and i think it sends a beautiful message :)
Those travels are actually a continuation of a medieval tradition of traveling the country setting up temporary court at a local nobleman's castle (at his expense) and handling government business for the area before moving on to impose their power at another castle. Now it's entirely symbolic at the local city's expense.
I'm really enjoying your videos. It's so fascinating to hear non-natives' perspective about Denmark. You put a lot of time and effort into these videos. Good job, guys. Have you thought about putting out one more weekly video where it doesn't require as much work from you (e.g. writing a script, finding images and video, editing)? I'm thinking something along the lines of a more "reactionary" video along the lines of your julebryg video. Maybe you try things once a week? Sometimes it's Danish food/things. Sometimes you maybe visit a place and give your thoughts and review. :)
Watching this video made me realize how similar the Danish Royal family is to our Royal family in Norway
Ah very true, similar family and it's nice to hear that they're well-liked and down to earth too
Well, there's a reason for that. They're related. Norway's royal family is, like the Danish, of the House of Glücksborg. King Haakon the VII, the grandfather of King Harald, was born Prince Carl of Denmark, younger brother to King Christian the X of Denmark who was the grandfather of the current Queen. Haakon the VII has the honor of being the only Scandinavian monarch to be democratically elected as King of Norway. Otherwise he wouldn't have taken on the duty.
Makes sense. Probably very alike with Sweden, too
@@Neko141212 they are related to the Swedes as well, but through both King Christian the IX and Queen Victoria. Maude already being a British Princess, had amongst met many cousins, one named Margaretha. She married the Swedish Crown Prince, with whom she had five children. Sadly she died before becoming Queen. She was of course the grandmother of the current King of Sweden. But her only daughter, Ingrid, married the later King Frederik the IX of Denmark. Making Queen Margrethe, named after Margaretha, the first cousin of King Carl Gustav of Sweden.
There is another family relation to the Swedish royal family though, which “helped” spread the lineage even further. The granddaughter of King Christian the IX, Ingeborg, married the Swedish Prince Carl. One of their daughters, Märtha, married the later King Olav of Norway. And another, Astrid, married the later King Leopold of Belgium. Astrid’s daughter, Josephine Charlotte, married the later Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg.
The Danish royal family is related to most of the royal families of Europe. I believe the only ones they are not related to is the Netherlands (apart from cousins from a marriage centuries ago), and Liechtenstein.
There is controversy in Norway, regarding one princess dating an African American.
She is the smartest Queen 👑 I was impressed by her treatment for Countess Alexander who is much luckier than Princess Di.
I looooove the Danish royals and are by far my favorite of the European royals! Y’all did a great job on your video and it was very interesting!
Cheers from Sugarland, Texas ❤️
Another one who loves the Danish Royal Family. The warmth and the smiles. The beautiful speech CP Mary made during the birthday of CP Frederic. Romantic, funny and to the point. ❤ from just another very old Aussie.
I am very proud of the Danish queen and her eldest son - and of course the lovely Crown Princess Mary! They all make us happy to be Danish!!
Great video! I love the Danish royals and I'm so glad I discovered them! It was nice to see what a royal family can actually be and do! Wish more people would actually take the time to broaden their knowledge about other royal families...there IS more than one!
I'm glad you devoted a video to the Danish royal family. and that you pointed out one of the benefits it brings to Denmark. I.e. that the head of state is above the grind of party politics. She can speak to and for all Danes! They certainly seem blessed with a Queen and Crown prince devoted to service and to the country. And Mary if great!
I’m really impressed with your danish pronunciations! Especially Frederik!! 😁👍
Yeah, those soft D's can be a problem for foreigners.
A little Lesson in the princesses dairies, Derek you mentioned in the episode that Crown princess Mary is the original princesses dairies before Kate Middleton, but actually it was Queen Sonja of Norway, because the then Crown prince Harald of Norway said to his father, the king of Norway "that he will remain unmarried, if he couldn't marry Sonja" Sonja was a commoner and they were together for 9 years before they were married
Many years ago, before the world got crazy, the Queen would do her shopping in Copenhagen unescorted, and I was at the palace with my kids to watch the change of guards along with a number of foreign tourists, when I spotted her crossing the square heading home. I asked the Japanese tourists closest if the cared to see the Queen herself and pointed in her direction; but they politely declined out of disbelief.
That's so cool! I've heard that the children still get dropped off at school by Frederik and Mary too - so down to earth and relatable.
@@RobeTrotting I also once watched a Canadian indian chief build a canoe at the Viking Ship Museum at Roskilde assisted by two local boys whom I didn't recognize. I did realise, however, who they were, as I suddenly noticed the woman standing right next to me.
Hi :) Great video. :) I know, it's very hard to explaine the whole Danish history into a video of12 minutes only. But you did a great job. :)
You guys are awesome! The way you are talking about our Queen and her family is amazing! You know so much - so a great Thumbs Up from here - love ya! 😉
Yeah, the new years speech is a big thing here. One year, one of the tv providers had some sort of fuck up that made it impossible for their customers to watch any of the channels. And it happened on new years eve. Before the queen's speech. And people were losing their fucking minds over it xD
My family got hit by the 'black screen'. We were trying the television, didn't work. Went online to stream it, but the website had already crashed from everyone else who were trying to do the same thing. We had to listen on the radio because it's not New Years Eve if you don't hear the speech, damn it!!! That tv provider was in for a looooooooooooooooooooooot of complaints xD
If I didn’t know any better, I would say that you two have become quite smitten with Denmark. Is that true?
Guilty as charged 😀 there is definitely no denying that 🇩🇰
Nice video lads! Can’t wait for the other royal feedback 🤣
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
I am a republican and am fundamentally opposed to our monarchy, but as long as the royal family keeps being so good and down to earth as they are right now, I don't really se a reason to get rid of them just yet. It might be an antiquated system that has no place in the 21st century, but when royals act like the Danish royals do, I think the benefits outweigh the negatives.
Monarchy will be the future again
I feel exactly the same. The Danish republicans are nice, down to earth people - and as long as they behave that way I see absolutely no reason to get rid of them.
I'm not trying to be an idiot, but if you are a republican, I would think you'd be against a monarchy regardless of how "nice" the monrach is. Or what are your reasons to wish for a republic?
Even though I disagree with you politically (I'm a royalist to the bone), I respect your opinion and think it's great you think the monarchy should be preserved for as long as it makes sense.
@@carstenf279 awesome
the interesting thing with the Queens speak in 2020 was that she never makes a speak like that. if i remember correctly thats the first time she has done that. also showing how important that speech was. she normally only broadcast like that at new years eve. so it was a very very important moment.
Yes, I remember hearing that at the time too. It definitely made us take things even more seriously when she delivered that 2020 speech! 😯
@@RobeTrotting As an American it was more comforting to hear the Queen’s address to Denmark than to listen to our own president say it was “like the flu”, and a few months later, after a quarter million deaths in the US, “it is what it is.” So little concern for his countrymen.
Fun fact: at 9:00 in the video they show a picture. The little boy in the front right is my great grandfather!
You make the best videos about Danmark. As a Dansker living in Germany now, its nice to hear about the Danish again, and learning things...Good job...if you come to Jylland dont forget to try what all Danish are doing over there..... shop in fleggard on the other side of the boarder...
I'm from the Philippines and in my opinion, the Danish Royal Family, are awesome, and I love their queen.
She is fantastic 😊🙌🏼
What i find most interesting about our queen is that her job (as she isn't a part of the politics of Denmark) is to both represent Denmark outwards and be a gathering point inwards.
Basically she is to do PR and smooth relations externally and unify the country and be at important opening ceremonies internally.
(Heard it from DR Nyheder)
This... makes me so proud.. when americans starts praising our Royal Family .. ohh btw im so happy the 2 of you chose lil' ol' Denmark
I do think it is amusing that both the sitting monarch for Denmark and England, is not only a queen, but the second with a very noteworthy namesake.
For male monarchs, we have alternating names between Christian and Frederick, with the first Christian crowned 1448, who was suceeded by a john, but after that came a christian, and then our first Frederick who was crowned in 1523.
And while I know some people that don't support the monarchy, even those people watch the Queen's New Year's speech.
(sorry about rambling comment)
And my favorite story about King Christian X, is a story about the supposed flying of the German flag over the Hotel d'Angleterre (then being used as the Germany military headquarters in Copenhagen). The King riding by and seeing the flag, tells a German sentry that this is a violation of the armistice agreement and that the flag must be taken down. The sentry replies that this will not be done. The King then says if the flag is not taken down, he will send a Danish soldier to take it down. The sentry responds, "The soldier will be shot." The King replies "the Danish soldier will be me." According to the story, the flag was taken down.
These are all great stories also! The rotation of Frederik/Christian is an awesome tradition (and I love that the current Queen considers herself a "Christian" to keep it proper". And there are so many good stories of Christian X!
Not John but Hans!
@@steensangill7772 Og kong Hans søn blev den første Hansen :) :)
@@steensangill7772 Hans is John in English. Both come from the Jewish name Johannes.
Nevertheless, his official name was King Hans of Denmark. He ruled Denmark from 1481 to 1513, Norway from 1483 his death and Sweden from 1497 to 1501. He ruled Sweden under the name of Johan ll.
He was followed by Christian 2, King of Denmark and Norway.
You nailed it 😊 yes, we Danish people love our royal family. 😍👍
Your pronounciation of danish words is really good, and the pronounciation of “Frederik” is 100/100.
I appreciate your videos very much, keep it up fellas 🙂👍🏻
Have to say... This is your best video yet... I thought i knew almost all the important bits about the royal family... Man was i wrong... You enlightened me quite a bit... Thank you for that... I am feeling a ton of pride, being both a Dane, and a Royalist...
I think you’re forgetting that the laws on privacy in Denmark are stronger than in the U.K. That then impacts the extent to which the press in each country reports on the private lives of the royals. All other things being equal, the Danish royals could get away with more if they wanted to, simply because the Danish press retains a respectful distance, whereas the British press has no such constraints.
As someone who is half British and half Danish and who has lived in Denmark the last 15 years, I must say the title has me torn ahahaha.
I loved this episode... Us danes love our Royal Fam.
Queen Margrethe also has a keen interest in archeology, and once said that she would have become an archaeologist if not queen.
And she has hosted several tv programmes, where she tells about her family history, the castles, Denmark's history. She is a great storyteller.
Forgot to add number 8 reason out that Queen Margrethe loves to sail and she sails with the ship named Dannebrog visiting towns around our little kingdom. Which make sense we got a lot of islands. One of the ports Dannebrog is Sønderborg right outside Sønderborg Caslte. If she is in Sønderborg they are in Gråsten too.
Very cool - looks like a perfect place to spend the summer, Gråsten Palace and Sønderborg Castle look gorgeous.
only reason the "Dannebrog" is not anchored in Graasten during the summer visit, is that the harbour is too shallow.
Great video guys!
We do love our Royals, despite some everyday controversy! 😉
and they are DKs best export, ever!
- another fun fact about HRH Queen Margrethe 2:
She has studied archeology and been on digs, therefore she took on the challenge of designing her own sarcophagus.
It's stunning! ⭐
She embroideres alter cloths & cloaks, makes decoupage and many other 'small' artistic, bits 'n bobs in her spare time 😉❤
She is a credit to the country and I'm confident that the Crown Prince couple, will be the same, in their time 🇩🇰
The regent does not nave the title HRH.. She is "Her Majesty" ;-)
@@charliebak1505
Yes, she does as translates to HRH
Hendes Majestæt, forkortes H.M. Hendes Majestæt Dronningen (uden navnet) H.M. Dronning Margrethe 2. (med forkortelse og navn)
@@Zandain No she does NOT have the title " Her Royal Highness". Her title is "Her Majesty".. get your fucking facts right..
I met Prince Christian and the twins a few years back at work, some of the sweetest kids I have ever met. They are so down to earth and laid back
that is so cool that you met them! and so glad that they are down to earth - if I was a prince I am not sure I wouldn't be a total brat!
@@RobeTrotting Lol. I guess it ultimately comes down to attitude and upbringing. Like as a prince you may have privileges but that isn't for nothing. Its hard work to work your position and duty as a royal and the royal parents are sure in teaching this. With Great power there must also come great responsibility after all.
Hi... I have to admit, that i´m pretty damn impressed with your historical knowledge,. I think it shows a genuin interests in the country your curremty are lving in.. Love your videos and insight on "The danish way"..... Cant helo thinking tho.... We are a difficult people to get around with arent we ? I mean, with all our unspoken rules and especially the often spoken about "jantelov" .
Once, their was an actor at my school, and he told us about the time he accidently spilled BEER on the queens shoes.
The queen came backstage as the play ended, and the staff and actors had been told to bow before her when she arrived. Of course the actor was exhausted from the play, and had grabed a beer to cool down. but when he bowed, he bowed so much WITH the bottle that the beer came out and splashed the majesty's shoes. when he freaked out and tried to wipe it off, she kicked him away and told him in danish "slap dog af menneske, jeg har fri i aften" witch translates into "Calm down human, it's my day off"
That is so funny, and a great response - and most importantly we understood it in Danish too 😀 🇩🇰
'Menneske' in that context is more like 'man' or 'woman' -- 'Calm down, man....' 'Calm down, woman....' Very colloquial, and nobody in the world uses the word 'human' in that way.
frederik got himself a classic brunette before it was the fashionable thing for a prince to land LOL
Amazing video!!! Was waiting for this!!!!
So glad you liked it! We'll be on time this week haha
You two are doing a job well done on these vidoes> Keep it up!
I have been addicted to this family because they are all so down to earth and the crown prince really loves his wife.
So true, they’re just good people and you can really tell that they care about each other (and Denmark) deeply.
Fun Fact: Queen Margrethe II is also pretty good at Icelandic! The annual Royal Run takes place all across the Kingdom of Denmark, from Greenland to Bornholm.
We didn't realize it was also beyond Denmark. I guess we focused on where Prince Frederik ran in the first year. Such a cool event! It will be nice to have those things back :)
@@RobeTrotting Yup, the Royal Run is always represented in the entire Kingdom but naturally, it’s not possible to have a Royal representative present in each part every year. So usually there is someone present in two-three out of Greenland, Faroes, Jutland, Funen, Zealand or Bornholm. Also, did you know Queen Margrethe II also has an Icelandic surname as she was born princess of Iceland as Iceland was still in a union with The Kingdom of Denmark at the time (until 1944)? This is why Danish is still taught in school in Iceland and many Icelanders speak som Danish and many come to study or live/work in Denmark as young adults.
My grandmother was from Denmark. She immigrated to the US in the mid 30's. When the German occupation happened, her younger brothers stole a rowboat and rowed to Sweden
Love it. By the way, you guys said to keep you accountable regarding the language - you're doing really good!! :) I know it's straight up gag reflex yodle and so hard - my hat's off to you!! There's just one tiny thing.. regarding the name of the queens youngest son, Joachim, the a is a little more emphasized.. like: Yo- A- Kim. But you're doing so good. I btw love all your videos. Have a great weekend :)
Thank you SO much Carina, we're so glad you love the videos and we really do keep trying with our pronunciation. Practice does make perfect and having people listen to us is major incentive to get better haha
@@RobeTrotting I am truly deeply impressed! You're doing way, way better than you think! I know, that it's not just our additional letters that suck. But pretty much our whole alphabet.. and especially our r's. But you are doing so good. Way better than you think. Frederik for one, is a name with 2 of our horrid r's and where we barely pronounce the second e (which is pronounced pretty much everywhere else) But you pronounced it PERFECTLY! Perfect danish r - wow! You're both doing way, way better than you think!
Great video. Much love from Sønderjylland
Tusind tak!
I love your channel because I keep learning new things from our past. I feel I should know some of this 🤔
Thanks guys for choosing my waltz for your video! Best wishes, Nikos
You are beyond welcome! Thank you for commenting and for such a beautiful piece of music 😀🇩🇰 Cheers from Copenhagen!
Really enjoy your videos guys 😊 Pls keep it up 👍🏻🤗
I’m a Dane raised in America, and I am incredibly proud of my royal family.
Why? What have they ever done?
@@lorddaver5729 Did you not watch the clip?
I know the lovely Danish royal family a bit. When I studied Danish, the textbook was about Queen Daisy and her family, her mor & her pa. The family had a people’s referendum to ask the Danes if they wanted the monarchy! It was positive .
Queen Margrethe’s younger son, Prince Joachim, divorced his wife some years ago, but they parted amicably. The late Prince Henrik sometimes complained about his position in the Royal household, but he remained popular. So the Danish Royal Family has been almost free of scandal and are thus better than the British Royal Family.
I'm American and I love to follow the doings of the Danish royal family. They and their country are utterly charming.
the more videos i see with you guys, i wonder if you have realized how much danish you have become over the course of 5 years :) 💓
We actually do realize it fairly often haha. we were thinking of actually using it as a topic, and also some traits/habits we just haven’t picked up.
@@RobeTrotting if you ever come to Vejle again hit me up and ill show you a good time :) or even cook for you since you obviously love Danish food as well :) hahaha
Nice videos.. Keep up the good work. ;)
Maybe you could have a go on the danish viking sites in the city of Roskilde and Lejre... Lejre near Roskilde used to be the capitol of Denmark... At least it is a great experience, and you can even hold your vacation there and live like a viking for a week. :)
Thanks for the idea! We did a day trip to the Viking Ship Museum our first year, but that's all we did in Roskilde. We also went to Dragsholm Slot one day (Derek loves finding haunted historical sites) but we were not making videos yet. It's funny because we were just talking today about how we should plan a return trip with cameras once things open again 😀🇩🇰
What a coincedence.!😁
Well then you should go by Lejre, they builded a full scale viking hall which opened in june 2020.
The whole area there is called “The land of the Legends” in danish “Sagnlandet”
The new hall measures no less than 200 ft in length.
I havent been there myself yet due to covid-19, but it’s definately in the plans for this year with my better half and the kids, when things get better.👍🤗
I served in the Danish Royal Guard a little more than 20 years ago, a firm Royalist by choice. People can say what they want, but we have a very "down to earth" royal family, they dont try to manipulate politics like the british royal family and theres not many scandals around our royal family (now that H.K.H Henrik has passed away, since his dementia did make a few small scenes).
They really are a wonderful family and so down to earth 😀🇩🇰
cool summary. thank you guys
So glad you enjoyed it We'll keep them coming 🇩🇰😀
Thanks for talking so kindly about my country 🙏
Hej Andreas, no problem at all as it comes quite easily 😀🇩🇰
It’s praiseworthy that they don’t differentiate on the ground of skin colour, which is still practiced in many countries. Hats off to the Royals of Denmark who proved unity is strength ❤️
It would be incredibly bad for their image if they did differentiate on skin color. They govern over 3 different countries (Denmark, Greenland and The Faroes Islands), with Greenland having a whole different ethnic group, the Inuit's, the Faroese being a different culture and also 10 % of the mainland Danish population being not ethnically Danish, it would make them look horrible if they did not accept multiculturalism in their own family, when they rule a multicultural realm.
There was a UK Royal Family inter-racial marriage in 2004 when Lady Davina Windsor (great grandaughter of King George V) married Gary Lewis, a Maori gentleman, in 2004. They received Royal assent (as per law for legitimate descendants) and their children, Senna Kowhai (born 2010) and Tane Maputo (born 2012) have been included on the balcony at Buckingham Palace balcony during Queen's official Birthday celebrations (aka Trooping The Colour). Sadly the couple divorced in 2018.
*Archie is currently great grandchild of a Monarch and currently (tks 2 Queen giving Harry titles upon marriage) Archie is entitled to use Earl of Dumbarton and Baron of Kilkeel if he/his parents so desire. If Prince Charles dies before The Queen does I don't know what happens re Prince title. Think of Prince Edward's kids (ie younger son of the Monarch but not Crown Prince) and compare to what Harry and Harry's kids will be IF Prince Charles becomes king ie grandkids of a monarch not in direct line.... Prince Edward's and Princess Anne's and Princess Margaret's kids (despite all being children of a monarch) didn't get Prince/Princess titles. Of Queen's 3 non Crown Prince children, the man considered an arrogant snob by tabloids (maybe not true) and alleged to be a pedo, Prince Andrew insisted upon getting Duke/Duchess titles for himself and wife and Princess titles for his children - but kids and ex wife get no security! All Queen's 3 other kids only get security when doing official engagements- and none of their kids get security. Also, Prince Edward didnt take top titles of Duke/Duchess - as lower expectations - but instead chose Earl and Countess for himself and wife, they only got Viscount Severn and Lady Louise for kids, not Prince/Princess despite being monarch's grandchildren via male line. Princess Anne's 2 husbands took no titles and her kids have taken none either - Captain Mark Phillips said (according to tabloids) 'I don't want any title I haven't earned' - albeit he was an Olympic medal winner and so was Princess Anne (also European Champion) and their kids: daughter Zara Phillips was Olympian and World Champion and Peter Phillips played Rugby for Scotland under 21s.
@@thething9617 the Royal Family's lack of worry about skin colour and ethnicity has very little to do with them needing to "worry about image". It simply is a question of human dignity and is a non issue.
In the late 1600 and 200 years forward the Danish monachy had a profitabel slave business. They owned slave farms in the former danish west indies, and trated 110000 slaves from Afrika. It is nice to see the current royal house embrace divercity, hopefully they will one day acknowledge this fact.
I am from the U.K. and I do not believe they had any worry about Archie’s skin colour, we have had royals with black moor ancestry in the past, and we have mixed people here.
ok since you almost live in denmark now you get a little message in danish.
Pisse god video og det er meget sjov at se at andre end danske der snakker som nogle der er så glade for deres land.
I hope you understand it. :)
Welcome to Denmark- you seem like a nice couple. :) I havent watch your other videos, so I dont know If you made a video about the prideparade in Denmark. Outside of covid its an annual event that is in my mind a public party: "folkefest". Everybody take part in the celebration of diversity and the LGBT movement with no regards to what your sexuallity is or preference. Its a day of love, also for people who are straight, as I am. I've been to the pride multiple time and its really connecting all sorts of people, workers, politician, celebrities, children, grandparents, everybody. In 1989 the danish parliament was the first in the world to allow same sex registrated partnership. Adoption for gay couples was allowed in 2010. The former ambassador Rufus Gifford (2013-2017) married his husband at the danish city hall in 2015. The wedding was attended by Mary and Frederik the crownprince and crownprincess of Denmark. Gifford and his partner came back here, after the ending of Obamas presidency, to celebrate their anniversary.
Thank you, and we do have a video about Pride and one with the American ambassador about Pride as well :)
You guys rock, excellent content from a Dane living in Philadelphia
Thanks Rene. It’s so cool that we switched hometowns. Would love to hear your thoughts on Philly! 😃
@@RobeTrotting love Philadelphia. Came here the first time 34 years ago in the fall. I worked for Carlsberg in sales and marketing, the city has improved tremendously with excellent restaurants and a very cool Beer scene, and awesome coffee, I have lived in other cities in the US but always return to Philadelphia mostly because of the people I have meet here. Also love the history and museum and parks. But thanks again for your great videos.
You guys are so cute! Thank you for this video! it was very educational, even for someone like me, who was born, raised and still lives in Denmark.
This is a bit late, but in regards to the queen. it seems important. In denmark we have a cultural tradition called Revy. Its basicly a theatrical show about current affairs in a very folksy way. Its funny and sarcastic and quite caricaturist. A show of sketches, making fun of politics, famous people, rich people, basicly anyone in the public eye. One guy called Ulf, has been doing this at the scene for 40 years, completely sold out every seat in the theater, for 40 years. One of his characters is in fact the queen. With love and respect he makes fun of her. He dresses up in a galla dress, put on a crown and makes an impressive impresion of her majesty. This year he decided to end his carreer as an actor. So he ended the season, and at that very night, completely by surprice, the Queens turns up unvited, and steps on to the scene and thanked the man for his many years of service on the scene. Some people, through the years, blamed Mr. Ulf for making fun of the Queen, and here she is on stage thanking the man for it. He was stunned, the audience was stunned. It goes to show how very human she is, and her showing this actor such respect, is even more respect to her.
not only that. I think she bestowed on him that night, a decoration "knight of Denmark"
Love your channel. I'm vwry much Danish. And you know more about the royal family than I do lol. Keep up the good work. Hugs and love
Thank you so much Niklas 😃🇩🇰 really happy that you found us and are enjoying our videos. Hugs and love right back to you 🤗
Im impressed at how chill and alive she still our Queen Margrethe
Agreed! She is so so so cool and still does so much for her years 😃🇩🇰
Queen Magrethe also designs her own clothes, if you have ever noticed how interesting her gowns are.
Well done, guys. You really nailed it. Your information was spot on.👍😊
Thank you so much! We love learning more about the history of the royal family (and so much else). This one was super fun to make for us and we're glad you enjoyed it 😀🇩🇰
Nice to see you guys used my info on Ingahild Grathmer. Helms Deep and Isengard from the books are Danish too.. Hjelm Dyb and Isgård ;)
YES! Thanks for the inspiration and the fact, we went down a whole "rabbit hole" of research from your comment. Sorry that we didn't give you a shout out :)
@@RobeTrotting Theres a lot of stories about all this.. Queen Margrethe 2nd may be the only one to tell all about this.
Thats okay, im just happy you guys could use those facts :)
Thanks for the great videos.
I can add that few films has been made which is inspired by Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary's story.
It's called The Prince & Me from 2004 and The Prince and Me 2: The Royal Wedding from 2006