European royal news

Danish queen’s 40th jubilee

Danish queen meets Putin

Below: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Queen Margrethe II of Denmark in Moscow on September 7.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark, during their meeting in Moscow September 7, 2011. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (RUSSIA – Tags: POLITICS ROYALS)

 

Danish royal news

Religious wedding of Princess Nathalie

The religious wedding of Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Alexander Johannsmann took place on June 18 in the German town of Bad Berleburg. Princess Nathalie, who is the daughter of Denmark’s Princess Benedikte and her husband, Prince Richard zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, married Johannsmann in a civil ceremony last year. They have a son named Konstantin.

The first photo below shows the bride’s aunts Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (at left) and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece arriving for the June 18 ceremony. The second photo shows the bride and groom after the ceremony. You can see more photos here.

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe (C) and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (R) arrive for the religious wedding ceremony of Princess Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgestein-Berleburg and Alexander Johannsmann at the Evangelical church in Bad Berleburg June 18, 2011. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY – Tags: ROYALS ENTERTAINMENT)
Princess Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgestein-Berleburg and her husband Alexander Johannsmann (R) smile as they leave the Evangelical church after their religious wedding ceremony in Bad Berleburg June 18, 2011. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY – Tags: ROYALS ENTERTAINMENT)

 

Danish royal visit to the US

Danish queen sees Michelle Obama’s ball gown

On June 7, Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II visited the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. The photo below shows the Queen beside U.S. first lady Michelle Obama’s inauguration ball gown. Margrethe and her husband, Prince Henrik, are making an official visit to the U.S. to strengthen Danish-American relations.

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II smiles next to an exhibit displaying U.S. first lady Michelle Obama’s inauguration ball gown during a visit at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History in Washington June 7, 2011. REUTERS/Mike Theiler (UNITED STATES – Tags: ROYALS POLITICS)

 

Birthday banquet at Danish palace

Today Danish royal family members attended a banquet at Christiansborg Palace to celebrate Queen Margrethe’s birthday. The queen will turn 70 on April 16. (Sorry, the photos originally published with this post have expired.)