On Tuesday, December 31, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark delivered her Nytårstale (New Year’s) speech from Christian IX’s Palace in Copenhagen.

If you understand Danish then please click here to watch Her Majesty’s speech.

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Please click here to watch this year’s edition of Året i Kongehuset (a year with the Danish royal family).   🙂

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On the afternoon of Sunday, December 15, 2013, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark accompanied by their two children, Prince Henrik and Princess Athena, visited the Julebyen Tønder (Christmas City Tønder).

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On December 15, 2013, Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark accompanied by their four children arrived at the Esajas Kirke in Copenhagen to attend a Christmas concert performed by the Danske Musikkonservatoriums Børnekors (Royal Danish Academy of Music Children’s Choir).

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On December 2, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark arrived at the Vor Frue Kirke in Copenhagen to attend a memorial service for the late Nelson Mandela.

The former South African President and Nobel Peace Prize winner passed away on December 5, 2013, from  a respiratory tract infection at his home in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa at the age of 95.

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On December 12, 2013, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark arrived at the Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning to attend the opening of 17th LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships.

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