Friday, August 27, 2010
Of Kings and Queens
Today we visted Amalienborg, the palace of past kings and queens, and of Queen Margarethe, the current queen of Denmark. Although she was in residence, she would not agree to see us, so we had to be content with watching the changing of her guards.One guard changed his uniform with the guard next to him while several hundred people watched in awe.The posted picture today shows the guards after they had finished changing, and the sergeant had shown his approval by shoutng "Right Dress" There is also a picture of a large statue in the palace square, in honour of a former king, Frederick V, and behind you can see one of several large identical palace residences. Not content with a separate house for each member of the family, the royals had several palaces in various parts of Denmark. At the end of the street is a magificent church where the queen goes to worship, and which is open to the public. An exterior picture is included in today's blog.
Tomorrow, we leave Copenhagen and board The Vision of The Seas to start our Baltic Cruise, and as we did yesterday, we will end today with a cabernet!..............Cheers
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An interesting, but little know fact, is that Queen Margarethe of Denmark is a member of the secretive Bilderberg Group which strives for world domination. Their plans involve total manipulation of world governments, all financial institutions and elimination of about 90% of the world's population by various assorted inhumane means to simplify control. Other than that, I understand she is a nice lady.
ReplyDeleteOh darn! I thought you were visiting Aliens and Borgs! Just when I thought this trip was taking on an interesting sci-fi quality!
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