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Princess Margrethe (later Queen Margrethe II of Denmark), an accomplished and critically acclaimed painter, was inspired to create illustrations to The Lord of the Rings in the early 1970s. Tolkien liked her woodcut -style drawings, seeing in them a resemblance to the style of some of his own artwork.
Margrethe II (Danish: [mɑˈkʁeˀtə]; Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, born 16 April 1940) is a member of the Danish royal family who reigned as Queen of Denmark from 14 January 1972 until her abdication on 14 January 2024.
The Danish queen celebrated her golden jubilee this year. Here, take a look back at Queen Margrethe's life—from her childhood in Copenhagen through her annual summer vacation in France.
Margrethe II had previously said she would never abdicate the throne. [1] In an interview in 2012 to mark her ruby jubilee, she said she would "remain on the throne until [she fell] off" [2] and added, "In my eyes, it's part of the position that you have when you inherit a monarchy: it is a task you have handed down to you, and that you keep as long as you live, the way my father did and my ...
Queen Margrethe II has been on Denmark’s throne for 52 years and is the current longest-serving monarch in Europe Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II announces shock abdication in New Year’s Eve speech
Margrethe took on the role as queen in 1972, at the age of 31, following the sudden death of her father, King Frederik IX. Margrethe was married to Prince Henrik of Denmark, who died in 2018.
After Tolkien's death in 1973, many artists have created illustrations of Middle-earth characters and landscapes, in media ranging from Alexander Korotich's scraperboard depictions, [25] to Margrethe II of Denmark's woodcut-style drawings, [23] Sergey Yuhimov's Russian Orthodox icon-style representations, [26] and Donato Giancola's neoclassical ...
Queen Margrethe II, Denmark’s monarch for more than half a century, stunned her country when she announced on New Year’s Eve that she will hand over the throne to her eldest son, Crown Prince ...