You are handed your job as the old king or queen dies... It is not a life sentence, but a life of service.


On Queenship, in an interview with the BBC during her Ruby Jubilee (13 January 2012)

BBC Denmark's Queen Margrethe marks 40 years

Margrethe II of Denmark Quotes

You are handed your job as the old king or queen dies... It is not a life sentence, but a life of service.

You are handed your job as the old king or queen dies... It is not a life sentence, but a life of service.

You are handed your job as the old king or queen dies... It is not a life sentence, but a life of service.

You are handed your job as the old king or queen dies... It is not a life sentence, but a life of service.