What should a queen look like? This question should be well answered, dignified, noble and courteous, such as the Queen of England has always done.
However, the Queen of Denmark, who lives in a fairytale kingdom, shows another possibility - the queen can not only be noble and elegant, but also grounded enough to walk around the market with a vegetable basket.
Born in 1940, the current Queen of Denmark, Margaret, received a good education from an early age, earning her Doctor of Laws degree. She was crown prince in 1953 and ascended the throne in 1972, when she was 31 years old.
In fact, according to the custom of the Danish royal family, the throne will not be passed to women. But her father, Frederick IX, had no sons and even specifically amended the inheritance law in order to make Margaret queen.
Margaret was originally passionate about art, and after being made crown prince, she also had to study history, politics and other subjects, and every day was busy, but she did not feel pressured, and arranged her work and life just right.
It turns out that Margaret did not live up to the expectations of her family and the people. Growing up, she has always been "someone else's child", in addition to this Chinese, she is also fluent in English, French, German and Swedish, and has a wide range of subjects, painting, dance, philosophy, archaeology and so on.
And margaret's most "circle of fans" is her casual attitude to life.
Margaret is 1 meter 8 tall, emaciated, and now an old lady in her 80s, but she is still called a tall posture, so when the aura is fully open, it is indeed very impactful.
However, the Danish people can see her, but she is always smiling and giggling, and it seems that there is never any trouble.
Unlike her cousin, the Queen of England, the Rainbow Suit, Margaret's clothing is highly personalized and tolerant of all kinds of clothing.
She wears many high saturated color dresses, but also keen on more stylish printed skirts, for some of the clothes that walk in the forefront of fashion are also not rejected, but also quite fond of Chinese style, once specially wore Chinese costumes to ask the painter to paint portraits for herself.
If it were not for the status of queen that restricted her, I believe she could also become a fashion blogger who swept the world with her unique dress.
In fact, she does have a similar name - the British Guardian has previously commented that Margaret is the most dressed role model for 50+ people in the world.
Of course, in addition to clothes, Margaret's most talked about is her artistic achievements.
Some time ago, Netflix announced that it would release a new drama "Ehrengard" in 2023, which attracted the attention of many people as soon as it came out, especially in Denmark, for no other reason: Margaret is one of the scene designers of this drama.
Although the queen has also done some artistic work before, this news still makes many people feel unbelievable, until the director of the film confirmed this matter, everyone did not know that the original thing was true.
And the director spoke highly of Margaret, saying that the Queen created many fantasy scenes for the work, which was also the main highlight of the film.
Of course, the director will invite Margaret to participate in the production of this play, not only because of the "Queen of Denmark" gimmick, but also because Margaret's artistic achievements have long been recognized by the public.
For example, the 1977 Danish version of The Lord of the Rings included Margaret's drawings, and she submitted them anonymously at the time, and the author did not know until after the book was released that the manuscript she had hired came from the Queen.
In addition, Margaret's watercolor paintings have also been used by the Danish Post Office to design stamps, the costume background of the Royal Danish ballet "The Wrong Marriage of the Giants", the costume of the ballet "The Nutcracker", the TV background of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Shepherd and the Chimney Sweeper"... Both were written by Margaret.
But when it comes to Margaret's hardcore design, it's a crystal coffin.
In 2018, the Danish royal family posted a photo on social media showing a beautifully designed crystal coffin. The coffin is a joint work of the Queen and a Danish sculptor, and judging from the information revealed by the royal family, it is a "gift" prepared by the Queen for herself a hundred years later.
In fact, it is not surprising that Margaret will make such a move, because since she took the throne, she has been constantly breaking people's stereotypes of the royal family.
The Danish royal family earns €7.6 million a year, of which the Queen and her wife receive 10 percent. It is reasonable to say that this money is also a lot, coupled with the fact that the queen often goes out to "work part-time" to subsidize the family, it is absolutely impossible to have enough money to spend.
But the queen's life is quite simple, and she has been photographed more than once trying to eat in the supermarket, and the vegetable basket that is often mentioned has begun to leisurely visit the market, and the price is even more convenient. If it weren't for the innate aura placed there, it would be exactly like an ordinary little old lady in the city.
As for the so-called "royal majesty"? It is estimated that the queen has long been thrown out of the cloud nine.
Perhaps it is precisely because she never deliberately maintains the distance between the royal family and the people, creating a sense of mystery, but has done many things to close the relationship with the people, so the Danish people do not resent the existence of the royal family.
However, Margaret sometimes even gets controversial because her behavior is too casual.
Among them, the most controversial point about her is smoking. Because Margaret not only smokes, but also has no scruples, she was once asked this question in a media interview: As a queen, do you think there is anything wrong with smoking in public?
Margaret was dismissive of the problem, saying "I think it's okay" and then lit a cigarette.
Because there is too much controversy in the outside world, and even some people publicly criticize the queen for smoking, saying that this practice has damaged the Danish atmosphere, Margaret's husband also directly stood up and replied: smoking damages her own body, she does not care, what is the matter with you.
The Queen's husband, Henrik, was born in the French nobility, and in order to marry the Queen, he gave up his nationality, aristocratic status, and religious beliefs, which is absolutely true love.
The life of two people after marriage is indeed quite sweet, and the most important thing is that they have a common language and are true soul mates. The couple's translation of "People Are Going to Die" has been well received by the industry.
In 2018, Henrik died at the age of 84. Before his death, he also left the queen with one last gift - when the queen could not hide her grief for the funeral, but the entire venue was covered with flowers designed by Henrik himself, and this special gift really made people feel the fairy tale love.
Among the royal families of the world, the love of Margaret and his wife is absolutely a clear stream, which makes people envious. But think about it, what kind of person you are, what kind of people will be attracted to you.
A maverick and virtuous woman like Margaret will naturally have an unusual man to guard her.
This is the gift of fate.