Danes are proud of their queen and their royal monarchy. Queen Margrethe is widely respected for her intellectual prowess and great tolerance. Opinion polls in Denmark put support for the monarchy at over 90%.
Margrethe, a striking six footer, educated at Cambridge, the LSE, the Sorbonne, and in Denmark, speaks five languages and is an accomplished stage and textile designer and book illustrator. She is known as being Europe's most intellectual queen.
Queen Margrethe is a chain smoker, and she is famous for her tobacco habit. The Danes, who can be very stubborn, are famously protective of their queen. When the Swedish media had the temerity to criticise her smoking, Danes thundered back: "Mind your own business, Swedes."
Queen Margrethe smokes a strong weed - stronger than the guidelines of the European Union allow. Her favourite cigarettes, Karelia non-filters, are therefore no longer on sale in Denmark. The nicotine and tar values exceed the limits fixed by the EU. Karelia cigarettes, which are produced in Greece, were imported into Denmark for the royal smoker Margrethe above all.
Queen Margrethe has a reputation for being one of Europe's most modern and progressive monarchs
The Queen keeps dogs, dachshunds rather than corgis, and occasionally drives in an open-topped gold carriage.
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