"I was supported from every side by my family and by the ministers, but so much also by the people."

"That cold January day - and so many people... I'd never imagined it would happen nowadays."

"We were so busy that we didn't have time to think about how terrible it was or - in fact it felt strangely natural."

"God's help, the love of the people, the strength of Denmark."

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

"Being Queen is a profession, a job, a position, an office that one cannot put aside when you come home from work. It …"

"I would like to stress that the obligation [of being Queen] has always been driven by joy. The joy is rooted in the w…"

"I have always felt that it is a task that you are given, and that you have it as long as you live. That is my fundame…"

"For me, it [being Queen] is a responsibility that does not include abdication. It is a task one has been given and ta…"

"Gradually he [King Frederik] showed me everybody was going to help me in this...it was not a terrifying thing, but a …"