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A Happy Birthday to Her Majesty

In honour of the anniversary of the birth of Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, I raised a glass of Warre’s (Purveyors to the Household of the Queen of Denmark) this evening. May God bless and keep Her Majesty!

Some of you may recall that Her Majesty is of a somewhat artistic temperment. She sent her sketches inspired by The Lord of the Rings to J.R.R. Tolkein while he was alive, and the author liked them so much he had them published in the Danish edition of the trilogy. Above is an episcopal cope designed by Her Majesty in 1988 for the Cathedral of Viborg.

His Royal Highness Prince Christian, the Queen’s grandson and the future King of Denmark.

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Naturally, we also wish a very happy birthday and many, many bountiful blessings to another of Christendom’s reigning monarchs: Christ’s vicar and our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, who, it seems, is a reader of Chronicles. God bless our Pope, the great, the good!

Published at 9:39 pm on Monday 16 April 2007. Categories: Monarchy People Tags: , , .
Comments

Her comments on Islam were very interesting, particularly in this age of appeasement and multi-culturalism:

“We are being challenged by Islam these years. Globally as well as locally. There is something impressive about people for whom religion imbues their existence, from dusk to dawn, from cradle to grave. There are also Christians who feel this way. There is something endearing about people who give themselves up completely to their faith. But there is likewise something frightening about such a totality, which also is a feature of Islam. A counterbalance has to be found, and one has to, at times, run the risk of having unflattering labels placed on you. For there are some things for which one should display no tolerance. And when we are tolerant, we must know whether it is because of convenience or conviction.”

Amen!

— dbkenner 17 Apr 2007 11:15 am

Indeed, well spoken words by Queen Margrethe.

In this age of globalism, multi-culturalism, & multi-national corporatism, tolerance as an ideal may be a necessity, but toleranace of fanaticism, religious or otherwise, is foolhardy, & perhaps all too often the result of convenience rather than wisdom.

— kd 17 Apr 2007 1:03 pm

Happy Birthday wishes to the queen, but not to the Pope?

That’s odd… no?

— latinmass1983 21 Apr 2007 10:20 am

Happy Birthday wishes to the queen, but not to the Pope?

That’s odd… no?

Perhaps you should have read the post in its entirety; I direct your attention to the final paragraph.

— Andrew Cusack 22 Apr 2007 7:37 am

I stand directed and corrected…

— latinmass1983 22 Apr 2007 7:52 pm
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