April 16, 1958
Princess Margrethe, the eldest daughter of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid of Denmark celebrated her 18th birthday today with new duties and responsibilities, reports the New York Times.
Princess Margrethe, the eldest daughter of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid of Denmark celebrated her 18th birthday today with new duties and responsibilities, reports the New York Times.
This morning the "tall, vivacious Princess" began her new duties as a future Queen. At a "solemn ceremony" at Parliament House, Christianborg Palace, she was sworn in as a member of the State Council."
The princess will also sit with the King at the weekly Cabinet meetings and will act as regent when her father is "absent from Denmark.
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