Under the constitution, as the Danish queen I am bound to the Lutheran faith, but that does not exclude people of other faiths.

I smoke wherever there's an ashtray.

In Denmark, the king's faith became the religion of the country, and we are still happy with that today.

I am not a career woman, and I would never have become one in normal life, because I am not ambitious enough for that.

The Reformation was immensely important for all of Danish culture.

Many young Danish theologians went to Wittenberg starting in 1517, listened to Luther's theses and, in 1536, brought the Reformation to our country. This is why the Danes, unlike the people of many countries in Eastern and Central Europe, became Lutherans and not Calvinists.

I believe that the fact that I am religious brings me closer to anyone with a different faith.