My father had no sons, so I became queen. The only thing I had to do was perform the role.

There are indeed ways for a queen to say what she thinks.

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

We are being challenged by Islam these years. 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.

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 smoke wherever there's an ashtray.

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