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

A tree without roots will fall over, whereas a tree with roots eventually becomes part of a forest.

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

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

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

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

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