I smoke wherever there's an ashtray.

I represent all people who are citizens of the Danish nation.

I believe that it is indeed easier for a woman who follows a male monarch, as it was in my case. There was no role model I had to measure up to. It was clear from the beginning that many things would be different, and that helped. And I hope that the same thing will help my son, Crown Prince Frederik, when he becomes king one day.

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

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

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

The Reformation was immensely important for all of Danish culture.