Guest list for dinner and dance at Fredensborg Palace

The Danish Royal Court has published the guest list for the dinner and dance at Fredensborg Palace 16th April 2010 on the occation of HM Queen Margrethe's 70th birthday:

Royal guests with spouses/partners and some other relatives and dignitaries (excerpts only)

The Danish Royal Family (with in-laws)

HM Queen Margrethe II
HRH Prince Henrik
HRH Crown Prince Frederik
HRH Crown Princess Mary
HRH Prince Joachim
HRH Princess Marie

HRH Princess Benedikte
HSH Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
HSH Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Carina Axelsson
HSH Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Alexander Johannsmann

HM Queen Anne Marie of the Hellenes
HM King Constantine of the Hellenes
HRH Princess Alexia
Sweden
HM King Carl XVI Gustaf
HM Queen Silvia
HRH Crown Princess Victoria
Daniel Westling
HRH Prince Carl Philip

The Netherlands
HM Queen Beatrix
HRH Prince Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange
HRH Princess Máxima

Norway
HM King Harald
HM Queen Sonja
HRH Crown Prince Haakon
HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit

Luxembourg
HRH Grand Duke Henri
HRH Grand Duchess Maria Teresa

Iceland
Dorrit Moussaieff (wife of the President)

Members of Prince Henrik’s family
Jean-Baptiste de Laborde de Monpezat (brother)
Gill de Laborde de Monpezat
Etienne de Laborde de Monpezat (brother)
Isabelle de Laborde de Monpezat Guillaume Bardin (nephew)
Laurence Bardin
Francoise Bardin (sister)
Claude Bardin Maurille Beauvillain (sister)
Jacques Beauvillain
Benoit Beauvillain
Laurie Beauvillain

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Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg
Countess Gunnila Bernadotte af Wisborg
Count Michael Bernadotte af Wisborg
Count Bertil Bernadotte af Wisborg
Countess Jill Bernadotte af Wisborg

Dimitri Romanoff
Dorrit Romanoff

HE Count Ingolf of Rosenborg
Countess Sussie of Rosenborg
HE Count Christian of Rosenborg
Countess Anne Dorte of Rosenborg
Count Karin of Rosenborg
Mikael Warberg Desirée af Rosenborg
Hr. Peter Rindom

HSH Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe
HSH Princess Ilona of Schaumburg-Lippe

Other dignitaries
Prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Sólrun Jákupsdóttir Rasmussen
Chairman of the Folketing, Thor Pedersen
Ingelise Pedersen
HE President of the Supreme Court, Torben Melchior
Barbara Louise Melchior
Foreign secretary Lene Espersen
Danny Espersen

In addition there were members of the royal court present. According to various media, HM King Juan Carlos and HM Queen Sofia of Spain, HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as well as King Albert and Queen Paola of the Belgians had to cancel due to transport problems (closed air traffic). The king and queen of Norway came to Fredensborg by car, while Crown Prince Haakon, for a while stuck in London on his way home from Qatar, also used a car in order to get to Denmark in time.

The full guest list can be viewed here.

Guest list for Gala performance at The Royal Theatre

In connection with the celebrations of HM Queen Margrethe II's 70th anniversary The Danish Royal Court has published the guest list for the Gala performance at The Royal Theatre in Copenhagen on Thursday 15 April 2010.

Excerpts:

The Danish Royal Family (with in-laws)

HM Queen Margrethe II
HRH Prince Henrik
HRH Crown Prince Frederik
HRH Crown Princess Mary
HRH Prince Joachim
HRH Princess Marie

HRH Princess Benedikte
HSH Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
HSH Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Carina Axelsson
HSH Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Alexander Johannsmann

HM Queen Anne Marie of the Hellenes
HM King Constantine of the Hellenes
HRH Princess Alexia

Sweden
HM King Carl XVI Gustaf
HM Queen Silvia
HRH Crown Princess Victoria Daniel Westling
HRH Prince Carl Philip

Norway
HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit

Luxembourg
HRH Grand Duke Hwenri
HRH Grand Duchess Maria Teresa
(not in the published guest list, but spotted on TV)

Iceland
HE President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
Dorrit Moussaieff

Finland
HE President Tarja Halonen
Pentti Arajärvi

Members of the Danish Government with spouses
The President of the Folketing with wife
The President of the Supreme Court with wife

Representatives of the Church, the Royal Court and staff, diplomacy and of Denmark’s political and cultural life.

Others
Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg
Countess Gunnila Bernadotte af Wisborg
Count Michael Bernadotte af Wisborg
Count Bertil Bernadotte af Wisborg
Countess Jill Bernadotte af Wisborg

Members of Prince Henrik's French family
Etienne de Laborde de Monpezat (brother)
Isabelle de Laborde de Monpezat
Jean-Baptiste de Laborde de Monpezat (brother)
Gill de Laborde de Monpezat

Jacques Beauvillain
Maurille Beauvillain (sister)
Benoit Beauvillain
Laurie Beauvillain
Claude Bardin
Francoise Bardin (sister)
Guillaume Bardin (nephew)
Laurence Bardin

Descendants of the House of Glucksburg with spouses
HE Count Christian of Rosenborg
Countess Anne Dorte of Rosenborg
HE Count Ingolf of Rosenborg
Countess Sussie of Rosenborg
Charlotte of Rosenborg
Torben Gyldenfeldt Wulff
Feodora of Rosenborg
Morten Rønnow
Countess Dorrit of Rosenborg
Bent Marquard Lund
Count Axel of Rosenborg
Countess Jutta of Rosenborg
Josephine of Rosenborg
Thomas Chr. Schmidt
Camilla of Rosenborg
Mikael Rosanes
Count Carl Johan of Rosenborg

HSH Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe
HSH Princess Lena of Schaumburg-Lippe
HSH Princess Eleonore-Christine af Schaumburg-Lippe

Erik Vind (a grandson of Prince Erik)
Susanne Vind

The full list can be found here. I had originally intended to include all the members of the Danish nobility present, but found out that it would take too much time to go through my copy of Danmarks Adels Aarbog to identify everyone!

Updated with minor corrections on Saturday 17 April 2010 at 11.55. Thanks to Stig Nielsen at the Scandinavian Royals Message Board for additional information.

Royal Theatre gala performance in an ash cloud

The eruption of Eyjafjallajökull at Iceland has caused problems also for guests travelling to Denmark to take part in the celebrations of HM Queen Margrethe II's 70th anniversary. Volcanic ash has been spread by wind to most of Northern Europe. Volcanic ash contains tiny particles of rock which may cause serious problems for air planes, and for security reasons air space has been closed or is about to close in several countries, including Norway, United Kingdom, Sweden and Denmark.

The original plan was that the King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway would attend the gala performance in the Royal Theatre on Thursday night, while Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit would join them on Friday for the main celebration. But Queen Sonja was not able to fly to Copenhagen and therefore had to drive by car to Oslo. The Crown Prince had intended to preside over the Council of State at the Royal Palace in Oslo on Friday morning before heading for Copenhagen, but he got stuck in London on his way home from Qatar.

King Harald V takes his constitutional duties seriously and has decided to stay behind to preside over the Council of State. According to the deputy information director Sven Gj. Gjeruldsen at the Norwegian Royal Court, the only representative of the Norwegian Royal House tonight will be Crown Princess Mette-Marit, who travelled by car early Thursday morning. She will attend all the arrangements on Thursday and Friday. Her husband will drive from London to Copenhagen and is expected to arrive in time for the gala dinner on Friday night.

Queen Sonja will drive by car to Denmark early on Friday, while the king will join her after the Council of State has taken place. If the weather conditions change to the better on Friday afternoon, the king and queen might take a plane instead, but as it looks now the airspace will be closed the whole Friday and probably also on Saturday. King Harald V's is going to President Lech Kaczynski's funeral on Sunday in Krakow, but that trip might also be cancelled.

Banquet at Christiansborg Palace

HM Queen Margrethe II of Denmark celebrates her 70th birthday on Friday 16 April. Tonight a banquet was held at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen with representatives of the official Denmark.

From the guest list:

HM Queen Margrethe II
HRH Prince Henrik
HRH Crown Prince Frederik
HRH Crown Princess Mary
HRH Prince Joachim
HRH Princess Marie
HRH Princess Benedikte
HSH Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

In addition members of the Government with spouses, the chairman of Folketinget with wife, the President of the Supreme Court, the royal court and many others. You can read the full guest list (in Danish) here.

Other information about the celebrations:

• HM The Queen's 70th birthday (official website)