Comic book about Queen Margrethe released
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Some 76 pages long, 'Daisy a princess in Denmark' includes true stories from the Danish monarch's life
'Daisy – a princess in Denmark', a comic book biography of Queen Margrethe II, was officially launched on September 16 at the French Embassy in the centre of Copenhagen.
According to it authors, Erik Swan and Thierry Capezzone, the illustrated biography will be the first instalment.
It covers the first 32 years of Margrethe's life, from her birth to coronation, and includes some episodes that many people will have never heard about before.
Once upon a time
The story begins just a week after the German occupation of Denmark in 1940, when a princess is born at the royal palace in Copenhagen.
She is baptised Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, but people mostly call her by her family nickname, 'Daisy'.
Initially, everyone expects Daisy will remain 'just' a princess for the rest of her life.
But shortly before her 12th birthday, this studious and thoughtful girl finds out that one day – thanks to a constitutional change to the Danish Act of Succession – she will take over her father's throne and become Her Majesty Queen Margrethe.
To be continued ...
Over the course of 76 pages in their comic book, the France-based, Danish author Erik Swan and the Frederiksberg-based, Danish-French artist Thierry Capezzone unfold an adventurous story based on the life of Queen Margrethe II.
The first volume ends when king Frederik IX dies in January 1972, and a day later Daisy is crowned the queen of Denmark.
Margrethe II of Denmark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margrethe_II_of_Denmark
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik,_Prince_Consort_of_Denmark
Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik,_Crown_Prince_of_Denmark
Frederick IX of Denmark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_IX_of_Denmark
Ingrid of Sweden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_of_Sweden
Princess Benedikte of Denmark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Benedikte_of_Denmark
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Anne-Marie_of_Greece