Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary to Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik of Denmark, who got married on this day in 1967. Take a look at scenes from their wedding below-
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Then Crown Princess Margrethe rode in a State Coach with her father through the crowd-lined streets of Copenhagen.
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The Wedding Ceremony was held in the Holmens Kirke.
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The couple rode back to Amalienborg Palace in the State Coach and then appeared on the balcony of the Palace.
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Afterwards, there was a reception for 400 guests in the courtyard of nearby Fredensborg Palace. Later there was the Wedding Ball inside the Palace, which was attended by foreign royal guests. Among those present were Queen Ingrid of Denmark (mother of the bride, wearing the Floral Aigrette Tiara), King Frederik XI of Denmark (father of the Bride), Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (wearing the Stuart Tiara), King Gustaf Adolf of Sweden (grandfather of the Bride), Princess Sibylla of Sweden (aunt of the Bride, wearing the Leuchtenberg Sapphire Parure), the Duchess of Kent (wearing the Cambridge Sapphire Parure), Princess Benedikte of Denmark (sister of the bride, wearing Queen Sofia’s Star Tiara), Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (brother-in-law of the bride), King Olav V of Norway, Princess Caroline Mathilde of Denmark (aunt of the Bride, wearing Queen Alexandrine’s Fringe Tiara), Princess Margretha of Denmark (wearing her Floral tiara), Crown Prince (later King) Carl Gustav of Sweden (cousin of the Bride), Crown Prince (later King) Harald of Norway, Crown Princess (later Queen) Beatrix of the Netherlands (wearing Queen Emma’s Diamond Tiara), Alexander Ramsay and Lady Saluton, the Haga Princesses (cousins of the Bride), Prince Bertil of Sweden (uncle of the Bride),
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