MARGRETHE II (2)

The Queen of Denmark has been on the throne since January 1972. Today she becomes the second longest serving monarch in Danish history, surpassed only by the seventeenth century Christian IV, the guy who built so many of Copenhagen's buildings. Coming to the throne as a boy, he reigned for 60 years, so Margrethe II has some way to go. Having said that, she seems in pretty good health, so it is not impossible that she will break the record.

Walter Blotscher