Queen Margrethe: My parents disliked nazis

Queen Margrethe of Denmark addressed allegations in Peter Kramer’s book, which claims the Danish royal family had close connections with Nazis in the 1930s. In an interview with Kristeligt Dagblad, the Queen clarified that her parents attended a hunting exhibition hosted by the German Hunting Association, led then by Hermann Göring, Hitler’s right-hand man. Queen Margrethe recounted her mother found Göring dreadful and did not value him at all. Her father, King Frederik IX, visited Bayreuth due to his fascination with composer Richard Wagner, the same city Hitler frequented. However, her father and Hitler never met, something her father was very pleased about. Historian Steen Andersen criticized the book, calling it ‘smut literature’ and noted that the royal house followed instructions from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The interview also touched upon the Queen’s New Year speeches, her hobbies like embroidery, her role in the Danish church, and her admiration for J.R.R. Tolkien.