Queen Margrethe and Sisters Visit King Frederick's grave

Royal sisters lay wreath on their father's tomb. 

Since not everyday a crowned head celebrates his ruby anniversary, Denmark has laid a series of festivities and events in line with the queen's 40^th year anniversary. On the morning of Jan. 14, the queen, together with her younger sisters, Princess Benedikte and Queen Anne-Marie of the former kingdom of Greece, paid a visit to their parents' tombs at Roskilde Castle. She was with her consort, Prince Henrik, her sons Princes Frederik and Joachim, and daughter-in-law Crown Princess Mary. Princess Marie bailed out from the event because of her pregnancy. Meanwhile, the queen's sisters, Queen Anne-Marie and Princess Benedikte were each accompanied by their husbands, King Constantine II and the Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.

Each sister laid a wreath on their father's father tomb. The queen laid blue wreath, Queen Anne-Marie, yellow, and Princess Benedikte pink. A synchronized curtsey followed, led by the crown prince of Denmark, Prince Gustav (Princess Benedikte's son, and Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece.