Now it appears the Queen has cancelled her trip, but Swedish media speculates it has to do with her health rather than the Danish funeral.
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: The Swedish Court has announced that neither
: the King nor the Queen will not be
: attending. I have not heard about the
: Norwegians yet.
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: Carl Gustaf is Margrethe's first cousin and
: he
: and Silvia had a close bond with Queen
: Ingrid so i would not be surprised to see
: Swedish and even Norwegian Royals in their
: capacity as relatives attend.
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: The Danish court has stressed the private
: nature of the funeral. I am not even sure if
: it will be televised.
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: I am expecting no foreign royals except
: those with a close relationship like Queen
: Anne-Marie and her children and ditto with
: Pss Benedikte. Queen Sofia might go as a
: closely related in-law, but I would expect
: it to go no further than that.
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: I have seen nothing officially announced
: about
: foreign royal guests for the funeral - has
: there been anything in the Danish press on
: whether there are official invitations or
: this is considered a more private event?
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: There has been a change in the Swedish royal
: calendar indicating that Queen Silvia will
: attend the funeral. She and the King were
: both scheduled to visit the Olympic games in
: Korea, but the calendar now only states that
: King Carl Gustaf will visit. She might also
: be accompanied by one or two of his sisters,
: who are cousins of Queen Margrethe.
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: King Harald and Queen Sonja have no
: engagements on February 20, and are both
: likely to attend even if it is a private
: event (they are very close to Queen
: Margrethe). Possibly also their children.
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: Among the British royals, almost all have
: other engagements on that day, leaving the
: Duke of York or the Wessexes as the most
: likely representatives (if any).
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: The Belgian royal family has their annual
: commemoration service for deceased members
: of the family on February 20, which makes it
: unlikely with senior representatives from
: that country.
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: The Dutch royal family has nothing scheduled
: as far as I can see, they are on vacation in
: Lech this week it seems. No official events
: in the Luxembourg calendar either.
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: The Spanish King has an engagement (he was
: not likely to attend anyway), and the family
: is most likely to be represented by Queen
: Sofia.
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