Naturally, the seat of the Danish crown is in capital Copenhagen, so start there. Make Christiansborg your first stop – not only for the chance to stand on the balcony where Frederik was declared king, but also to gaze at the Queen’s collection of retina-searing tapestries which document 1,100 years of Danish history, from the Vikings right up to Donald Duck, in spectacular technicolour.
Next, pay a visit to the family home at Amalienborg, Copenhagen’s equivalent of Buckingham Palace. Proof even royals can sometimes do with a little help from Marie Kondo, the public entry showrooms are a delightful chaos of family clutter. Look out for items decorated with the chivalrous Order of the Elephant, an insignia with a remarkable likeness to the turret-topped pachyderm which once stood over London’s Elephant & Castle shopping centre.
Stick around for the changing of the guard, which takes place every day at noon, then head downtown to Rosenborg Castle, a fairytale affair fit for Rapunzal that’s also home to the Crown Jewels. Surrounded by neat lawns in the King’s Garden and even its own moat, Rosenborg was built as a summerhouse in the 17th century, its spiral staircases leading to rooms decorated with ornate tapestries and an anointing throne said to be made from unicorn horns (alas, they are in fact narwhal tusks).
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