Word: frederik
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There were other good wishes for the greatest Briton of his time. Telegrams, letters and parcels poured in on him all day. Denmark's King Frederik and Queen Ingrid toasted him at a lunch in the Danish embassy, while in the streets outside a huge crowd greeted him with shouts of "Good old Winnie!" "His life," said London's Evening Standard, "is the most important individual strand in the weave of the 20th Century...
Died. Prince Harald of Denmark, 72, brother of Norway's King Haakon VII and uncle of Denmark's King Frederik IX, husband of Princess Helena (expelled, after Denmark's liberation, for her pro-Nazi activities); of a heart attack; in Copenhagen...
...Copenhagen, Denmark's King Frederik IX took the day off with a touch of lumbago. The rest of the family was feeling poorly, too. Queen Ingrid had the flu, and the three little princesses had chicken...
...Denmark outdid itself to celebrate King Frederik IX's soth birthday. Among his gifts: a racing motorboat, two carpets, a big electric stove with kitchen utensils, a tractor for plowing fire belts in the royal forest and, from a nine-year-old wellwisher, a letter containing some cigarettes...
Like a businessman at a luncheon table, Frederik spoke of a king's activities: signing of appointments and laws every day, weekly conferences with Premier and Foreign Minister, fortnightly public audiences, state councils at least once a month. He added: "If there is something else, they just phone me." The radio reporter interrupted...