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...King Frederik of Denmark, "strongest monarch in history" [TIME, May 21]: this claim by his onetime physical instructor, in behalf of the Danish sovereign, might reasonably be disputed by a Thracian peasant, C. Julius Maximinus...
Cheered on by his royal father, Prince Knud, brother of Denmark's King Frederik and heir apparent to the crown, eleven-year-old Prince Ingolf set off in a 1,300-ft. soapbox derby near Copenhagen. His car hit a top speed of more than 18 m.p.h., but he finished eighth...
Denmark's King Frederik and Queen Ingrid, escorted across the North Sea by three British destroyers, arrived in England for the first state visit by a Danish sovereign since 1914. After a Buckingham Palace banquet and a Guildhall luncheon, King Frederik was host at a Danish embassy party where he calmly broke tradition by smoking during dinner, was calmly imitated by his guest of honor, King George VI. Frederik, proud of his un-kingly tattooed dragons and birds, picked up during his navy days, also had time to phone his "compliments" to an old friend, British Physical Training Instructor...
...52nd birthday, Denmark's Queen Inqrid designed a special present for King Frederik: a breakfast table for twelve, with an electric-powered revolving center which guests may start or stop by pushing a button...
...Highest paid: Britain's George VI, with $1,148,000. Denmark's Frederik IX gets $296,671; The Netherlands' Juliana, $263,158; Greece's Paul I, $230,000; Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg, $146,000; Norway's Haakon...