Margaret Christina of the United Kingdoms of Scandinavia
| Margaret Christina | |||||
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| Queen of the Scandinavians | |||||
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| Queen of Denmark | |||||
| Reign | April 5, 2020 — present | ||||
| Predecessor | Charles IV | ||||
| Queen of Norway | |||||
| Reign | April 5, 2020 — present | ||||
| Predecessor | Charles VI (Charles IV) | ||||
| Queen of Sweden | |||||
| Reign | April 5, 2020 — present | ||||
| Predecessor | Charles XVII (Charles IV) | ||||
| Born | Margaret Christina Elizabeth Ingrid 2 January 1997 Stockholm Palace, Sweden | ||||
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| House | Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg | ||||
| Father | Charles IV | ||||
| Mother | Joan Mouritsen | ||||
| Religion | Church of Denmark Church of Norway Church of Sweden | ||||
Margaret Christina (Margaret Christina Elizabeth Ingrid; born 2 January 1997) is, in official terms, the Queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, while unofficially, she is formally titled Queen of the Scandinavians. She acceded to the Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish thrones upon the abdication of her father, Charles IV (Charles VI - Norway, Charles XVII - Sweden), on April 5th 2020. Upon her ascension to the throne, she became both Denmark and Norway's second queen regnant, while also becoming Sweden's fourth queen regnant in its history. As per the royal rotation system established by the 1839 Constitution, Margaret Christina's "enthronement" took place in a scaled-down ceremony in Norway, since her father's "enthronement" had previously took place in Sweden. Therefore, the "enthronement" of her successor is expected to take place in Denmark afterwards.
A self-described "futuristic and technophilic Queen", Margaret Christina is an avid supporter of the wider use of technology in daily human lives, and is also an outspoken monarch in favour of automation. Additionally, she has also publicly spoken out in favour of extensive digitalisation across the United Kingdoms, along with both the construction and revamping of cities into smart cities, with both initiatives having received much financial support from the Queen herself.
Since the establishment of the United Kingdoms in 1839, Margaret Christina, due to her decision to adopt a form of double regnal names as opposed to a singular one, thus became the first monarch in the union's history to be referred to with a single regnal number in each of her respective constituent kingdoms, unlike her predecessors whom, in accordance to the 1839 Constitution, are often referred to in each constituent kingdoms with differing regnal numbers due to the varying lists of monarchs that reigned in each of the three kingdoms.
Early Life
Margaret Christina was born on January 2nd 1997 at the Swedish royal residence of Stockholm Palace, as the eldest child of Charles IV, King of the Scandinavians and Joan Mouritsen, a former Swedish lawyer. As the eldest child of the reigning sovereign, Margaret Christina was immediately designated as heir apparent, along with the accompanying title of Crown Princess of the Scandinavians. Her full name, Margaret Christina Elizabeth Ingrid, consisted of names respectively honouring the famed Queen Margaret of Denmark, founder of the Kalmar Union, Queen Christina of Sweden, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, and lastly, notable 20th-century Swedish actress, Ingrid Bergman.
As it was required of her being a future sovereign of the United Kingdoms, Margaret Christina was simultaneously baptised into all of the three Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish national churches. At the same time, the princess's birth, upon being announced to the public across the United Kingdoms, proved to be an immediate source of joy as Margaret Christina was expected to become the second queen regnant of a united Scandinavia after her 15th-century predecessor, Queen Margaret, whom had been the sole female ruler of the former Kalmar Union, which lasted from 1397 to 1537.
Educational Years
Up until the age of five, Margaret Christina initially lived mostly alongside her parents, although on several occasions, the royal family would often alternate between the Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish royal residences. As a result, Margaret Christina herself was summarily exposed to the various and differing cultures within the United Kingdoms at a much tender age. At the age of five, she was enrolled by her parents at a local kindergarten in Stockholm, Sweden, where she was generally described as being able to integrate well with her non-royal peers and alike.
Primary & Secondary School Years
Upon reaching the age of seven, the royal family subsequently moved to Denmark, where after a brief interregnum following their arrival, Margaret Christina was enrolled next at a local primary school, namely the International School of Hellerup, located in the Hellerup district of the capital city of Copenhagen. While there, as to not have the princess distinguished from her peers due to her royal status, Margaret Christina was officially enrolled at the school under her first two names, with the notable absence of her HRH title. Then, at the age of twelve, upon completing her primary school education, she was further enrolled, this time at the Bjerke Upper Secondary School in the Norwegian capital city of Oslo. However, in contrast to the primary school she had previously enrolled in, which had then used the English language as the language of instruction, as opposed to her secondary school which uses the local Norwegian language instead as their language of instruction, the young princess reportedly experienced some setbacks in her academical studies due to her initial inability to learn in a different language. As a result, the princess's hardships caused her parents to temporarily withdraw her from the school to a more private form of education at home, where in addition to the general subjects she was tutored in by her respective tutors, she was also extensively taught in the Norwegian language, as a means to properly facilitate the princess's return to her Norwegian school. Eventually, after a three weeks long interruption in her public studies, and upon being deemed able to communicate in a basic manner in the Norwegian language, Margaret Christina was finally allowed to return back to her secondary school, where in stark contrast to her previous experience at the school, she was able to exhibit a generally modest performance in her studies, thanks to her newfound understanding of the local language itself.
For the final year examination at her secondary school, Margaret Christina was summarily listed as having achieved an A grade in the majority of her subjects, whilst also achieving a B grade in return for the rest of the subjects she took for the examination.
University Years
Upon graduating from the Bjerke Upper Secondary School, after much public debate surrounding her subsequent choice for university, Margaret Christina ultimately chose to take a rather nonpartisan approach by mirroring her own father, whom had prior chose to study abroad at the prestigious University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Eventually, after a two years long study at the university, during which time she met both British prime ministers, David Cameron and Theresa May, Margaret Christina eventually graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in technology which, in a subsequent interview later on, was revealed by Margaret Christina herself to had been a contentious choice, having initially decided against it in favour of a bachelor's degree in the law field instead. Nevertheless, Margaret Christina later publicly spoke out in favour of her said decision, which she then referred to as an "opportunity to be involved in more world-changing decisions than ever".
Having been simultaneously made a member of the council of states of all three constituent kingdoms by her father, Charles IV, upon reaching the age of eighteen, Margaret Christina did not officially begin to assume her role as a said member however until after her graduation from university. Thus, in the days following her return to Scandinavia from the United Kingdom, Margaret Christina immediately begin assuming her duties as a counsellor of state, in which capacity, she would mostly chair the Council meetings in the absence of the King. On January 10th 2018, as Crown Princess of the Scandinavians, Margaret Christina held a private meeting with all three of the respective ministers of education and research from the three constituent kingdoms, after which, she then publicly pledged a total amount of fifteen million dollars in the form of financial funds to the said ministries of all three kingdoms. Later on, she then most notably declared in a speech, "A mighty economy leads to mighty technologies". On March 2018, during the fourth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, Margaret Christina, in her first international speech as crown princess, openly advocated for the "globalisation of sustainable cities across the globe". At the same time, she also concurrently urged for a "progressive" form of financial aid from much wealthier nations to both the developing and underdeveloped countries, both of which she referred to as "untapped hopefuls for a sustainable feature".
In the following month of April, Margaret Christina conducted her first official overseas trip to a foreign country when she visited neighbouring Germany, where she met {wp|German}} Chancellor, Angela Merkel, with whom she held a series of private meetings aimed towards generally improving the pre-existing Scandinavian-German relations, amidst a brief rumour at the time alleging that the two had privately met to discuss a much anticipated entry of the United Kingdoms into the European Union. Nevertheless, over the span of a couple of weeks afterwards, Margaret Christina then embarked on a series of multi-nation trips, nicknamed the NORD-EURO Trips, due to it being centered around the countries of northern Europe, all of which, with the notable exception of Belarus, was visited by the crown princess. Then, in the month of July, her first intercontinental trip abroad came about when she visited the Middle Eastern Sultanate of Oman, whose then ruler, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, she particularly praised for the domestic modernisation and general impartiality in regards to foreign issues achieved by the latter.
Reign
Personal Information
Titles & Honours
- 2 January 1997 - April 5 2020 Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of the Scandinavians
- April 5 2020 - Present Her Majesty The Queen
Honours
National
Denmark:
- Sovereign of the Order of the Elephant
- Master of the Order of the Dannebrog
Norway:
- Recipient of the Royal Family Order of Charles VI of Norway
- Grand Master of the Order of St. Olav
Sweden:
- Sovereign of the Royal Order of the Seraphim
- Sovereign of the Order of the Sword
- Sovereign of the Order of the Polar Star
- Sovereign of the Order of Vasa
- Sovereign of the Order of Charles XIII
- Sovereign of the Order of Charles XIV