Royals: Ride on a roller coaster – Queen Margrethe celebrates her jubilee
Copenhagen (AP) - Queen Margrethe II celebrated half a century on the Danish throne with a ride on an old roller coaster. Together with the head of the Copenhagen amusement park Tivoli, Susanne Mørch Koch, and other guests, the monarch shot through the curves at high speed.Before that, she had been greeted with flags and balloons - and the young Tivoli Guards, who played a march specially composed for the occasion. In the amusement park's pantomime theater, the Queen first viewed an exhibition of costumes, sketches and scenography that the enthusiastic artist herself designed during her long association with Tivoli. "The Queen has contributed to the artistic development of the ballet performances for 20 years as part of the ballet team at Tivoli," said Tivoli boss Mørch Koch. The exh...