The Royal Family usually spends their Christmas in Marselisborg Palace in Århus - this being the Royal couple's holiday residence.
Since Marselisborg Palace is a holiday destination of the Royal Family, I would like to give some info's.
A Royal holiday destination
Holidays, pleasure and family life are closely inter-linked for most of us - as it is for the Danish Royal family which takes its refuge at the Marselisborg Palace in Århus - this being the Royal couple's holiday residence.
There is music on the quay and many hands waving small Danish flags when the Århus citizens come to the harbour in the summertime to greet the city's most popular holiday guests - Queen Margrethe and her family. Year after year they arrive in Århus by ship to spend part of the summer holiday at the Marselisborg Palace, where they usually also spend Christmas and Easter.
The Queen got a taste for life in Århus as early as 1961 when she was studying political science at the University of Aarhus and stayed at one of the local residence halls. She spent much of her time taking part in the excavations at the Prehistoric Museum in Moesgaard where she is still a frequent visitor.
A present from the Jutlanders
Originally the Marselisborg Palace was erected as a national gift for the present queen's grandparents, Prince Christian and Princess Alexandrine, back in 1902. Some local Jutlanders wanted to present the royal family with a residence in Jutland, and they collected a total of 150,000 kroner for its construction.
The gift was very well received by the recipients. After Prince Christian became king, Marselisborg remained very special to him and his family. He resisted all building activities around the palace because this would destroy the unique view of the bay and instead he bought up the land thereby turning the original 13.5 acres into the present 50-acre estate.
Following the death of King Christian his widow often stayed at the palace until she died in 1952. Thereafter the palace lay dormant until Crown Princess Margrethe and Prince Henrik initiated a major renovation of the estate in 1968. The palace was refurbished, as were the furnishings, and many new items of furniture were purchased.
Public allowed in the park
When the royal family are not in residence, there is free admission to the palace park for the public from morning till evening. Here you can follow the changing of the seasons in terms of both wildlife and vegetation.
The plants for the garden were originally selected by Queen Alexandrine. Today Queen Margrethe consults the palace gardeners regarding what she wants done. She has her own opinions as to the colours and shapes of rhododendron beds and the rose garden, whereas the Prince Consort, who takes a keen interest in gastronomy, rules in the vegetable garden.
A relaxed lifestyle, spending time with family and friends, strolls together with their many dogs, and hours spent on the tennis court, are special pleasures enjoyed and often expressed by the royal family about their holidays in Århus. They also always find time to go to church. Professor Christian Todberg, who is the royal family's chaplain, lives in Århus, and the royal family attend the service at the Cathedral both in connection with the festivals of the year and family functions.
Taking part in the life in the city
The royal couple also show their close relationship with Århus by their active participation in the life and matters of the city. The Queen is the patroness of the Aarhus Festival and the Old Town urban museum which she is fond of visiting both officially and in private because of her continuing interest in history.
Therefore, Århus inevitably provides the setting for many of the motifs in the royal family's personal photograph album; Christmas in the bosom of the family; Easter egg hunting in the park; Christenings and students' celebrations. For a hundred years now, the capital of Jutland has had the privilege of being the city of royal relaxation and pleasure.
Danish Christmas 2003
Alexandra samler familien om far - 27.12.03
Denne jul var noget helt specielt for prinsesse Alexandra. For første gang, siden hun blev Danmarks prinsesse, fejrede hun jul med sin egen familie – og ikke hos dronningen på Marselisborg.
Julen i år var noget ganske særligt for prinsesse Alexandra. Sammen med prins Joachim og børnene havde hun inviteret sine forældre og sine to søstre med mænd og børn til Schackenborg Slot for at fejre højtiden hjemme.
Det er otte år siden, at prinsesse Alexandra sidst har holdt jul sammen med sine forældre, søstre og deres familie. Siden hun blev gift med prins Joachim i 1995, har hun holdt jul med hans familie på Marselisborg Slot og Gråsten Slot.
Men som i alle familier må begge parter tilgodeses, og i år var turen så kommet til, at prinsessen Alexandras familie kom i første række.
Juledagene har også været til stor glæde for prinsesse Alexandras forældre, Christa og Richard Manley. Det kan ikke undgås, at de med to døtre og fem børnebørn på den anden side af Jorden i det daglige lider nogle afsavn. Så for dem har det været en umådelig dejlig jul, hvor de har haft alle deres børn og børnebørn samlet omkring sig.
Læs meget mere i BILLED-BLADET.
Would someone pls. translate!!! :flower:
(and this is pure speculations on my account 
