Official Duties and Interests
Prince Axel and Princess Margaretha accompanied Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Knud on their longtime tour of Asia in 1930. Prince Axel was one of the godparents of future Queen Margrethe II of Denmark at her baptism on 14 May 1940 in the Church of Holmen in Copenhagen. In 1947, Prince Axel and Princess Margaretha with their sons, Princes Georg and Flemming, were among the official guests at the wedding of Princess Elizabeth, future Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh. On September 4, 1948, Prince Axel represented King Frederick IX at the inauguration of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. In 1953, Prince Axel and Princess Margaretha represented the King at the coronation of Elizabeth II.
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