Editing Margrethe II (section)

===Marriage and family===
{{See also|Wedding of Princess Margrethe and Henri de Laborde de Monpezat}}
[[File:Henrik-Prince-Consort-of-Denmark-and-Margrethe-II-engagement-391769175131.jpg|thumb|Margrethe and Henri in 1966]]
While Margrethe studied in London, she met the French diplomat, [[Henri de Laborde de Monpezat]], who was legation secretary at the [[Embassy of France, London|French Embassy]] in London. Their engagement was announced on 5 October 1966. They were married on 10 June 1967, at the [[Holmen Church]] in Copenhagen, and the wedding reception was held at [[Fredensborg Palace]].<ref name=r1/> Laborde de Monpezat received the style and title of "His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark" because of his new position as the spouse of the heir presumptive to the Danish throne.<ref name=r1/> They were married for over fifty years, until his death on 13 February 2018.<ref name=r1/>

Less than a year after the wedding, Margrethe gave birth to her first child, a son, on 26 May 1968. By tradition, Danish kings were alternately named either Frederik or Christian. She chose to maintain this by assuming the position of a Christian, and thus named her elder son [[Frederik X|Frederik]]. The following year, a second child, named [[Prince Joachim of Denmark|Joachim]], was born on 7 June 1969.<ref name=r1/>

In 1974, she and Henrik purchased [[Château de Cayx]] in the wine district of [[Cahors]] in [[Southern France]].<ref name="facts"/>

Margrethe announced in 2008 that her male-line descendants would bear the additional title of [[Count of Monpezat|Count or Countess of Monpezat]] in recognition of her husband's ancestry.<ref name="monpezat">{{cite web|title=Monpezat til Frederik og Joachim|trans-title=Monpezat for Frederik and Joachim|work=[[Berlingske Tidende]]|date=30 April 2008|url=http://www.berlingske.dk/article/20080430/danmark/804300370/|access-date=11 December 2014|archive-date=4 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504140925/http://www.berlingske.dk/article/20080430/danmark/804300370/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2022, the Queen announced that, from the start of 2023, the descendants of Prince Joachim will only be able to use their titles of Count and Countess of Monpezat, their previous titles of Prince and Princess of Denmark ceasing to exist. To allow the children, who were never expected to hold an official role within the royal family, to have normal lives, the Queen wanted "to create a framework for the four grandchildren, to a much greater degree, to be able to shape their own existence without being limited by the special considerations and obligations that a formal affiliation with the Royal House as an institution implies".<ref>{{Cite web <!--|work=Agence France-Presse --> |date=28 September 2022 |title=Denmark's Queen Margrethe strips four grandchildren of royal titles |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/29/denmarks-queen-margrethe-strips-four-grandchildren-of-royal-titles |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en |agency=Agence France-Presse}}</ref> Her son, Joachim, daughter-in-law, [[Princess Marie of Denmark|Marie]], former daughter-in-law, [[Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg|Alexandra]], and eldest grandson, [[Count Nikolai of Monpezat|Nikolai]], publicly expressed shock and confusion because of the decision,<ref>[https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/29/shocked-and-confused-denmarks-queen-strips-royal-titles-from-grandchildren 'Shocked and confused': Denmark's queen strips royal titles from grandchildren] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930000333/https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/29/shocked-and-confused-denmarks-queen-strips-royal-titles-from-grandchildren |date=30 September 2022 }}, Euronews, 29 September 2022.</ref> after which Margrethe released a statement in which she said that it saddened her that she had upset Joachim's family.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/04/denmark-queen-margrethe-sorry-family-upset-grandchildren-royal-titles Denmark's Queen says sorry for family upset caused by taking away titles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019015542/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/04/denmark-queen-margrethe-sorry-family-upset-grandchildren-royal-titles |date=19 October 2022 }}, The Guardian, 4 October 2022.</ref>

Along with her late husband, Margrethe has kept [[dachshund]]s since the 1970s.<ref name="facts"/> She currently has one dog, the dachshund Tilia, who was Prince Henrik's dog until his death in 2018.