Nothing beats having your own private guard, does it? The Danish Royal Guard marched before Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II opened her balcony doors to greet and be greeted by her visitors at noon on 16th April of her 70th birthday at the square of Amalienborg Palace.
Children, grown ups, French, German, Italian, British, Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Canadian, Japanese - flag waving, ice cream eating, coffee drinking - crowds of tens of thousands of visitors had come to salute the Queen on her birthday.
Some young visitors had even brought their own - almost royal - coach. And spent the long wait for the Queen having a sunshine picnic.