Queen Margrethe has won a glitzy award one month after abdicating the Danish throne.
The former Queen of Denmark, who announced her intentions to abdicate the throne on New Year's Eve, won a Costume Designer of the Year award.
Margrethe II won the prize at the 41st Robert Awards, which are the National Film Awards in Denmark.
The awards show took place on Saturday evening where prizes are nominated by the Danish Film Academy.
Queen Margrethe is a passionate costume designer
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Queen Margrethe won for her contribution to the Netflix film, Ehrengard - The Art of Seduction.
The former Queen released a statement on social media, thanking the Robert Awards for the prize.
She said: "I am deeply grateful, touched and proud of the recognition that the Robert Award represents.
"Receiving an award that the industry itself awards makes me particularly happy, it has been a great joy and pleasure to contribute to the expression of the film."
Queen Margrethe holding her Robert Award which she won for Costume Designer of the Year
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The former monarch added: "I would like to thank the entire team behind the film, but especially I thank all those who made my ideas, sketches and drawings a reality - not least the talented people who sewed and worked on the many costumes."
Royal fans took to social media to praise King Frederik X's mother for winning the award.
One wrote on X: "She’s a legend." Another said: "Congratulations to a Queen who keeps us in the loop. You look happy Your Majesty, may it be so."
Similarly, someone commented: "Congratulations Your Majesty!"
King Frederik became the new monarch after Queen Margrethe signed her formal abdication
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On Instagram, a royal watcher wrote: "Big congratulations on the well-deserved award.
"I really enjoyed the movie and also the little 'behind the scenes' clip where you watched the creation of both collages and costumes. Great work by the Queen."
Another fan added: "Many many congratulations. The movie is stunningly beautiful and its expression is very special."
On New Year's Eve, Queen Margrethe announced her intentions to abdicate, allowing King Frederik X to inherit the Danish throne on January 14.
This saw the new monarch and his wife, Queen Mary, kiss on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace as they were proclaimed the new King and Queen of Denmark.