The Royal Households are in charge of the daily and general administration of the Royal Family. Today approximately 130 persons are employed in the different departments of the administration in The Lord Chamberlain’s Office,The Private Secretary’s Office, The Chapter of the Royal Orders of Chivalry, the Courts and external departments.
Read more about the administrative departments in the tabs.
The Lord Chamberlain’s office
The Lord Chamberlain’s office is the secretariat for The Queen. The office is in charge of all the arrangements for official functions, such as state visits at home and abroad, dinners and luncheons, and court ceremonies, including presentation of credentials by ambassadors as well as their farewell audiences.
The Lord Chamberlain
The Lord Chamberlain is Chief Administrative Officer of the Royal Household.
The Master of Ceremonies
The Master of Ceremonies organises state visits and official parties.
The Communications Office
The Communications and Press Secretary is responsible for communication and media relations. As part of this function, the office supervises the production of the annual report and the editing of the Royal House’s website.
The Office of Human Resources
The Director of Human Resources and HR Services is responsible for the duties concerning personnel administration, personnel development, working environment and in-house services. In addition, the Director of Human Resources and HR Services has the overall responsibility for three of the Court’s operational units; The Royal Kitchens, Service and transport and Housecleaning and laundry.
The Office of Treasury
The Treasurer of the Royal Household is responsible for the Office of the Treasury, which handles the overall budgeting, accounts for the Civil List and administration of the royal foundations. The Treasurer is also responsible for all the Monarch’s palaces and properties, IT, security and the Royal Warrants. In addition, the Treasurer has the overall responsibility for two of the Court’s operational units; The Royal Mews and The Royal Danish House’s workshop.
The Master of the Household's Department
The Master of the Household’s Department is responsible for a wide range of functions, including valet service, food and drink service at functions, travel and luggage arrangements, driving, management of wine cellars, cooking and housekeeping. Coordinated by the Master of the Household, the department is divided into branches managed by two Chasseurs, the Chef de Cuisine and the Matron of the Household.
The Royal Mews
The Royal Mews oversees ceremonial coaches, vehicles and horses. The horses are used for pulling coaches and for the Royal Family’s pleasure and leisure riding. The Royal Mews is in charge of all ceremonial driving.
Craft Section
The Master Craftsman is responsible for the functions of the Household Workship. Its personnel include cabinet makers, a painter, a decorator and a dressmaker. The Household Workshop is also at the disposal of external craftsmen hired to perform specific conservation and preservation services.
The Private Secretary to HM The Queen heads the Private Secretary’s Department and is the link between HM The Queen and the Government, particularly the Prime Minister’s office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is the advisor and executive officer to HM The Queen in regard to her attendance at official engagements, her patronages, reception of deputations, audiences, matters pertaining to court titles and rank, and drafts of Her Majesty’s speeches. The Private Secretary to HM The Queen also serves as secretary to the Chancery of the Royal Danish Orders of Chivalry, and in that capacity advises The Queen in regard to the awarding of orders and medals.
The Chapter of the Royal Orders of Chivalry was founded by King Frederik VI in connection with the reorganisation of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1808. Historically, it is not a formal part of the Royal Household but, instead, an institution separate from the governance of state and directly under the Monarch, who is Head of the Royal Orders. HRH Prince Joachim is Chancellor of the Royal Orders of Chivalry. The Chapter’s administrative functions are supervised by the Secretary of the Orders while a Head of the Secretariat carries out day-to-day management. The secretariat handles all practical matters in relation to the administration of royal orders and decorations. The special purview of the Historiographer of the Royal Orders is to ensure that recipients of royal orders and decorations submit their curricula vitae and autobiographies and to consider requests for access to older autobiographies for research purposes.
The Household’s overall management is handled by the Chief of Court of Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince and The Crown Princess, who is also the Crown Prince Couple’s closest advisor.
Secretariat
Under the direction of the Chief of Court of Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince and The Crown Princess, the staff members carry out the daily administration of the Household, including detailed planning of the Crown Prince Couple’s arrangements, travel, appointments and patronages.
The Service Unit
Under daily management by the Master of the Household and the Matron of the Household, a wide range of service functions are carried out, such as the holding of arrangements, attendance, driving, meal service, food preparation and cleaning.
The Personal Assistant assists in the planning of official appointments, patronages, honorary menberships, travel arrangements etc.
The Personal Secretary of Her Royal Highness Princess Benedikte assists in all functions pertaining personally to Princess Benedikte, including private audiences, travel, appointments, patronages, presidencies, honorary memberships, etc.
Her Majesty The Queen's Military Household
The Military Household is an independent institution under the authority of the Ministry of Defence while, at the same time, existing as an integral part of the Royal Household. The Military Household constitutes the formal link between The Queen, the Ministry of Defence and the armed forces. The Chief of the Military Household, who holds the rank of colonel, is HM The Queen’s advisor on defence matters. He is also responsible for presenting Ministry of Defence matters that require royal assent, for royal visits to the military forces, royal flights, guard duties at the palaces and castles, military ceremonies with the Royal Lifeguard and the Royal Household Hussar Guards, and for The Queen’s Aide-de-Camps. The adjutant on duty, whose rank is major or commander, assists Her Majesty and accompanies her on official visits and travel. Occasionally, an adjutant is attached to other members of the Royal Family.
The Captain of Her Majesty The Queen's Naval Household
The Captain is the chief of The Queen’s yacht ¨Dannebrog¨ and is her advisor in all maritime and naval matters.
Master of the Royal Hunt
The Master of the Royal Hunt is the formal link between The Queen and the state forests and organises royal hunts in the state forests.
Chaplain of Her Majesty The Queen and the Royal Family
The Queen’s Chaplain-in-Ordinary is in charge of the Royal Family’s personal pastoral care and is also the Royal Family’s private priest.
Palace Superintendents
The superintendents at the Christiansborg and Fredensborg palaces are the link between HM The Queen and the Palaces and Properties Agency in connection with the Royal Family’s use of those palaces. The superintendent at Christiansborg Palace is also responsible for the Amalienborg mansions.
The Royal Households are in charge of the daily and general administration of the Royal Family. Today approximately 130 persons are employed in the different Courts.
Ladies-in-waiting
Lady-in-Waiting Annette de Scheel
Lady-in-Waiting Annelise Wern
Lady-in-Waiting Jette Nordam
Lady-in-Waiting Henriette Zeuthen Obel
The Lord Chamberlain's Office
Lord Chamberlain Michael Ehrenreich
Executive Assistant Charlotte Laursen
Private Secretary to Her Majesty The Queen Marianne Gøttsche Dupont
Secretariat
Master of Ceremonies, Chamberlain, Colonel Kim Kristensen
Head of the Private Royal Collections Elisabeth von Buchwald
Master of The Royal Household Kenneth Madsen
Secretary clerk Lene Engskov Frost
Secretary clerk Rikke Reng Rasmussen
The Communications Office
Director of Communications Lene Balleby
Communication Advisor Christian Meyer
Communications Officer Frederik Linde
Communications Officer Simone Rendtorff
Communications Officer Lise Ann Knudsen
Communications Officer Oliver Jøhnk Boel
The Office of Human Resources
Director of Human Resources and HR Services Pernille Flarup
Chief Consultant Rikke Nygaard
Personnel clerk Anita Boysen Bendixen
Personnel clerk Tina Hougaard
The Office of Treasury
Treasurer Dan Folke Pedersen
Head of accounts Randi Boholdt
Accounts clerk Sara Lilly Nielsen
Accounts clerk Heidi Thomsen
Funds secretary Charles-Henri Keller
Palace Steward of Marselisborg Palace Per Højgaard-Jensen
Palace Steward of Chateau de Cayx Olivier Lesenecal
The Master of the Household’s Department
Footman Lars Husted
Table decker Morten Borup Jensen
Head Chef Martin Kristoffersen
Matron Louise Nygaard
Lady's maid Anne Saabye Nielsen
Matron assistant of Graasten Palace Marie Ohlsen
Matron assistant Nina Weidemann
Matron assistant Pernille Neiiendam
The Royal Mews
Head of The Royal Mews, Major Niels Randløv
Royal coachman Poul Erik Petersen
Coachman Henrik Steinmann
Craft Section
Master of The Royal Craftsmen Finn Killbuck Johansen
Property assistant Troels G. Larsen
Private Secretary's Office
Secretary of The Royal Orders, Chamberlain Henning Fode
Office Manager Anne Berg
Executive Assistant Anne Houman
Secretary Anja Bahne Jørgensen
The Chapter of the Royal Danish Orders of Knighthood
Secretary of the Royal Danish Orders of Knighthood, Chamberlain Henning Fode
Chief Secretary at the Chapter of the Royal Danish Orders of Knighthood Anne Berg
Treasurer to the Royal Danish Orders of Knighthood, Chamberlain Per Thornit
Historiographer to the Royal Danish Orders of Knighthood Jes Fabricius Møller
Clerk at the Chapter of the Royal Danish Orders of Knighthood Anette Mordhorst
Herald Painter to the Chapter of the Royal Danish Orders of Knighthood, Expert in Heraldic Matters Ronny Andersen
External
Chief of HM The Queen’s Military Household, Colonel, Chamberlain Lasse Harkjær
Aide-de-Camp, Major Michael Rose
Aide-de-Camp, Major Ole H. B. Jensen
Aide-de-Camp, Commander Ole B. Pedersen
Aide-de-Camp, Major Thomas Søborg Lassen
Aide-de-Camp, Commandor Peter Herman Gandrup
Aide-de-Camp, Major Søren Peter Østergaard
Chief of HM The Queen’s Naval Household, Navy Captain Peter Schinkel Stamp
Chaplain-in-Ordinary Henrik Wigh-Poulsen
Master of The Royal Hunt, Forest Supervisor Jens Bjerregaard Christensen
Palace Steward of Fredensborg Palace, Colonel Bjarne Højgaard Jensen
Palace Steward of Amalienborg and Christiansborg Palace, Major Michael De Voss
Chief of Court of TRH The Crown Prince and The Crown Princess, Chamberlain Christian Schønau
Lady-in-Waiting, Private Assistant to HRH The Crown Princess Christine Pii Hansen
Private Secretary to HRH The Crown Prince Morten Roland-Hansen
Executive Assistant Anne Grethe Høffner
Secretary Christine Heinen
Funds secretary Bodil Jensen
Master of the Royal Household of TRH The Crown Prince and The Crown Princess Rasmus Støttrup Østergaard
Valet Allan Hjorth Baunsgaard
Head Chef Rene Raabjerg
Matron Louise Dønning
Lady's maid Lise Møller Jensen
Personal Assistant Charles-Henri Keller
Private Secretary Tommy Mikael Paulsen
Lady-in-Waiting Anne Dorthe Iuel
Chef Jesper Cassøe
