The envelope is the usual from the Denmark Royals, but this is the first time from the Danish Royals I've gotten my address handwritten. I always find handwritten envelopes extra special.
The back of the envelope features a black crown. And has this lovely edge.
Inside is the usual Christmas letter from Queen Margrethe. It is a form letter, the exact same one I received last year. The letter has been signed and dated by Johnnie Korsholm, one of the Queen's Aid-de-camps.
The letter reads:
Christian IX"s PalaceAmalienborg1257 Køpenhavn K
Janurar 2020Dear Miss Gertrude A. Daly,
Her Majesty the Queen has asked me to thank You for Your kind Christmas and New Year's greetings.
Sincerely yours,
J. Korsholm
Aide-de-campNote: "Januar" is the Danish spelling of January.
You will notice that the message has "You" and "Yours" capitalized. There is this old rule that any pronoun (I, You, Yours, His, Her, Their, Them, He, She, etc.) referring to a royal should be capitalized. Occasionally, we see this rule used in Royal replies, but even those that use it, don't use it consistently. However, this reply has misapplied this rule and capitalized the pronouns referring to me, a non-Royal. They did this on the past 2 Christmas replies as well.
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