Princess Margrethe of Denmark smiles as she strolls down a Solvang street in 1960 with the Rev. A.E. Farstrup, pastor of the city’s Bethania Lutheran Evangelical Lutheran Church. Solvang was part of Her Highness’ U.S. tour, which included a visit to Paramount Studios in Hollywood, where she met stars such as Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis and Elvis Presley. The princess became the queen of Denmark after her father, King Frederik IX, died in 1972. Today she continues to serve as the sovereign of the constitutional monarchy at age 81.
