Big delegation of businessmen to accompany Danish queen to Russia.

GRASTEN, South Denmark, August 4 (Itar-Tass) -- Queen Margrethe II of
Denmark hopes that her upcoming state visit to Russia in September will
"give an impetus" to trade and economic cooperation between the two
countries.
Prince Consort Henrik stressed that the Danish queen would be
accompanied by "the biggest delegation of businessmen in the history of
her state visits" of which she has made about 40.
Margrethe II said she was looking forward to travelling to Russia
where much has changed since 1975 when she visited the country for the
first time and has heard many times from her husband, who has been to
Russia several times since then, and from numerous friends how beautiful
St. Petersburg and Moscow are, and she wants to see them with her own eyes.
During the trip to St. Petersburg, the queen plans to visit the tomb
of Empress Maria Fyodorovna, former Princess Dagmara of Denmark. Her
reburial in St. Petersburg was of great importance because the whole
Danish Royal family knew that Maria Fyodorovna loved Russia, she lived her
life with Russia and her last will was that she should be laid to rest in
Russia.
Margrethe II said she also had other family ties with Russia that go
far back into history.
Replying to an ITAR-TASS question what in Russian art and culture had
inspired her artistic creativity, the queen said she has a collection of
Russian folk fairytales in English in her library and she was "very much
inspired by the illustrations created by artist Ivan Bilibin".
Her Majesty also mentioned her visit to a London exhibition on
Diaghilev's ballet where she had seen "absolutely splendid costumes".
The Queen of Denmark and the Prince Consort will pay a state visit to
Russia on September 6-9 at the invitation of President Dmitry Medvedev who
was in Denmark on a state visit on April of last year.