In her annual speech for the New Year, Queen Margrethe II discusses the economic and social development which has led to many riches but also busyness and loneliness. She concludes that the human safety net is the most important one. She also looks back on some memorial days and royal events of that year, including the 50th anniversary of the Danish liberation in May 1945 and wedding of her youngest son Joachim.—Peter Brandt Nielsen