In her annual New Years speech, Queen Margrethe II problematizes modern communication technology and suggests that the ties of family have been left behind causing loneliness. She then looks back lovingly on her mother, Queen Ingrid, expressing her family's sorrow upon her death in November 2000. Finally, she sends her greetings to various groups, especially those who in some way make it part of their lives to take care of and be there for other people.—Peter Brandt Nielsen