She buys herself a piece of fine porcelain (usually from Royal Copenhagen) each year.

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Carlsberg has belatedly decided to sell its stakes in Royal Copenhagen, a china business, and the famous Tivoli gardens, as well as a few smaller investments.

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Created by A-lister Kasper Holten, the Dane known for his Copenhagen Ring cycle and now director of opera of London's Royal Opera House, this "Lohengrin, " which is set in the Middle Ages, actually has principals dressed in medieval-looking costumes.

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