Herlufsholm School celebrates its 450th anniversary on Saturday, May 23, 2015 with attendance by Queen Margrethe of Denmark. Her grandson Prince Nikolai is currently a pupil at the school. Herlufsholm School and Estate is a private day and boarding school by the River Suså in Næstved, about 80 kilometers south of Copenhagen. Herlufsholm was founded in 1565 as a boarding school for "sons of noble and other honest men" by Birgitte Gøye and her husband Herluf Trolle on the site of a former Benedictine monastery from the 12th century. The Queen arrives at Herlufsholm's 450 anniversary. (Photo: Soren Bidstrup / Scanpix 2015)
Herlufsholm School celebrates its 450th anniversary on Saturday, May 23, 2015 with attendance by Queen Margrethe of Denmark. Her grandson Prince Nikolai is currently a pupil at the school. Herlufsholm School and Estate is a private day and boarding school by the River Suså in Næstved, about 80 kilometers south of Copenhagen. Herlufsholm was founded in 1565 as a boarding school for « sons of noble and other honest men » by Birgitte Gøye and her husband Herluf Trolle on the site of a former Benedictine monastery from the 12th century. The Queen arrives at Herlufsholm’s 450 anniversary. (Photo: Soren Bidstrup / Scanpix 2015)

La reine de Danemark était en visite au collège privé de Herlufsholms qui fête ses 450 ans d’existence. C’est dans cette ancienne et prestigieuse institution scolaire que son petit-fils le prince Nikolaï poursuit ses études. (Copyright photo : scanpix)