 In opposition to the norm, the production of the transmission from  Amalienborg varied from one channel to another. Danmarks Radio (DR) started  five minutes early with a live presentation of the surroundings and an  interview with head of the Royal Life Guard, colonel Flemming Rytter,  followed with no break by the actual speech. TV2 only joined the transmission  at the point where the speech starts, introducing the broadcast from their  news studio.