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Margrethe II announced her abdication (effective 14 January 2024) as Queen of Denmark during her New Year's Eve address to the nation on 31 December 2023. She was succeeded by her elder son, King Frederik X, on 14 January 2024. [1] [2] Margrethe's abdication was the first voluntary abdication of a Danish monarch since that of King Eric III in 1146.
Jan 7, 2024 · After five decades on the throne, Margrethe is now abdicating in favour of her son, Crown Prince Frederik. The 6-foot tall chain-smoking monarch is expected to dedicate her retirement to the ...
Dec 31, 2023 · In a surprise move Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has announced she will abdicate her role early in 2024, after a reign lasting more than five decades. Margrethe, 83, will hand over the throne to ...
Jan 14, 2024 · Denmark’s King Frederik X gestures as he and Queen Mary greet the crowds on the balcony, after the proclamation, at Christiansborg Palace, in Copenhagen, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Denmark’s prime minister proclaimed Frederik X as king after his mother Queen Margrethe II formally signed her abdication.
Nov 12, 2022 · Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II rounded off celebrations marking her 50th year on the throne on Saturday, and was joined by her family despite a recent public row with her youngest son. The 82-year ...
Sep 14, 2022 · When Lilibet, better known Queen Elizabeth II, died last Thursday at 96, Daisy, a.k.a. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, became the reigning queen in Europe. Elizabeth reigned for 70 years. Margrethe ...
Margrethe Alexandrine Þorhildur Ingrid, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II was born on 16 April 1940 at Amalienborg as the daughter of Frederik IX (d. 1972) and Queen Ingrid, born Princess of Sweden (d. 2000). Queen Margrethe’s motto was "God’s help, the love of The People, Denmark’s strength". Queen Margrethe's monogram.
