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Margrethe II ( Danish: [mɑˈkʁeˀtə]; Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, born 16 April 1940) is a member of the Danish royal family who reigned as Queen of Denmark from 14 January 1972 until her abdication on 14 January 2024. Having reigned for exactly 52 years, she was the second-longest reigning Danish monarch after Christian IV .
Jan 7, 2024 · Inside the life of Denmark's 'Ashtray Queen' Margrethe II and the husband who would never become her king - ABC News. By Rebecca Armitage and Lucy Sweeney. Posted Sat 6 Jan 2024 at 10:47am, updated Sat 6 Jan 2024 at 6:43pm. Queen Margrethe spent half a century on the throne, with her prince consort by her side. (Allan Moe/public domain)
Apr 12, 2024 · Margrethe II (born April 16, 1940, Copenhagen, Denmark) was the queen of Denmark who ascended to the throne upon the death of her father, King Frederik IX, and occupied the Danish throne for exactly 52 years.
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Dec 31, 2023 · 31 December 2023. By Jacqueline Howard & Oliver Slow,BBC News. Watch: Queen of Denmark announces abdication live on TV. Denmark's Queen Margrethe II has announced her surprise abdication...
Jan 12, 2024 · COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Queen Margrethe II, Denmark’s monarch for more than half a century, stunned her country when she announced on New Year’s Eve that she will hand over the throne to her eldest son, Crown Prince Frederik. Her abdication on Sunday will be the first time a Danish monarch has stepped down voluntarily in nearly 900 years.
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe announced in the New Year's Adress on 31st December 2023, that Her Majesty would step down as Queen of Denmark on 14th January 2024 and hand over the throne to her son, King Frederik X.
Dec 31, 2023 · Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, the longest-serving monarch in Europe, unexpectedly declared that she would abdicate her throne after more than a half-century, announcing in her New Year’s...
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