Announcement comes less than a week after Denmark’s longest serving monarch abdicated the throne
Having abdicated the Danish throne after 52 years on exactly the same date she became queen – and announced her surprise decision live on TV with just two weeks’ notice – there’s little doubt Margrethe II has a sense of drama.
After signing the abdication declaration last weekend, she left the room with tears in her eyes and the words: “God bless the king.”
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