Queen Margrethe II offers a New Yr’s speech and declares her abdication from Christian IX’s Palace, Amalienborg Fort, in Copenhagen, on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.
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Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has introduced her determination to abdicate the throne subsequent month.
The 83-year-old monarch, whose position is basically ceremonial, made the announcement on Sunday throughout her New Yr’s speech.
She mentioned she would step down on Jan. 14, which is the anniversary of the 1972 loss of life of her father, King Frederik IX, and her succeeding him on the throne.
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