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Denmark's Queen Margrethe signs her historic abdication as son becomes king
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14/01/2024
The long-reigning monarch has handed over the role of sovereign to her son, who becomes Frederik X.
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Denmark's Queen Margarethe II signed her historic abdication on Sunday, a step that made her
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son Frederik X immediately become king. After signing the document at a table around which
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royals and members of the Danish government were seated, she rose and gestured to her
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son to take her place, adding "God save the king" as she left the room.
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Fighting health issues, Margarethe, aged 83, is the first Danish monarch to voluntarily
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relinquish the throne in nearly 900 years. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen proclaimed
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Frederik king from the balcony of Copenhagen's Christiansborg Palace.
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The abdication leaves Denmark with two queens. Margarethe keeps her title, while Frederik's
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Australian-born wife becomes Queen Mary. Frederik and Mary's eldest son Christian, aged 18,
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has become crown prince and heir to the throne.
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