THE Frederick I it happened today king her Denmark succeeding his mother, Queen Margaret II, who abdicated after exactly 52 years of reign, an event celebrated by large crowds in the capital, Copenhagen.
Shortly after 14:00 (local time, 15:00 Greek time), Margaret II, who wore an elegant pink ensemble, signed the declaration of abdication, a document unprecedented in the modern history of this thousand-year-old monarchy, making the 55-year-old king her firstborn son. Denmark, one of the oldest monarchies in the world, has no enthronement ceremony.
Margaret, 83, stunned the nation on New Year's Eve when she announced plans to become the first Danish monarch to abdicate from the throne.
The succession was made official once Margarita signed her resignation statement during a Council of State meeting in parliament, the royal palaces announced. The meeting was attended by government representatives, Margaret, Frederick, his 51-year-old Australian-born wife Mary, who is now Queen, and their eldest son, 18-year-old Christian, who is the new heir to the throne.
About an hour after signing the abdication statement, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was to announce the new king from the floor of parliament and Frederik was to make a short speech.
Tens of thousands of people from all over Denmark, a country of almost six million people, have gathered, despite the bitter cold, in the capital to watch the succession process up close.
Later in the afternoon, the new king and queen are to travel by horse-drawn carriage to their residence, Amalienborg Palace, built in the 1750s and located in central Copenhagen.
The couple will continue to reside in Amalienborg with Margaret, who will retain her title as queen, albeit in their respective palaces in the octagonal palace complex.
Margarita, who has previously stated that she will remain on the throne for life, did not reveal the exact reason for her decision to abdicate, but said that a major back operation, which she underwent last year in February, made her consider the her future.
Source: News Beast
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