Changes – at the turn of the year
About abdication – renunciation of one’s duties – the ruler of Denmark announced New Year’s Eve giving a speechwhich was broadcast live on television.
The 83-year-old monarch will officially step down from the throne on January 14. Just then it will be 52 years since she is in this post.
Margrethe II admitted that this was indeed a long period of time: “No one might commit as much as before.”
She is the only current reigning queen in the world and the longest-reigning of any current European monarch.
Margrethe II indicated that she is abdicating the throne due to age and health problems. Her eldest son, Crown Prince Frederik, will replace her on the throne.
From party prince to daredevil
The BBC soon announced articlein which he introduced the 55-year-old future king of Denmark.
Princess Mary and Prince Frederik of Denmark / Scanpix photo.
In the early 1990s, Frederik was known as a bit of a party prince, but the crown prince’s opinion began to change when, in 1995, he graduated from Aarhus University with a master’s degree in political science. Frederik was the first representative of the Danish royal family to receive a university education.
During his studies, he spent some time at Harvard in the United States, where he was registered under the pseudonym Frederik Henriksen, according to the BBC.
He later served in the Danish Navy, where he was nicknamed “Pingo”. According to dailymail.co.ukShe was earnedwhen the prince’s wetsuit filled with water during a diving course and he had to wriggle like a penguin.
Frederik earned a reputation as a daredevil when he joined a four-month skiing expedition in Greenland in 2000. He had been hospitalized for sled and scooter accidents.
“I don’t want to lock myself in a fortress. I want to be myself, a person,” he once said and assured that he would stick to it even following occupying the throne.
Crown Prince Frederik, like Britain’s King Charles III, is famous for his passion for the environment. He promised to “steer the Danish ship” into the future.
The queen will be a lawyer from Australia
His wife Princess Mary was born in Australia, grew up on the island of Tasmania, and when the couple met in 2000 Bar in Sydney during the Olympics, worked as a lawyer.
Once in an interview she admitted not knowing at the time that he was a Danish prince: “Half an hour later someone came up to me and asked: ‘Do you know who these people are?’
The crown prince’s family is believed to adhere to modern values and has tried to give their four children – a daughter, a son and twins a boy and a girl – as normal an upbringing as possible, sending them mostly to public schools.
Scanpix Photo/Danish Royal Family
Unlike British royal tradition, there will be no formal coronation ceremony for Crown Prince Frederik. On that day, his accession to the throne will only be announced from Amalienborg Castle in Copenhagen.
Frederik will become King of Denmark and head of state in the country, which is a constitutional monarchy, as well as Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
The solution is following back surgery
Queen Margrethe II is the world’s only current reigning queen and the longest-serving current monarch in Europe. in 1972 she took the throne following the death of her father, King Frederick IX.
Vida Press photo/Danish Queen Margrethe II
The 83-year-old queen revealed that she made the decision to abdicate following reflecting on her post-2023 retirement. back surgery performed at the beginning.
“The operation naturally led to thinking regarding the future – isn’t it time to leave the responsibility to the next generation,” she explained.
“I decided now is the right time,” Margrethe II added, thanking the Danish public for their long-standing support.
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2024-07-13 18:44:49
