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Danish Queen Margrethe announces surprise abdication after 52 years on the throne

www.cnn.com Danish Queen Margrethe announces surprise abdication after 52 years on the throne | CNN

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has announced she will abdicate her role on January 14, 2024 after a reign lasting more than five decades.

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She had a good opportunity to abolish monarchy there...
- I think that would have to be done by the Parliament.
  
  Still a good moment to initiate that discussion.
- She's not in charge of that. Denmark has a parliament.
- What's the point?
  
  Exactly. What's the point of monarchy in 2024?
Regardless of the reason, that's good. This is not the middle age anymore
This is the best summary I could come up with:

In a surprise move Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has announced she will abdicate her role early in 2024, after a reign lasting more than five decades.

Margrethe, 83, will hand over the throne to her son, Crown Prince Frederik, she said in her traditional New Year’s Eve speech broadcast on Danish television.

Inevitably, the operation gave cause to thoughts about the future – whether now would be an appropriate time to pass on the responsibility to the next generation.

Queen Margrethe II took over the throne on 14 January 1972 following the death of King Frederik IX.

After the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II last year Margrethe became the longest-serving monarch in Europe.

After a meeting in the Council of State, the Prime Minister will proclaim the change of throne at Christiansborg Castle.

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its a complete embarrassment that denmark still has a royal family
Sounds like she could do with more bran in her diet >_>
- I bet her diet is better than any of the users on Lemmy. I'd like to see you at 83 with all of your bran
  
  Whoosh?
rip bozo
As good a time as any to post this classic Peter serafinowicz clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IDmSnD2pzc&t=43
She somehow looks even worse than Lizzie.
- She looks worse than a dead person ?
  
  Someone's a skelephile.
- Dude.. She's turning 84 in April. She looks stunning for her age
  
  Total GILF. The danish accent really does it for me too.

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