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Queen Margrethe II abdication LIVE: British royals Charles and Camilla send ‘very best wishes’ to King Frederik X as he is proclaimed Denmark’s monarch after his tearful mother, 83, abdicates with touching final message

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Watch live: Danish Queen Margrethe II abdicates after 52 years on the throne

You can watch the Danish Queen Margrethe abdication and the proclamation of her son Crown Prince Frederik below.

King Harald of Norway expressed his well wishes for King Frederik

King Harald of Norway has passed his well wishes onto King Frederik following today’s events.

In an

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Queen Margrethe II abdication LIVE: Denmark’s longest reigning monarch signs abdication after 52 years on the throne – handing crown to King Frederik X and his wife Mary

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Watch live: Danish Queen Margrethe II abdicates after 52 years on the throne

You can watch the Danish Queen Margrethe abdication and the proclamation of her son Crown Prince Frederik below.

Breaking: King Frederik X has taken the thrown following the abdication of Queen Margrethe II

King Frederik X has taken the thrown following the abdication of his mother

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Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II announces shock abdication in New Year’s Eve speech: Monarch who stripped relatives of royal titles in 2022 will stand aside for her scandal-hit son Crown Prince Frederik after 52 years on the throne

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Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II will abdicate on January 14 next year after 52 years on the throne, she announced during her traditional New Year’s Eve speech.

The monarch, famed for her chain-smoking as well as her flamboyant sense of style, will be succeeded by her eldest son Crown Prince Frederik.

The 83-year-old queen, who took over the throne in 1972, is the longest-serving monarch in Europe following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022.

In February, she underwent

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