Denmark Coronation Live | Denmark’s King Frederik X Takes Throne After Queen Margrethe II Abdicates

Queen Margrethe II has signed her declaration of abdication, ending her 52year reign as Denmark’s longestserving monarch and ushering in her eldest son Frederik as king and head of state.

Thousands of people gathered on the streets of Copenhagen to bid farewell to Margrethe, who has become the first Danish monarch in nearly 900 years to abdicate voluntarily.

The signing of the abdication declaration means her 55yearold son automatically becomes King Frederik X. He will be proclaimed by the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace on Sunday.

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