Queen Margrethe II of Denmark wants to voluntarily pass the crown on to her heir to the throne Frederik in mid-January. Will abdications now also be acceptable in other royal families?
Royal bang on New Year’s Eve: Queen Margrethe II announced live at her annual New Year’s address that she had decided to abdicate. And that already in mid-January. Even normally well-informed Danish royal family experts had not expected this. Margrethe II is the first Danish head of state in 800 years to abdicate of her own accord. And since the death of Elizabeth II, she has been Europe’s longest-reigning monarch. Until now, she had always emphasized that she viewed her job as queen as one for life. What made her change her mind?
Source: Stern
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