Kongens Nytorv, a major central traffic hub in Copenhagen, will be closed to vehicles for several days ahead of this Sunday’s royal succession, when Queen Margrethe will abdicate the throne.
A carriage plated with 24 carat gold each year conveys Denmark’s monarch through the streets of Copenhagen. Queen Margrethe is taking her last such carriage ride in January 2024 before abdicating later this month.
The coronation of the UK's King Charles III was a long church ceremony involving a bejewelled sword, two sceptres, an orb, and two gem-encrusted crowns. The accession of Denmark's Frederik X will be a far simpler affair.
Danes were on Monday slowly coming to terms with Queen Margrethe's surprise announcement that she will abdicate on January 14 in favour of her son after 52 years on the throne.
Queen Margrethe of Denmark will step down as regent after 52 years on the throne on January 14th 2024, she announced in her New Year's Eve speech on Sunday.
Police closed off an area around royal residence Amalienborg in Copenhagen on Tuesday after a suspicious package was reported. The package was later found not to be a threat.
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II on Sunday appeared in public to celebrate her 83rd birthday, as she was due to officially resume her royal duties following back surgery in late February.
The youngest son of Denmark's Queen
Margrethe II, Prince Joachim, is to move to the United States and serve as
defence industry attache at the Danish embassy, the government announced
Friday.
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II was
discharged from hospital on Thursday after back surgery last week though a
full recovery is expected to last months, the Danish Royal House announced.
Queen Margrethe has spoken about her two meetings with Russian president Vladimir Putin around a decade ago in a forthright interview with a Danish newspaper.
Denmark's popular Queen Margrethe II, who
at 82 is Europe's longest serving head of state, is to undergo a major back
operation, the palace said on Wednesday.
Denmark's Queen Margrethe said on Saturday she was saddened by a rift that has emerged in the royal family following her decision to strip four of her grandchildren of their titles.
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II rounded off celebrations marking her 50th year on the throne Saturday, joined by her family following a public row with her youngest son.
Queen Margrethe of Denmark will on November 12th step on to the balcony at Copenhagen City Hall to mark her 50th jubilee in an event that has been repeatedly postponed.
Denmark's Queen Margrethe's recent decision to strip
four of her grandchildren of their titles has sparked unprecedented royal
drama in Copenhagen and led her enraged son to air the family's dirty laundry
in public.
Prince Joachim, the second son of Denmark’s Queen Margrethe, has criticised a decision by the palace to strip his four children of the title of prince and princess.
The children of Queen Margrethe’s second son, Prince Joachim, will lose their prince and princess titles from January 1st next year, the Danish palace said on Wednesday.
