2024-01-13 08:13:43
Denmark will soon have a new monarch: the current one will take over on Sunday Crown Prince Frederik under the name of Frederick X. his mother’s scepter Queen Margrethe II The monarch surprisingly announced in her New Year’s Eve speech that she wanted to step down on the day of her 52nd anniversary from the throne. The handover of office takes place by the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen Frederik proclaimed king. Coronations do not take place in Denmark. The change of throne marks a major historic event in Denmark.
These royals are expected at Frederik’s coronation
However, Frederik’s coronation will be much less lavish than that of König Charles III. and Camilla last May. King Frederik X and Queen Mary They are supposed to receive “special invited guests” at Christiansborg Palace at 2:30 p.m. However, noble guests are hardly expected.
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For example, the Swedish royal family announced that Margrethe’s cousin King Carl XVI. Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel will not travel to Denmark. The Swedish royal couple also did not receive an invitation to the coronation, explained the court spokeswoman Margaret Thorgren opposite The Express: “Since this is a national matter, the focus is on Denmark and the Danish accession to the throne and the Danish people.”
Also Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Maritthe Dutch royal couple Willem Alexander and Maximum, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium and King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prinz William and Princess Kate became loud See and listen not invited to the coronation.
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The change at the top of the state is of course a big step for the people of Denmark. The popular, art and literature-loving monarch Margrethe II sat on the country’s throne for more than half a century. Her stubborn, extravagant and unconventional nature has made her popular with Danes for decades. Similar to her distant relative, British Queen Elizabeth II, who died in September 2022 after 70 years in office, she refused to pass on the crown for a long time. With the death of the Queen, Margrethe became the longest-reigning monarch in the world. However, a back operation last February and the subsequent rehabilitation may have ultimately contributed to a change in thinking.
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