Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II announces her abdication

It’s been a dramatic month for Denmark’s royal family, with Queen Margrethe announcing her abdication in favour of her elder son, the new King Frederik.

ascended to the throne on Sunday after his mother, Queen Margrethe II, 83, announced her surprise abdication in a New Year’s Eve speech addressed to the nation.In the new book, titled “The King’s Word,” Frederik seemingly referenced recent affair allegations surrounding his marriage, saying he’s happy that he and Mary “managed to stay together.”“I love marriage, my wife, our children and the whole happy base that arises for the people who manage to stay together and persevere,” he writes in the book, translated by the BBC.The book, which was released Wednesday, was written with author Jens Andersen, who also wrote the King’s biography in 2017.Frederik met his now-wife in Sydney, Australia, during the 2000 Olympic Games.After striking up a relationship, the couple tied the knot in a lavish royal ceremony in Denmark four years later.The pair, who are set to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary on May 14, share four children together; Prince Christian, 18, Princess Isabella, 16, and 12-year-old twins Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine.Frederik became Denmark’s first King in 52 years on January 14.While royal experts believe that Margrethe’s decision to abdicate early was to make way for a younger ruler, others have wondered if the announcement was a way to preserve the prince’s relationship with Mary amid affair rumors.Frederik was speculated to have been unfaithful to the Australian-born marketing consultant, 51, with socialite Genoveva Casanova after photos emerged of them together during a trip to Madrid in November.However, the Mexican native, 47, denied that any affair had taken place.Elsewhere in the book, the monarch admits to grappling with the thought of having to be King one day during his childhood.At one

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There are few people who could ever understand what life is like as a Queen-in-waiting, but the Princess of Wales appears to have found a confidante in Mary, the new Queen of Denmark. Following the recent shock abdication of Queen Margrethe after a reign of more than five decades, Kate, 42, will have been keen to lend her support to close friend and “muse”, Mary, 51, who is married to the new King Frederik X.

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stepping down as her county’s monarch, handing over the reigns to her son, Crown Prince Frederik. In the week since, many people have speculated that King Charles, 75, could soon do the same — but one expert said it’s simply not happening.

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official Instagram.It’s not uncommon for the monarch to make her way to New Year’s celebrations in the 19th-century Gold Coach, which is pulled by six white horses and escorted by members of the Hussar Regiment.The carriage is encrusted with a 24-carat gold leaf and is adorned with four gilded crowns on the roof.Margrethe was escorted by members of the Hussar Regiment for her final public outing as Queen.The monarch — third cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II — revealed in her New Year’s speech on Dec. 31 that she would be stepping down on Jan.

The Making of a Modern Monarch that the future king and his wife, Kate Middleton, have often had “heated” fights and he “can be a bit of a shouter when he loses it.”William could have “quite extreme mood swings, just as [his late mother Princess] Diana did,” Jobson wrote. “She could be your best friend one minute and the next your worst enemy.”Additionally, Jobson claimed that a former royal aide told him that it was “fair” to note that William and Middleton, 41, “gave as good as they get if their disagreement results in raised voices.”“But they know each other so well, it usually blows over quickly – and she is, on the whole, a major calming influence on him,” the source said.Despite the Prince of Wales’ alleged tantrums here and there, he and Middleton have a “solid relationship.”“She gives him confidence,” the expert revealed.

revealed in her New Year’s speech on Dec. 31 that she would be stepping down on Jan.

Denmark’s royal family is undergoing a MAJOR change!