The Danish queen announces January 14 abdication during New Year's Eve address live on TV, making way for son, Crown Prince Frederik. Queen Margrethe II Denmark.
She will abdicate on 14 January, which will be 52 years to the day since she became queen. "I will leave the throne to my son, Crown Prince Frederik," ...
Monarch will step down on 14 January, the 52nd anniversary of her accession, and leave the throne to her son Frederik.
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II said she plans to abdicate her throne more than five decades after succeeding her father King Frederik IX.