[Regnum] Queen Margrethe II of Denmark will abdicate the throne on January 14, 2024, according to her New Year's greetings to her subjects, published on December 31 on the royal palace website .She said she had back surgery in February, which ended well, but the Queen decided that responsibility for the state should be transferred on the anniversary of her accession to the throne.
“I decided now is the right time. On January 14, 2024, 52 years after I succeeded my beloved father, I will abdicate the throne,” Margrethe II said.
She will hand over the throne to Crown Prince Frederik.
Denmark passed a law in 1953 allowing women to take the throne. Margre the II has ruled the country since 1972. She turned 83 in April.
As Regnum reported, in May 2022, the Danish Queen rode the Roller Coaster and the Flying Suitcase in Copenhagen. In February 2023, due to health problems, she canceled her annual vacation to a ski resort in Norway.