June 19 -- For Queen Margrethe of Denmark, it's good to be queen: she greets visiting royalty, dances at street fairs and exhibits her own artwork. And, oh yes, she smokes three packs a day. "You ...

On Sunday night, in her New Year's Eve speech, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark made the surprise announcement she was abdicating the throne so her son could step up, marking an end to her 52 year reign ...

In a surprise announcement on December 31, 2023, Queen Margrethe of Denmark revealed her surprise abdication after 52 years on the throne. In her traditional televised New Year’s address to the nation ...

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark has been Queen for 52 years, making her Denmark's longest-serving monarch. Queen Margrethe took to the throne in 1972, after the passing of her father, King Frederik IX.

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, the longest-serving monarch in Europe, unexpectedly declared that she would abdicate her throne after more than a half-century, announcing in her New Year’s speech ...

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II steps down this weekend as Europe’s longest-serving monarch and the first Danish royal to abdicate since 1146. Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images.

Queen Margrethe II shocked Denmark in a speech Sunday and revealed she's giving up the throne Jan.14. Her son, Crown Prince Frederik, succeeds her.

Queen Margrethe II, Denmark’s monarch for more than half a century, stunned her country when she announced on New Year’s Eve that she will hand over the throne to her eldest son, Crown Prince ...

Denmark's 83-year-old monarch Queen Margrethe II announced that she is abdicating the throne during a speech on Sunday, surprising her Danish subjects.