After 52 years in reign, the Queen Margaret II of Denmarkhanded over the throne to his son this Sunday Frederick X, who was proclaimed king during a Council of State held at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, seat of Parliament.
Queen Margaret of Denmark announced on December 31 that her son, Frederick, would be the new king. The departure of the monarch was most unexpectedsince it is the first time in almost 900 years that a Danish monarch resigns while alive. The Queen explained more than once that her decision was due to the problems arising from a complicated back operation already the need for give way to the new generation.
Queen Margaret II, 83, signed the act of abdication in the palace of Christiansborg, where he arrived with a carriage that paraded through the streets of the capital, Copenhagen. By signing the document, he ended his and her more than five-decade reign. He made his son king.
Amid the applause of the crowd, Margarita then left the Council of State, where the new monarch attended with his wife and his 18-year-old son Christian, the new crown prince. The monarch will continue to have the title of Your Majesty and can be installed as interim regentaccording to the Danish Royal House.
All the photos of the abdication of the Queen of Denmark and the proclamation of her son Frederick