Following Margrethe’s abdication, King Frederik X of Denmark ascends to the throne.
Following his mother Queen Margrethe II’s abdication, Denmark’s King Frederik X assumed the throne. He waved to the thousands of people assembled in the country’s capital, Copenhagen, to commemorate the beginning of a new era, looking visibly sad. His mother Margrethe was the only monarch many Danes had ever known. However, her unexpected abdication following … Read more