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Frederik X is proclaimed the new king of Denmark after his mother Queen Margrethe II abdicates (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 10 months ago

Formerly Frederik Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s quite progressive to have a hip hop star as your king

[–] thesporkeffect 13 points 10 months ago

Lil Fred X

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Perhaps more interesting is the obscene amount of taxpayer support the royal family gained in this mess.

[–] Num10ck 10 points 10 months ago

could you ELI5 what the mess was?

[–] Zpiritual 4 points 10 months ago

I think that is preferred compared to the ludicrous amount of lobbyist money politicians receive for the corruption mess.

[–] Uglyhead 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Anyone have direct video of the pudding ceremony?

[–] Sylver 9 points 10 months ago

As is tradition

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

The queen is ~~dead~~ abdicated. Long live the king!

[–] sanguinepar 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Cool, looking forward to looking over the election results!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

About an hour later, her 55-year-old son and crown prince will be proclaimed King Frederik X on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace in the heart of the Danish capital.

Citing health issues, Margrethe announced on New Year’s Eve that she would step down, stunning a nation that had expected her to live out her days on the throne, as is tradition in the Danish monarchy.

Margrethe had informed Frederik and his younger brother Joachim just three days earlier, the Berlingske newspaper wrote, citing the royal palace.

And she is an extremely respected and popular figure, so people hadn’t expected this and they were in shock,” Danish royal expert Thomas Larsen said.

Local media said hundreds were heading to the Danish capital from across the country and others were following the live TV broadcast to witness the monumental event.

The new king and queen will leave Christiansborg Palace in a horse-drawn coach and return to the royal residence, Amalienborg, where Margrethe also lives but in a separate building.

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