The rumors of an affair of the crown prince Frederick can with influenced the decision on Margrete II to be abdicate
The Queen of Denmark underwent surgery in February 2023.
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark will abdicate on January 14 this year. after 52 years on the throne, she surprisingly announced in her New Year’s address.
“I decided now is the right time. On January 14, 2024, 52 years after succeeding my beloved father, I will step down as Queen of Denmark,” the 83-year-old queen told the nation.
She succeeded to the crown in 1972 and, following the death of her third cousin, Elizabeth II, was Europe’s longest-serving monarch.
In her speech, Margrethe II recalled that last February she underwent a successful back operation, which “naturally gave rise to thoughts about the future – whether the time has come to leave the responsibility to the next generation”.
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen thanked the queen, saying that she is “the personification of Denmark and over the years has put words and feelings into who we are as a people.”
As expected, Margrethe left the throne to her son – Crown Prince Frederik. Her decision to abdicate sparked speculation that she was trying to keep her daughter-in-law, Princess Mary, in the family. In October 2022, the future king of Denmark was spotted in Madrid with Mexican reality star Genoveva Casanova. After paparazzi photos of the two leaked online, the royal family remained silent, with Casanova calling the rumors “malicious”.
Despite the alleged affair, the royal couple looked in love during a Christmas visit to Aarhus Cathedral. Frederik and Mary have been together for 19 years after meeting by chance in Australia in 2000, when the prince was in Sydney to support the Danish Olympic sailing team. They meet in a bar, he asks for her number, and she has no idea it’s the Danish Crown Prince.
“At our first meeting, we shook hands. I didn’t know he was the prince of Denmark. Half an hour later, someone came up to me and asked me: “Do you know who these people are?”, says Mary in an interview about her meeting with Frederik. The couple is particularly popular in Denmark, and their relationship has been called “a fairy tale in real life world”. And the wife of the future king collects 85% approval from the local population.
There will be no official coronation ceremony for Prince Frederik. An ascension to the throne will be announced by Amalienborg Palace in two weeks.
2024-01-01 21:00:00
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