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Denmark's queen Margrethe II unexpectedly announces abdication in New Year's Eve speech.
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Denmark’s queen has unexpectedly announced her abdication in her traditional New Year’s Eve speech.
Margrethe - the eldest child of Denmark’s former monarch King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid - succeeded her father following his death on 14 January 1972.
However, she underwent “extensive” back surgery at the start of this year - which meant she was unable to attend King Charles’s coronation in May.
Asked why she had decided to abdicate now, he said: "She said in her speech that she had major back surgery earlier this year.
Journalist and royal commentator, Alistair Bruce, told Sky News that the timing of the announcement will have “taken many people by surprise”.
“And I think that there’s been a recognition that since her husband, Prince Henrik, died, there’s been a diminution in her energy levels and I think it’s probably something that it is probably something she has been planning for some time.”
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