I haven’t felt as neutral and unbothered about some news in a while
I recall this word from the GRE word list. So this is when it is used.
Denmark has/had a Queen??
Well there’s something you don’t see every day. Glad for her or sad that happened.
An Aussie sheila from Tassie will soon be Queen Mary of Denmark (and her husband will be King.)
The last surprise of 2023
After the death of Elizabeth II, she was world’s only regnante queen and longest-reigning monarch.
She will abdicate on January 14, 52 years to the day since she took the throne following her father’s death.
Edit: Regeante corrected instead of regent. Thanks for the correction peon47
They’ve got the date of death of her father wrong, it was 1972 not 1952
Can I have it?
She said it was in part due to her health after a back operation this last febuary.
She’s the longest serving Monarch in Danish’s history
Who’s the heir? Is it a Hapsburg who will secure an Austrian Alliance for years to come?
As a Dane, it’s hard to overstate the significance of this event for the country.
What a brave but wise decision. Frederik and Mary are going to do well.
As someone who’s heading to Denmark for a semester soon, is this something I should be overtly concerned about?
I enjoyed visiting the royal palace in Denmark. Lot’s of interesting history, and it was significantly less busy than other royal museums I’ve been to. The audio tour was also guided by the Queen.
May her successors rule well.
Mrs Fjeldsø is going to freak out!
I lived in Denmark as a child from 1980-84. She was very much a queen of the people. She was always right in the middle of things and never afraid to get her hands dirty.
When I was two or three she visited the city I lived in. She visited the American and British NATO operation that my dad was assigned to. There was a receiving line and I remember being in a nice dress and being given both a Danish and American flag to wave (score!). I vaguely remember the queen making her way down the line and that she stopped to talk to me. In my toddler brain she was categorized as a “very nice lady”. Not a bad legacy if you ask me.
It’s nice to see how civil this thread is in comparison to when Lizzie died.
Tack för att ha representerat Danmark, och Skandinavien i det stora, väl, Margrethe! Jag har hört mycket gott om Fredrik, så han blir säkert en bra kung!
Fun fact, Margrethe is half Swedish (I think?). At least she speaks fluent Swedish as well. Think she’s related to our royal family.
She will be missed.
She have always said she won’t abdicate. The fact that she does so now makes me think she has a serious condition. She was operated in her back earlier this year.
She drew the cover for the LOTR brooks here in Denmark (back in the 70s – as Ingahild Grathmer pseudonym)
Great decision. For such an important role, if you can’t complete the Role due to ill health or age, you should abdicate. I hope she has a peaceful retirement, and I hope the king does a great job.
Queen Lagertha was better.
Fun fact: she was pen pal with Tolkien.
Do the Danish people like having a royal family? Do you think they do more good than harm?
I wonder if her abdication is at least partially caused by her son’s cheating scandal.
A bit surprised but I guess it makes sense. Must be a tough job to do at that age and older.
Casual reminder to all the American posters in the comments looking down on the Danes right now for having a monarchy:
Denmark – ranked #6, Full Democracy
United States of America – ranked #30, Flawed Democracy
Frederik will make a good king. Intelligent, charismatic and dedicated to the service of his people. Probably also the only king to ever be a tier 1 special forces operator. He’ll be a good steward of his mother’s legacy.
52 years. No one saw this coming honestly. Though it makes sense now.
She is incredibly popular – 84 percentage approval rating – in a recent poll.
An intelligent, cultural, well spoken monarch who I think will go over in history as one of the best in the more than 1000 year old history of the oldest constant monarchy in the world.
She’ll be the fifth royal abdication in the last 12 years.
Albert II of Belgium, Juan Carlos of Spain and Beatrix of the Netherlands all abdicated in 2013 (that was a wild year, Pope Benedikt retired that year too). Albert and Juan Carlos probably abdicated due to personal scandals, while Beatrix did so because it had become a tradition with Dutch monarchs.
Akihito of Japan abdicated in 2019. Now Margrethe in 2024. I wonder if we will see her Norwegian cousin Olav abdicate any time soon. He is getting up there in age and has dealt with a lot of health problems recently. I’ve also always wondered about Hans Adam in Liechtenstein, his son has basically been reigning prince in all but name for years.
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A final surprise to wrap up the year
I haven’t felt as neutral and unbothered about some news in a while
I recall this word from the GRE word list. So this is when it is used.
Denmark has/had a Queen??
Well there’s something you don’t see every day. Glad for her or sad that happened.
An Aussie sheila from Tassie will soon be Queen Mary of Denmark (and her husband will be King.)
The last surprise of 2023
After the death of Elizabeth II, she was world’s only regnante queen and longest-reigning monarch.
She will abdicate on January 14, 52 years to the day since she took the throne following her father’s death.
Edit: Regeante corrected instead of regent. Thanks for the correction peon47
They’ve got the date of death of her father wrong, it was 1972 not 1952
Can I have it?
She said it was in part due to her health after a back operation this last febuary.
She’s the longest serving Monarch in Danish’s history
Who’s the heir? Is it a Hapsburg who will secure an Austrian Alliance for years to come?
As a Dane, it’s hard to overstate the significance of this event for the country.
What a brave but wise decision. Frederik and Mary are going to do well.
As someone who’s heading to Denmark for a semester soon, is this something I should be overtly concerned about?
I enjoyed visiting the royal palace in Denmark. Lot’s of interesting history, and it was significantly less busy than other royal museums I’ve been to. The audio tour was also guided by the Queen.
May her successors rule well.
Mrs Fjeldsø is going to freak out!
I lived in Denmark as a child from 1980-84. She was very much a queen of the people. She was always right in the middle of things and never afraid to get her hands dirty.
When I was two or three she visited the city I lived in. She visited the American and British NATO operation that my dad was assigned to. There was a receiving line and I remember being in a nice dress and being given both a Danish and American flag to wave (score!). I vaguely remember the queen making her way down the line and that she stopped to talk to me. In my toddler brain she was categorized as a “very nice lady”. Not a bad legacy if you ask me.
It’s nice to see how civil this thread is in comparison to when Lizzie died.
Tack för att ha representerat Danmark, och Skandinavien i det stora, väl, Margrethe! Jag har hört mycket gott om Fredrik, så han blir säkert en bra kung!
Fun fact, Margrethe is half Swedish (I think?). At least she speaks fluent Swedish as well. Think she’s related to our royal family.
She will be missed.
She have always said she won’t abdicate. The fact that she does so now makes me think she has a serious condition. She was operated in her back earlier this year.
She drew the cover for the LOTR brooks here in Denmark (back in the 70s – as Ingahild Grathmer pseudonym)
Great decision. For such an important role, if you can’t complete the Role due to ill health or age, you should abdicate. I hope she has a peaceful retirement, and I hope the king does a great job.
Queen Lagertha was better.
Fun fact: she was pen pal with Tolkien.
Do the Danish people like having a royal family? Do you think they do more good than harm?
I wonder if her abdication is at least partially caused by her son’s cheating scandal.
A bit surprised but I guess it makes sense. Must be a tough job to do at that age and older.
Casual reminder to all the American posters in the comments looking down on the Danes right now for having a monarchy:
Denmark – ranked #6, Full Democracy
United States of America – ranked #30, Flawed Democracy
Frederik will make a good king. Intelligent, charismatic and dedicated to the service of his people. Probably also the only king to ever be a tier 1 special forces operator. He’ll be a good steward of his mother’s legacy.
52 years. No one saw this coming honestly. Though it makes sense now.
She is incredibly popular – 84 percentage approval rating – in a recent poll.
An intelligent, cultural, well spoken monarch who I think will go over in history as one of the best in the more than 1000 year old history of the oldest constant monarchy in the world.
She’ll be the fifth royal abdication in the last 12 years.
Albert II of Belgium, Juan Carlos of Spain and Beatrix of the Netherlands all abdicated in 2013 (that was a wild year, Pope Benedikt retired that year too). Albert and Juan Carlos probably abdicated due to personal scandals, while Beatrix did so because it had become a tradition with Dutch monarchs.
Akihito of Japan abdicated in 2019. Now Margrethe in 2024. I wonder if we will see her Norwegian cousin Olav abdicate any time soon. He is getting up there in age and has dealt with a lot of health problems recently. I’ve also always wondered about Hans Adam in Liechtenstein, his son has basically been reigning prince in all but name for years.
All Hail Frede!