In a surprise New Year's Eve announcement, Denmark's Queen Margrethe II said she plans to abdicate her throne more than five decades after succeeding her father King Frederik IX. "I have decided that ...

DENMARK -- Denmark's King Frederik X has taken the throne after the abdication of his mother Queen Margrethe II, looking emotional as he waved to the thousands who gathered in the capital Copenhagen ...

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the government could not change what had happened but could take responsbility [Reuters] Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has issued a long-awaited ...

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