The queen introduced throughout her New Yr’s speech that she would abdicate on Jan. 14th, which is the 52nd anniversary of her personal accession to the throne at age 31 following the dying of her father, King Frederik IX.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen confirmed the choice in a information launch that paid tribute to the 83-year-old monarch, providing a heartfelt thanks to Her Majesty the Queen for her lifelong dedication and tireless efforts for the Kingdom.
The 6-foot-tall (1.82-meters-tall), chain-smoking Margrethe has been one of the vital common public figures in Denmark. She usually walked the streets of Copenhagen nearly unescorted and gained the admiration of Danes for her heat manners and for her abilities as a linguist and designer.
A eager skier, she was a member of a Danish womens air power unit as a princess, participating in judo programs and endurance exams within the snow. Margrethe remained robust at the same time as she grew older. In 2011, at age 70, she visited Danish troops in southern Afghanistan carrying a army jumpsuit.
As monarch, she crisscrossed the nation and recurrently visited Greenland and the Faeroe Islands, the 2 semi-independent territories that are a part of the Danish Realm, and was met all over the place by cheering crowds.