Queen Margrethe’s abdication has kicked off as Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary – together with their son Prince Christian – have begun to make their technique to Christiansborg Castle.
A procession of automobiles set off with the royals setting off in a 1958 Rolls-Royce from Amalienborg.
Margrethe II adopted in a carriage, waving at delighted crowds as she left from Christian IX’s Palace.
Both will cross by Frederiksgade, Bredgade, Kongens Nytorv, Holmens Canal and Prince Jørgen’s Courtyard on the best way.
At 2pm, there can be a Council of State at Christiansborg Palace, which Margrethe, Frederik, and Christian will participate in along with the Government and the Council of State secretary.
Queen Margrethe’s abdication has kicked off as Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary – together with their son Prince Christian – have begun to make their technique to Christiansborg Castle
This is the place the succession of the throne will occur, as Her Majesty The Queen will signal a declaration of her abdication.
Margrethe will then make her approach again to Amalienborg, whereas Frederik and Mary will maintain a proper reception for specifically invited company.
At 3pm, the couple will make a balcony look at Christiansborg Palace. The Prime Minister will then proclaim the King’s accession to the throne.
After this, the newly topped monarch will then communicate and conclude with the motto.
It can be adopted by an honourary cannon salute from the Sixtus Battery – a heritage web site on Holmen, Copenhagen – and the Royal Standard will then be lowered at Christian IX’s Palace (Margrethe’s residence) and reraised at Frederik VIII’s Palace, the place the brand new King and Queen are based mostly.
Frederik and Mary will take a carriage from Christiansborg Palace again to Amalienborg, which can be escorted by a mounted squadron.
At 5pm, there may even be a switch of the royal colors from Christian IX’s Palace to Frederik VIII’s Palace.
Speaking to FEMAIL, physique language knowledgeable Adrianne Carter mentioned there have been ‘no indicators of nervousness’ from Magrethe as she beamed at delighted crowds from her carriage – and waved.
‘Genuine smiles from the Queen within the carriage,’ she defined.
‘Full beaming smiles, she’s having fun with seeing so many individuals in attendance.’
Copenhagen’s streets had been lined to the brim as at the moment’s festivities kicked off within the morning.
A stay broadcast from regional channel DR1 reveals troopers marching up and down the streets as excited crowds have lined up, donning plastic crowds, Danish flag and numerous regalia to have fun the low-key ceremony.
A toddler sporting a crown, seems to be on as individuals collect on the day Danish Queen Margrethe abdicates after 52 years on the throne
Pictured: The honour guard preparing forward of at the moment’s royal festivities in Copenhagen, Denmark
Pictured: Crown Princess Mary, Crown Prince Frederik and Queen Margrethe attend the annual opening of the parliamentary session on the Danish Parliament in October 2022
Margrethe II adopted in a carriage, waving at delighted crowds as she left from Christian IX’s Palace
Speaking to FEMAIL, physique language knowledgeable Adrianne Carter mentioned there have been ‘no indicators of nervousness’ from Magrethe as she beamed at delighted crowds from her carriage – and waved
Stable keepers have additionally been readying the horses within the royal stables of Christiansborg Palace this morning
Well-wishers sporting crowns and coronation robes gathered exterior Christiansborg Palace this morning
Photos from the occasion additionally present safety making checks on the balcony of Christiansborg Castle, with solely hours to go earlier than Queen Margrethe II’s abdication – which she introduced on New Year’s Eve.
Stable keepers have additionally been readying the horses within the royal stables of Christiansborg Palace this morning.
And earlier at the moment, troopers from the Danish Guard Hussar regiment seemed to be training for at the moment’s occasions.
Elsewhere, excited royal followers in Copenhagen have been queueing to purchase desserts embellished with a seal of the quickly to be topped King Frederik X, displayed within the window of the well-known confectionery store La Glace.
And the celebrations started as early as final evening as Margrethe was seen listening to the general public sing to her in Copenhagen on the eve of her abdication.
The royal, 83, has dominated Denmark for greater than 52 years and have become Europe’s longest-reigning monarch after Queen Elizabeth II handed away in September 2022.
Photos from the occasion additionally present safety making checks on the balcony of Christiansborg Castle, with solely hours to go earlier than Queen Margrethe II’s abdication – which she introduced on New Year’s Eve
The monarch delivered the information throughout her conventional New Year’s Eve speech.
The ceremony will occur at the moment, the place she is going to switch energy of the throne to her 55-year-old son, Crown Prince Frederik and his Australian-born spouse Mary, 51.
Danish royalists took to the streets of Copenhagen this weekend and waved pink and white flags to honour their beloved Queen Margrethe – and this morning, wellwishers have already began to arrange exterior Christiansborg Palace Square.
A video posted on X, previously often called Twitter, captured the general public singing to Margrethe exterior Amalienborg, Margrethe’s winter residence final evening.
One of the home windows to the palace was left extensive open, in order that she may hear those that got here to sing to her.
Well-wishers collect in Christiansborg Palace sq. at the moment, adorned in Danish flag regalia within the early hours of the morning
The Danish Royal Horse Guard trains with a proxy carriage forward of at the moment’s thrilling festivities in Copenhagen
Police officers collect earlier than the trip of the royals from Amalienborg Castle to Christiansborg Castle
The honour guard prepares forward of the proclamation of HM King Frederik X and HM Queen Mary of Denmark at Amalienborg Palace Square
Danish flags are waved as excited crowds collect around the Amalienborg Palace Square in Copenhagen
A kangaroo balloon – in a seeming tribute to Crown Princess Mary’s Australian heritage – is waved within the air
A police officer directs members of the general public forward of the proclamation of HM King Frederik X at the moment
Elsewhere, excited royal followers in Copenhagen have been queueing to purchase desserts embellished with a seal of the quickly to be topped King Frederik X
People cross a picture of Queen Margrethe in Copenhagen, Denmark, forward of of her passing on the throne to her son on Sunday
Danish royalists took to the streets of Copenhagen this weekend and waved pink and white flags to honour their beloved Queen Margrethe
The Queen, recognized for her chain-smoking and flamboyant type – was seen on the clip strolling round her residence and peering out on the crowd
The Queen, recognized for her chain-smoking and flamboyant type – was seen on the clip strolling round her residence and peering out on the crowd.
Margrethe, who prior to now had mentioned she would stay on the throne for all times, didn’t give a precise motive for her determination to step down.
However, she mentioned {that a} main again surgical procedure she underwent in February final 12 months had made her contemplate her future.
‘The surgical procedure naturally gave rise to excited about the longer term – whether or not the time had come to depart the duty to the subsequent technology,’ she mentioned in her speech.
‘I’ve determined that now could be the correct time. On January 14, 2024, 52 years after I succeeded my beloved father, I’ll step down as Queen of Denmark.
‘I go away the throne to my son, Crown Prince Frederik.’
Early doorways! Wellwishers have already began gathering at Christiansborg Palace Square forward of Queen Margrethe’s abdication in Copenhagen
The first crowds have began coming collectively exterior the palace for at the moment’s historic stripped-back occasion
The solar was but to rise when the primary royal followers began setting as much as witness at the moment’s abdication
Pictured: Danish flags fluttered on buildings near Christiansborg Castle Square forward of Queen Margrethe’s abdication
Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik takes over the crown on Sunday from his mom, Queen Margrethe II
Department retailer home windows show the Danish flag and the Danish crown in Copenhagen
A image of Danish Queen Margrethe II with a message studying ‘Thank you, Your Majesty’
Thousands of individuals have flooded into Copenhagen to witness the abdication
People have a look at an image of the soon-to-be King Frederik X and his spouse Queen Mary displayed in a window at a buying avenue
Queen Margrethe II is breaking with centuries of Danish royal custom and retiring after a 52-year reign
Queen Margrethe II rides by Denmark’s capital in her last engagement as monarch
In fairytale picturesque scenes, 1000’s, many cheering and waving flags, braved the freezing temperatures, robust winds, snow and sleet
Dressed in a fur coat, the 83-year-old makes use of a strolling stick as she prepares to greet invited representatives of main nationwide organisations and the royal patronage throughout her go to to Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, on January 4
And at the moment will see Denmark welcome the Crown Prince and Princess as their new King and Queen.
Wellwishers with folding chairs donning Danish flags have already began to excitedly line the streets in preparation for this afternoon’s occasions.
The historic event is bound to be an thrilling occasion for the nation – however is about to be a way more stripped down transferrence of energy in comparison with King Charles’s ornate Coronation in May.
Queen Margrethe, who took to the throne in 1972, has turn into the primary Danish monarch in practically 900 years to relinquish the throne.
However, throughout an interview in 2016, she expressed a distinct opinion.
She mentioned: ‘It’s at all times been: you keep so long as you reside. That’s what my father did and my predecessors. And the best way I see it too.’
‘It might be that she thinks Prince Frederik is ready to take over now,’ mentioned Lars Hovbakke Sorensen, a historian and affiliate professor at University College Absalon in Denmark.
‘He’s 55, and perhaps the queen wished to keep away from a scenario the place you’d have a really, very previous king, as you noticed with Prince Charles.’
The new Danish royal couple will take the throne at a time of big public assist and enthusiasm for the monarchy.
The royal, 83, has dominated Denmark for greater than 52 years and turn into Europe’s longest reigning monarch after Queen Elizabeth II handed away in September 2022
The Danish Queen (proper) can be succeeded by her eldest son Crown Prince Frederik (centre) pictured together with his Australian-born spouse Crown Princess Mary
Frederik and Mary will wave from the balcony. The couple are pictured on Frederik’s fiftieth birthday
Mary appeared optimistic as she arrived on the New Year’s reception for officers from the Armed Forces and the National Emergency Management Agency
Margrethe II was the eldest of the three daughters of King Frederik IX of Denmark, and succeeded him to the throne in 1972
The most up-to-date survey, which was performed after the queen introduced she would abdicate, indicated that 82 per cent of Danes anticipate Frederik to do properly or very properly in his new position, whereas 86 per cent mentioned the identical about Mary.
‘The royal household means every little thing that’s Danish. It’s fairytales and traditions,’ mentioned Anna Karina Laursen, 59, a nod to the nation’s well-known fairytale author Hans Christian Andersen.
The Amalienborg complicated, constructed within the 1750s, is positioned in central Copenhagen and consists of 4 palaces constructed round an octagonal courtyard.
It is residence to each the outgoing queen and the brand new reigning couple.
However, a royal knowledgeable mentioned that the Danish Queen broke an ‘invisible pact’ between Scandinavian monarchs to by no means abdicate.
Roger Lundberg advised STV that, after Denmark’s changeover, there’s a probability King Harald of Norway, 86, and King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, 79, may comply with go well with and step down to permit their eldest youngsters to take the throne.
New Danish royal titles and line of succession
FIRST IN LINE: Prince Christian will turn into Crown Prince Christian and is the inheritor obvious
SECOND: Christian’s youthful sister, 16-year-old Princess Isabella will turn into second in lin
THIRD AND FOURTH: Twins Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine take the subsequent spots within the rating (pictured with Prince Christian and Queen Margrethe final April)
L to R: Felix (SEVENTH), Marie, Prince Joachim (FIFTH), Athena (NINTH), Henrik (EIGHTH) and Nikolai (SIXTH) in September
TENTH: Queen Margrethe’s sister Princess Benedikte, herself 79, takes the ultimate spot within the line of succession
CROWN PRINCE FREDERIK WILL BECOME KING
Frederick, 55, previously often called Crown Prince Frederick – is about to turn into His Majesty King Frederick X.
Her Majesty The Queen will proceed to be often called Her Majesty and bear the title HM Queen Margrethe.
CROWN PRINCESS MARY WILL BECOME QUEEN
Meanwhile, his spouse Crown Princess Mary – who’s extremely popular with the Danish public because of her dedication to royal obligation and dedication to studying the language – will turn into Queen Consort.
She can be set to turn into the nation’s first Australian-born queen.
The couple, who met in a bar in 2000 in the course of the Olympics in Sydney, share 4 youngsters, who every occupy the subsequent areas within the line of succession.
PRINCE CHRISTIAN WILL BECOME CROWN PRINCE
Their son Prince Christian will turn into the subsequent in line to the Danish throne at simply 18.
His title will change to Crown Prince Christian as he would be the inheritor obvious.
He might need to act as head of state when his father is in a foreign country.
Princess Mary, Frederik’s brother Joachim, and Princess Benedikte are capable of take over as head of state ought to Christian be too busy – nonetheless he will definitely be required to tackle extra official duties.
Christian is also known as the ‘most eligible bachelor in Europe’ and his new title will solely elevate that standing much more.