Denmark - Queen Margrethe's last carriage ride to the New Year's reception
Queen Margrethe II has traveled by carriage from her palace to the New Year's reception at Christiansborg Palace for the last time as Danish regent. Danish television showed in the morning how numerous people in Copenhagen waited in the snow and waved to Margrethe (83) as she drove past in her gilded carriage.
At the annual reception, around 1000 invited guests bring their New Year's wishes to the royal family. The monarch's carriage ride there from her residence at Amalienborg Palace through the center of Copenhagen is a tradition. In 2025, however, it will not be Margrethe but her son Frederik who will be sitting in the carriage - if he keeps up this tradition.
In her New Year's address on December 31, Margrethe surprisingly announced that she would be stepping down as Queen after 52 years on the throne. She cited a back operation last year as the reason for this, which she had survived well, but which had given her pause for thought. On January 14, the 55-year-old crown prince will take over the throne as King Frederik X.
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- Despite stepping down as Queen, Margrethe II will still attend the New Year's reception in 2023, making her final carriage ride as head of state through the streets of Copenhagen.
- The Head of state, Queen Margrethe II, has announced her decision to abdicate the throne, allowing her son Frederik to ascend as King Frederik X in 2025, potentially continuing the noble Monarchy tradition.
- In the heart of Copenhagen, during the upcoming New Year's reception, the people of Denmark will gather to express their wishes to King Frederik X, the new head of state, in a fitting celebration of the royal Monarchy.
- The television channels across Denmark broadcasted live footage of Margrethe II, the noble and beloved head of state, riding her gilded carriage to the New Year's reception, surrounded by cheering crowds in Copenhagen.
- In this historic change of reign, Denmark will bid farewell to their long-standing Queen Margrethe II and welcome her noble and renowned son, Frederik, as the new King Frederik X, symbolically marking the end of an era while embracing the new Monarchy.
Source: www.stern.de
