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The Latest Breaking News from Denmark

Digested week: Abdication of Denmark’s queen continues to charm and entertain

Spotlight now falls on Crown Prince Frederik and his wife as tabloids focus on alleged past dalliance

The Guardian - UK

Rikke Sevecke: Denmark defender retires from football with heart condition

The Denmark defender Rikke Sevecke has announced her enforced retirement after the diagnosis of a heart condition at the age of 27

The Guardian - UK

Hearing aid use linked to lower dementia risk, study suggests

Research was carried out in Denmark from 2003 to 2017 and included more than 500,000 people.

The Independent UK

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Extreme cold leaves thousands without power in Nordic countries while floods again hit Germany

Extremely cold temperatures compounded by strong winds and snow are wreaking havoc across the Nordic region, leaving thousands without power while others braved the cold for hours stuck in their cars along clogged highways

The Independent UK

Danish queen in her last public appearance before she steps down in rare abdication

Queen Margrethe rode through Denmark’s capital in a gilded, horse-drawn coach as she concluded her last New Year celebrations before her Jan. 14 abdication after 52 years on the throne

The Independent UK

Extreme cold temperatures not seen for decades in Scandinavia cause widespread disruption

Temperatures plunge to below -40C in Nordic region with most parts blanketed in heavy snow

The Independent UK

Could King Charles follow in Queen Margrethe's footsteps and step down from the throne? This royal expert thinks so

Queen Margrethe of Denmark shocked royal fans when she abdicated the throne on New Year's Day - but could King Charles do the same?

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How does a woman from Hobart end up a Danish Queen? Everything you need to know about Mary

When Queen Margrethe abdicates on 14 January, Crown Prince Frederik will become King Frederik X, and Mary Donaldson will become Queen of Denmark

The Guardian - AU

Frederik, the 'party prince': the down-to-earth next king of Denmark who met his wife in a pub

He loves Burning Man, used a fake name at Harvard and met his Australian-Scottish wife in a Sydney bar. As Crown Prince Frederik prepares to ascend the throne, Katie Strick and Emma Loffhagen report on his rebellious past and rumours of a recent affair

Evening Standard

Queen Margrethe of Denmark Might Have Just Abdicated the Throne to Save Her Son’s Marriage

Margrethe’s bombshell announcement will leave the world without a reigning queen in just two weeks’ time—and follows a scandal involving her heir.

Marie Claire

Princess Mary makes a striking appearance in velvet off the shoulder gown as Queen Margrethe announces abdication

The future Queen of Denmark looked magnificent in a dress she's worn repeatedly since the early 2000s

Woman & Home

King Charles should follow Denmark’s example – and tell us when he’ll abdicate

Queen Margrethe is the latest European monarch to make way for new blood. It puts our archaic system to shame, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Queen Margrethe II abdicating throne, son Crown Prince Frederick to succeed

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark announces her abdication after 52 royal years. Europe's longest reigning monarch to pass the crown to son, Crown Prince Frede...

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The Guardian - UK

‘All of Denmark is crying’: Danes react to Margrethe II’s abdication

‘I cried. And then I watched it back and cried again,’ says one as nation processes shock royal broadcast

Marie Claire

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark has announced her abdication from the throne

Al Jazeera

Who is Crown Prince Frederik, Denmark’s king-in-waiting?

His ascension to the throne comes after Queen Margrethe II announced her surprise abdication on New Year’s Eve.

The Independent UK

Who is Prince Frederik, the next king of Denmark?

Crown Prince Frederik has vowed to ‘guide the ship’ when times comes to ascend throne

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Woman & Home

Major royal shocks the world with unexpected announcement on New Year's Eve

This senior royal ended 2023 with a shock announcement about their future

The Guardian - AU

How Australia’s Mary Donaldson went from commoner to Danish Queen

An unconventional journey from Australia’s middle class to European royalty began in an unremarkable bar in Sydney in 2000

The Guardian - AU

The promotion of Australian-born Mary from princess to queen proves what a pure lottery the aristocracy has always been

With Denmark’s Queen Margrethe abdicating, Mary may come to fulfil an imaginative role as a local queen for Australians when her husband Prince Frederik accedes to the throne

AAP

Fairytales do come true, Mary to be Danish Queen

Princess Mary will become the first Australian to rule a country after Denmark's Queen Margrethe announced she would abdicate the throne to her son.

International Business Times

Frederik, Denmark's 'Woke' And Popular Future King

A rebellious teen turned "woke" family man, Denmark's future king Crown Prince Frederik is the embodiment of the country's relaxed, liberal monarchy.

WEKU

Denmark's Queen Margrethe II to step down on Jan. 14 after 50 years on the throne

The queen announced during her New Year's speech that she would abdicate on the 52nd anniversary of her own accession to the throne at age 31 following the death of her father, King Frederik IX.

International Business Times

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