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Denmark turns a page in its history on Sunday when Queen Margrethe abdicates and her son becomes King Frederik X, with more than 100,000 Danes expected to turn out for the unprecedented event.Her 55-year-old son Frederik who will also attend the Council of State along with his Australian-born wife Mary and their eldest child, 18-year-old Prince Christian automatically becomes king and head of state upon Margrethe's abdication.
Denmark turns a page in its history on Sunday when Queen Margrethe abdicates and her son becomes King Frederik X, with more than 100,000 Danes expected to turn out for the unprecedented event.
The prime minister publicly presented the new monarch, King Frederik X, after his mother formally completed her abdication as queen in a private meeting.