Margaret II signs her abdication and makes Frederick X king. This is the first time in 00 years that a Danish monarch has abdicated. The Danish kingdom can boast of being the oldest in Europe, dating back to the 1863th century. The current Glücksborg dynasty acceded to the throne in <> when Christian IX succeeded the drinker and womanizer Frederick VII of the Oldenborg dynasty. The new king's full name is Frederick Andrew Henry Christian. From now on, following his mother's custom, he signed as Frederick X Rex.
Denmark will proclaim Crown Prince Frederik as the new King Frederik X in a ceremony today as Queen Margrethe becomes the first Danish monarch in 900 years to abdicate