anything about danish royalty, she picked up danish very quickly. she was present in danish life. and the danish people have grown to her. many say she is a better communicator than her husband and that will stand in very good stead. you can see the flags waving behind me, the danish flags. in the distance you can see the arrival of queen margrethe. here to christiansborg palace. she is coming for herfinal task of christiansborg palace. she is coming for her final task of her 52 year reign. she will be at a government meeting where she will sign the declaration of abdication, her final goodbye. in declaration of abdication, her final aoodb e. , ., ., ., ., goodbye. in the cars ahead, who are in the cars that goodbye. in the cars ahead, who are in the cars that we
thenit process of abdication over with and then it will be a chance to proclaim then it will be a chance to proclaim the new king. queen margrethe in her carriage with the military escort heading through the streets of copenhagen. you can see the number of people out on the streets. the police were prepared for about 100,000 people to come this afternoon. this is a very small country and they have come out to say goodbye to the queen that has sat on the danish throne for 52 years. she is very popular and this is herfinaljourney ahead of signing the formal papers of her declaration of abdication. i don t know if you declaration of abdication. i don t know if you know declaration of abdication. i don t know if you know the declaration of abdication. i don t know if you know the answer - declaration of abdication. i don t know if you know the answer ofl declaration of abdication. i don t - know if you know the answer of this, but do we know what she is likely to do now with mark
basically a government meeting with her and the new king and the crowned prince christian and she will formally sign her declaration of abdication. at that point, she will leave the palace here, give the reins to her son king frederick. he will be proclaimed, that is a next stage of events here this afternoon. is the proclamation. there is no big coronation ceremony here the proclamation is aided by the danish prime minister. they will be out on the palace with the new king king frederik. he will say a few words and we are hoping that at that point we might see queen mary and some
amount of popular appeal and there is a lot of affection held for her here in denmark. in terms. she has consistently polled above 80% in terms of popularity. she is a very popularfigure. this ride in the carriage to the christiansborg palace through the streets of copenhagen as she prepares to formally sign her declaration of abdication, it is a really important moment for the danish people. she is being led with the military escort to the palace where she will take part in what is effectively a government meeting, a council of state where she will sign the documents and hand over power to her son. in attendance at the meeting will be the government, queen margrethe, the new king frederik and the crowned prince christian. they will take part in the government meeting and that will be the formal process of abdication over with and