Queen of Denmark unexpectedly abdicates

[Bingoman]

She will step down on January the 14th and good luck with her retirement

Denmark's queen Margrethe II unexpectedly announces abdication in New Year's Eve speech

Margrethe II will be succeeded by her eldest son, Crown Prince Frederik, when she steps down on 14 January.

news.sky.com

 

[Pickman's model]

May her retirement be brief and her son's reign short

 

[JimW]

Didn't she piss off her family by getting rid of a load of titles? Or was that some other Ruritanian hangover?

 

[Silas Loom]

I thought that Danish royal succession was usually sorted out with poisoned wine.

 

[rubbershoes]

I thought that Danish royal succession was usually sorted out with poisoned wine.

Or tins of seasonal biscuits

 

[planetgeli]

Why the fuck should we care? And why is there a question mark in the title?

 

[A380]

Is the successor chosen by how many cans of Spesh they can down?

 

[PTK]

The world will never be the same again.

 

[JimW]

Nice to see a royal with teeth as bad as my own. Gawd bless 'er.

 

[moochedit]

why is there a question mark in the title?

Good question?

 

[brogdale]

Time for a new thread? Has the Queen (of Denmark) died?

 

[petee]

" the timing of the announcement will have "taken many people by surprise".

"She has not been very well recently. She's had trouble with back pain. She's had some surgeries," "

so no surprise at all really.

 

[quiet guy]

Is the successor chosen by how many cans of Spesh they can down?

If Carlsberg made....

 

[danny la rouge]

And why is there a question mark in the title?

I don’t know?

 

[MickiQ]

What does a retired monarch do? Can't really imagine her nipping down to the pub for a game of dominos or queueing for her pension at the post office.

 

[Silas Loom]

What does a retired monarch do? Can't really imagine her nipping down to the pub for a game of dominos or queueing for her pension at the post office.

The last one we had here worked quite hard on establishing a puppet Nazi government for the UK. So perhaps Margarethe can take up Putinism.

 

[danny la rouge]

What does a retired monarch do?

Generally die immediately.

 

[stavros]

The Danish royal family in full:

 

[JimW]

What does a retired monarch do? Can't really imagine her nipping down to the pub for a game of dominos or queueing for her pension at the post office.

In Heian Japan they'd hang around a monastery still pulling the strings of whoever they had put on the throne to take the heat.

 

[Sue]

I thought that Danish royal succession was usually sorted out with poisoned wine.

Wishful thinking. Probably.

 

[Sue]

I'm out with a friend who's got a Danish passport but isn't really very Danish. (They were v generous passport-wise back in the day.) She's like .

 

[WouldBe]

What does a retired monarch do?

Goes to Queen's club?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Denmark has a monarch?

Apart from late 70’s/early 80’s grot movies what’s the point in Denmark? Other than tempting Boris Sprinkler away from the U.K., of course.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

It's an oddity of history that the North Sea is surrounded by monarchies. UK, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium. (Also landlocked Luxembourg.) Not enough revolutions.

 

[moochedit]

It's an oddity of history that the North Sea is surrounded by monarchies. UK, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium. (Also landlocked Luxembourg.) Not enough revolutions.

This can't be a co-incidence * goes off to do some research *

 

[littlebabyjesus]

This can't be a co-incidence * goes off to do some research *

Other than statelets like Monaco, the only other remaining monarchy in Europe is Spain, which has Franco to thank for bringing it back.

tbh I think the answer is boring. It's indicative of relative political stability and continuity in the last couple of centuries.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Other than statelets like Monaco, the only other remaining monarchy in Europe is Spain, which has Franco to thank for bringing it back.

tbh I think the answer is boring. It's indicative of relative political stability and continuity in the last couple of centuries.

There's some geezer lives in Belgrade styles himself King of Yugoslavia.

Evidently there's more than one memo he never got.

 

[Sue]

There's some geezer lives in Belgrade styles himself King of Yugoslavia.

Evidently there's more than one memo he never got.

Wherever there's an ex-crown, there's a pretender to it.

 

[tim]

Other than statelets like Monaco, the only other remaining monarchy in Europe is Spain, which has Franco to thank for bringing it back.

tbh I think the answer is boring. It's indicative of relative political stability and continuity in the last couple of centuries.

The ex-King of Bulgaria, having been deposed in the late 40's got himself elected as Prime Minister in the early 90s.His revived popularity soon waned.

 

[Idris2002]

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