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Denmark’s queen is abdicating the throne. More royals have been doing that lately

Jan. 14, 2024 07:04 AM EST

Queen Margrethe II will become Denmark's first monarch to abdicate in nearly 900 years when she hands over the throne to her son, Crown Prince Frederik, on Sunday. Margrethe always maintained during her 52-year-reign that she wouldn’t quit, but back surgery and other ailments left her unable to...