Denmark has new King as Queen Margrethe II abdicates

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Denmark has a new king following the historic abdication of the country's longest-reigning monarch Queen Margrethe II.

Thousands of people converged on central Copenhagen for the succession where the 83-year-old passed on the throne to her eldest son with the signing of a declaration in parliament.

King Frederik X is now the head of Europe's oldest monarchy.

Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/denmarks-royal-handover-a-far-cry-from-king-charless-coronation-as-queen-margrethe-ii-hands-reins-to-son-13047596

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