Who is Prince Frederik, the next king of Denmark?
by Shweta Sharma
Jan 01, 2024
2 minutes
Crown Prince Frederik will take over as Denmark’s monarch after his mother Queen Margrethe II announced her surprise abdication on New Year’s Eve.
The queen, 83, is the longest-serving current monarch in Europe but will step down on 14 January, 52 years after she ascended the throne after the death of her father King Frederik IX in 1972.
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