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Danish Queen Margrethe announces surprise abdication after 52 years on the throne (www.cnn.com)

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[-] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 42 points 11 months ago

She had a good opportunity to abolish monarchy there...

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 22 points 11 months ago

I think that would have to be done by the Parliament.

[-] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 20 points 11 months ago

Still a good moment to initiate that discussion.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 11 points 11 months ago

The discussion was initiated several hundreds years ago and is still going. Approximately 80% of the population are in favour of keeping the monarchy in its current form.

[-] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 11 months ago

Me when non-French Europeans ask why I don't care about their opinions on anything

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

But you care about French opinions?

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 3 points 11 months ago

Yes. They know the proper role of monarchs.

[-] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

She's not in charge of that. Denmark has a parliament, and the Danish people do not want to abolish the monarchy. In fact, the Danish royals are very popular in Denmark and abroad.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -4 points 11 months ago

What's the point?

[-] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago

Exactly. What's the point of monarchy in 2024?

[-] WobWob@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 11 months ago

They serve as good will ambassadors and bring in more tourist money than they cost to keep running.

[-] Adanisi@lemmy.zip 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They also have lobbying and political power, at least in the UK.

Also, it's not the living monarchs that attract tourists. It's the buildings, the places, and the history. Just look at France and Versailles. You do know what they did to their monarchy, right? It's the place and the history, that people go for.

[-] whome@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago

Because a lot of them think they are somehow superior to others because they know who their ancestors were for the last 30 generations.

[-] BradPittIsGod@lemmus.org 13 points 11 months ago

Regardless of the reason, that's good. This is not the middle age anymore

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 11 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

In a surprise move Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has announced she will abdicate her role early in 2024, after a reign lasting more than five decades.

Margrethe, 83, will hand over the throne to her son, Crown Prince Frederik, she said in her traditional New Year’s Eve speech broadcast on Danish television.

Inevitably, the operation gave cause to thoughts about the future – whether now would be an appropriate time to pass on the responsibility to the next generation.

Queen Margrethe II took over the throne on 14 January 1972 following the death of King Frederik IX.

After the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II last year Margrethe became the longest-serving monarch in Europe.

After a meeting in the Council of State, the Prime Minister will proclaim the change of throne at Christiansborg Castle.

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[-] Lols@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

its a complete embarrassment that denmark still has a royal family

[-] Llamalitmus@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Sounds like she could do with more bran in her diet >_>

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I bet her diet is better than any of the users on Lemmy. I'd like to see you at 83 with all of your bran

[-] Brekky@lemmy.world -3 points 11 months ago

Whoosh?

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I guess I need something explained. What did I miss?

[-] Brekky@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Cause she's been sitting on the throne (toilet) for so long. :)

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks. I had missed the toilet reference

[-] moon@lemmy.cafe 1 points 11 months ago

rip bozo

[-] MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.works -1 points 11 months ago

As good a time as any to post this classic Peter serafinowicz clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IDmSnD2pzc&t=43

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