At the beginning of the new year, many people have a new plan for their life and studies/careers in the new year.
But at the beginning of the new year, the Danish royal family made a move that shocked the whole world.
After 52 years of reign, Queen Margrethe announced that she would abdicate and transition the Danish throne to the scandal-ridden Crown Prince Frederick!
This message contains a bit of a lot of information, so let's say it one by one...
Queen Margaret's abdication means, first of all, that Europe's longest-reigning monarch is out of the public eye.
Since the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Margrethe, as the third representative of Queen Elizabeth, has shouldered the label of a benchmark figure of European royal families with half a century of reign.
Denmark has the oldest monarchy in Europe, and in 1972, at the age of 32, Queen Margrethe took over the responsibilities from her late father.
In fact, it was only when Queen Margaret was 13 years old that the constitution was changed to allow women to become heirs to the Danish royal family, and Queen Margaret was able to become the crown prince.
Since then, she has been loved by the Danes for her sense of responsibility and personal talent, gorgeous clothes, and people-friendly personality.
Queen Margaret also studied prehistoric archaeology at Cambridge. In total, Queen Margaret attended five universities and studied at the School of Economics in the United Kingdom until she was 25 years old.
She is not only a linguist, designer, but also an illustrator.
In 2021, the American streaming giant Netflix and Queen Margaret reached a hiring cooperation, and she actually became the set designer of a film adaptation of a famous Danish female author on Netflix!
Unlike the Queen of England, who reveals a hint of humor in her rigor, Queen Margrethe of Denmark reveals a "witty and creative personality", and at the same time, she stands out from the European monarchs with her blatant "rebellion" in the public eye and extremely close to the people.
Queen Margaret loved to smoke and did not hide her hobby in public many times.
She often walks the streets of Denmark without any visible bodyguards or bystanders, dressed casually, and her whole style is completely integrated into the surrounding crowd, and she is like two people in formal wear on weekdays.
She also goes to the supermarket where the Danes go to buy groceries. When she met people who recognized her, she didn't have any sense of distance, talked cordially with each other, and agreed to each other's request for a group photo.
Looking at it this way, the queen's royal duties seem to be performed by one of her "doppelgangers", and the casual appearance of the queen is her "self......
In the performance of royal duties, Queen Margaret is also known for her super energy and strong body.
She regularly visits Greenland and the Faroe Islands, two semi-independent territories belonging to the Kingdom of Denmark.
At the age of 70, she represented the country on a visit to the troops stationed in Afghanistan, and at that time she also wore a military jumpsuit.
She herself loves skiing, Xi joined the Danish Women's Air Force as a young man, learned judo, and endured a rigorous snow endurance test.
Sticking to his post, learning something, being so down-to-earth, and without any negative news, it's hard not to love such a monarch.
As a result, Queen Margaret has been consistently ranked as one of Denmark's "most popular public figures". She was also nicknamed "Daisy" and "Aunt Daisy", as "Margaret" refers to daisy flowers in both Swedish and Danish.
Queen Margaret's marriage does not seem to be very happy. She got married at the age of 27, and the man was the son of a French diplomat and count whom she met at the age of 25 when she studied in a foreign country, and the two gave birth to two sons soon after the marriage.
Although this high-profile marriage lasted for 50 years, at the end of the man's life, the man openly criticized the queen's coldness towards him in the marriage:
"I felt pushed away by her in my own home. ”
Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, let alone a monarch of a country with heavy responsibilities...
At the same time, since Elizabeth's death, Queen Margaret has become the focus of a lot of media attention.
Last year, Queen Margaret suddenly announced that she would deprive her second son of the honorable titles of "Her Royal Highness Princess" and "Her Royal Highness Prince", which caused strife in the royal family and an international crisis in the image of the Danish royal family.
Queen Margreet's move is clearly aimed at "simplifying" the future of the Danish royal family, taking into account the large family of the eldest son/crown prince, kicking the marginalized royal family out of the circle of core members, so that Danish taxpayers can better support the long-term existence of the royal family.
This idea is what the British royal family wants to do but has not yet fully achieved, but Queen Margaret took the lead in the crisis of the British royal family's "second son making independence" and directly expelled the four minor and adult children of the second son from the inner circle.
The queen's decisiveness and resoluteness aroused the favor of many people, but at that time, it seemed that the queen and the second son's family were negligent in communication, and the sudden iron order caused some public backlash from the second son's family, which brought a certain crisis of internal strife to the Danish royal family.
But then the queen publicly apologized for her mistake, and the family's internal strife slowly subsided...
Seeing that the queen's personality and ability are so "flamboyant", it is difficult for the outside world to convince the current crown prince, 55-year-old Crown Prince Frederick.
Just in time to catch up with the "oldest prince" who broke the record before, Charles of England next door, Frederick has also waited for 52 years, half a century, in this position.
The crown prince, as is customary for the royal family, served in the navy and air force, and received a number of military ranks.
In terms of talent, the crown prince is not as versatile as his mother, and during the "waiting period" for many years, the crown prince himself has not made huge achievements in the royal family.
In fact, for nearly 20 years, his wife, Mary, a commoner princess from Australia, has been more popular with the public than him.
The Danes thought Mary was down-to-earth and humble, left her homeland to come to a country with an unfamiliar language, tried hard to learn a new language and mastered it, and then conscientiously fulfilled the royal duties that she was not good at from the beginning, helping the Danish royal family to establish a good image of being close to the people and hardworking.
also brought 4 princes to the crown prince, and she is a good princess whose character and achievements can stand the test.
In fact, it was not only the Danes who thought so, but Mary's work was strongly affirmed by Margaret herself, who even gave Mary the position of "regent", allowing Mary to serve as the interim supreme monarch of the country when the queen left the country.
The value of the crown prince's image added to the Danish royal family is not obvious, and this year's "romantic affair" of his girlfriend at a Spanish night party is another blow to the Danish royal family, whose image crisis has finally been alleviated.
In October, on the eve of the Spanish king's and queen's state visit to Denmark, Frederick left Princess Mary behind and flew to Spain alone with his security team to meet a Mexican socialite.
The celebrity is not small, and she is the former daughter-in-law of the billionaire Duchess Alba, who is proud of her wealth in Europe.
The crown prince spent an afternoon and evening with the beauty in Spain, doing many cultural activities together, including walking in the park, watching Picasso's exhibition, and watching the famous Spanish flamenco dance in the evening while eating until the early hours of the morning.
At around 7 p.m. that day, the two went to the woman's apartment alone, and 2 hours later, they changed their outfits and went to the restaurant to eat and dance.
After the show, the two were reluctant to leave the table at 1 a.m., even though the restaurant was closed and the indoor lights were turned off.
The two then took a group photo outside the restaurant, after which the crown prince opened his car door for the woman in a "polite gesture" and returned to the woman's accommodation with the bodyguards and others.
It wasn't until 8:30 a.m. the next morning that the crown prince left the apartment alone with a small suitcase.
He then flew straight back to Denmark, where he and his wife, Mary, seamlessly hosted the King and Queen of Spain, who had made a special trip from Spain for a state visit.
Just after this gossip about the crown prince's "cheating" shocked the world, Crown Princess Mary was photographed with her husband obviously blackface and snub at a state visit.
Linking the tabloid photos with the performance of the crown princess, it is difficult not to believe that the crown prince and the Spanish socialite are just "friendships......
Compared with Princess Mary's dedication to the Danish royal family, and the "Danish fairytale romantic love" that the two began in Mary's home country of Australia, the crown prince's performance seems to be a bit off the chain.
The Danish royal family refused to respond to the scandal, and the Spanish socialite openly denied it:
"I categorically deny the claims that there is a romantic relationship between Prince Frederick and me.
Any such remarks are not only a complete lack of truth, but also a malicious distortion of the facts.
The rumors have been grasped by my lawyers, who will take steps to protect my right to reputation, truth and privacy. ”
According to a self-proclaimed "insider" Spanish TV show hostess, the crown prince and the celebrity are good friends who meet several times a year, and the two met during a high-end European mountain hunting event, and also have mutual friends, and there is "friendship" between the two.
Explained, it doesn't seem to be explained again...
In short, the events of that night must have been lost in the sea, and only the two parties concerned knew it...
However, just when the outside world continued to wait for Mary's cold face to the crown prince, the two suddenly reappeared as husband and wife in the past...
On Christmas Eve a few days ago, when the two went to the cathedral to participate in the event together, it seemed that the old "husband and wife" love picture had been restored, plus a few children, it seemed that no night in Spain had happened at all...
The queen's "hasty" abdication, the succession of the crown prince who has not yet finished the cheating scandal, this series of events, it is difficult not to let the outside world speculate whether the queen uses the abdication to protect the crown prince, or stabilize Princess Mary.
The queen announced that she will completely resign from the queen's position on the 14th of this month, if all goes well, it means that Mary will become the first Australian commoner princess in Europe, which is undoubtedly a huge "reward" for Mary, who has been holding the crown princess for 19 years.
However, the queen did have a back surgery in February this year, and her 83-year-old body is indeed not what it was back then.
The Queen's declaration of resignation reads:
"I decided that it was the right time. On January 14, 2024, I will step down as Queen of Denmark after 52 years of inheriting the throne from my beloved father.
I left the throne to my son, Crown Prince Frederick. ”
For this sudden and resolute decision, the Danish female prime minister affirmed and thanked the queen for her dedication in the half century of her reign:
"Over the years, Margaret has integrated her words and feelings into our image as a people and a nation, and she is the epitome of Denmark".
And the people are also the voices of affirmation and longing for the Queen:
"The world's last reigning queen has abdicated!"
"She served her country a lot, and finally retired in high office. ”
"She looks a little delicate & pompous & funny, but also very determined. Mighty Queen. Amazing women!"
"Lovely lady, she will be missed. ”
"She's done the right thing about stripping her grandchildren of their titles, and if they weren't working royals, they wouldn't need those titles..."
"Our dear queen is a wise and exemplary figure for 52 years... But her health is no longer as good as it used to be. ”
Some netizens also think that the queen took the initiative to abdicate and had other considerations:
"Interesting timing. Is it to stabilize Crown Princess Mary?"
"Well, hopefully this will get the crown prince down to business. ”
Some netizens also took the opportunity to discuss the British royal family next door:
"Abdication is a 'normal' thing for European royalty, but it should be seen as an act of betrayal. ”
"A legendary woman. Deprive her grandchildren of their titles - the British are quick to draw the emphasis. ”
"Now, if those who eat white food in our country will be treated the same, this time it is a good start to the New Year. ”
In any case, it looks like the Danish royal family will soon have a transition between the old and the new.
Now, with the abdication of the Queen, and the death and abdication of the Queen of England more than a year ago, the European royal family landscape has changed dramatically.
The crown prince is like the king of England who has just taken over the throne, and how will he begin his reign and continue with the old Danish royal family in the wave of modern royal reform?
What kind of retirement will the "naughty" queen begin?
Let's wait and see...