Margrethe II
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Margrethe II is a member of the Danish royal family who reigned as Queen of Denmark from 14 January 1972 until her abdication on 14 January 2024. Having reigned for exactly 52 years, she is the second
Margrethe II in 2012
Margrethe (left) with her parents and sisters, 1954
Princess Margrethe in 1960.
Margrethe received by Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser and First Lady Tahia Abdel Nasser at the Abdeen Palace, Cairo, in November 1962
Frederik X
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Frederik X is King of Denmark, reigning since 14 January 2024.
Margrethe II
…1953 when a constitutional amendment allowed women to inherit the throne. In 1967 she married Henri de Laborde de Monpezat, with whom she had two sons, Frederik and Joachim. Margrethe succeeded her father upon his death in January 1972. Margrethe has worked as a scenographer, costume designer, and illustrator…
Frederik in 2025
Prince Frederik as an infant in the arms of his mother, 1968
Prince Frederik and Princess Mary on a 2004 Faroese commemorative stamp
The proclamation of King Frederik X from the balcony of Christiansborg Palace on 14 January 2024