DANES were slowly coming to terms today with Queen Margrethe’s surprise announcement that she will abdicate on January 14 in favour of her son after 52 years on the throne.
“Goosebumps, to say the least. It was quite a shock,” 30-year-old Stefan Teichert told AFP, adding that he, like many other Danes, had followed the 83-year-old queen’s annual New Year’s Eve speech live on television.
