The fairy tale rise of an Australian sales executive to the upper ranks of European royalty is set to be completed later this month when Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth of Denmark becomes the country’s Queen Consort.
The final stretch of Mary’s path from Tasmania to the Danish throne was cleared on New Year’s Eve by the surprise abdication of Queen Margrethe II, who announced that she will be stepping down on January 14.
It’s an exceedingly rare move in Denmark, where a monarch hasn’t abdicated since 1146 when King Eric III gave up the crown to join a monastery, according to the Royal House.
There’s understandably a lot of negativity on Lemmy about royalty in general, but I’d like to point out that the e queens final move is admirable.
I wish more heads of states knew when to voluntarily quit and let the next generation take over.
If a monarch has enough power that that matters they have far too much power. I’m generally very anti monarchy, but when Elizabeth died it didn’t matter that she was ancient because she didn’t really matter as more than a figurehead.
British royals still hold a lot of power. And not only over Britain, but all over the world. They still influence global politics.