"Can I?" reads Frederik X's strong gesture. On Sunday, January 14, the son of Queen Margrethe II was officially proclaimed King of Denmark, after the abdication of the sovereign. Two weeks earlier, she had taken the world by surprise by announcing that she was stepping down after 52 years on the throne to make way for her 55-year-old heir. Moments before the new monarch greeted the crowd on the balcony of the Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, he had gone to a council of state to sign, with his mother, the documents of this transfer of power. The meeting took place in the Danish cabinet of the palace, which also houses the royal reception halls and stables as well as the Danish Parliament, the Prime Minister's Office and the Supreme Court. But as he sat down in the red velvet imperial armchair in the queen's place, Frederik X made a gesture of hesitation.
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"A mother and her son"
In the footage, relayed on X - ex-Twitter - he is seen making a gesture towards the sovereign, as if to ask her permission to take a seat in her chair to sign the act. The woman nicknamed "Ashtray Queen" by the British press because of her addiction to cigarettes, seemed to give her approval with a nod of her head. A suspended moment that moved Internet users. "A lovely son for a lovely mom!" one of them wrote. "Mother and son. The Monarch and The Majesty," wrote another.
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Queen Margrethe II announced her abdication as she addressed her greetings to Danes from Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen as part of her traditional New Year's address on December 31. A decision that had been in the works for several months due to his health problems and his great fatigue. On Sunday, January 14, his son, the new King Frederik X, was very emotional on the balcony of Christiansborg Castle, during this historic moment. He was surrounded by his wife, Queen Mary, and his 4 children: Crown Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine.
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