DENMARK’S QUEEN QUITS QUEENING

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has announced she will abdicate her throne early in 2024, after a reign lasting more than five decades. Now 83 years old, Queen Margrethe said in her traditional New Year’s Eve speech broadcast on Danish television that she will hand over the throne to her son, Crown Prince Frederik. Margrethe II took over the throne on 14 January 1972 following the death of King Frederik IX.
* She says she’s tired of being benevolent. She says she wants to try ruthlessness for awhile.
* She’s handing over the throne because she doesn’t want to sit on it anymore. It’s just like the one in Game of Thrones, with knives sticking out all over.
* The biggest downside: no more free Danishes in the break room.
* Her biggest contributions to Denmark were Danish furniture design and converting the national currency to Legos.