‘All of Denmark is crying’: Danes react to Margrethe II’s abdication

[CharlieH]

 

It began like any other Danish New Year’s Eve. Martin Ebmark, a hotelier from the central town of Billund, was, “like everyone”, sitting watching the queen’s annual address on the television with his family.

He and his wife raised a toast to the queen, resplendent in a Cadbury-purple frock, “when she started talking about ‘the right time’. My wife turned to me and said, ‘she’s not doing what I think she’s doing! Is she?’ Then, she did it.”

 

When Queen Margrethe of Denmark announced she would step down as monarch after 52 years, leaving the throne to her son, Crown Prince Frederik, jaws hit the floor countrywide.

“It was a real shock,” said Ebmark. “She’s been there since 1972. Since I was born. She’s taken care of us for so long, it was … emotional.” Morten Pelch, who works in PR in the Jutland city of Vejle, went even further: “I cried. And then I watched it back and cried again. We Danes have the 1992 Uefa European Football Championship and now we have yesterday: we’ll always remember where we were. She’s the mother of our country, she tells us when we should be doing better. And she’s been there since I was little. So today, all of Denmark is crying.”

The Danish monarchy is a more modest affair than most: there will be no formal coronation for King Frederik X when his mother abdicates on 14 January. Instead, he will be pronounced king during an extraordinary cabinet meeting, after which the prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, who on Sunday hailed Margrethe as the “epitome of Denmark”, will present the new monarch from a balcony.

“Instead of regalia, it [the monarchy] is a driving force for business and diplomacy,” said Pelch. “The Danish media has never been as ‘tabloid’ as the UK’s and the average Danish person hasn’t had much call to question the monarchy. So Margrethe has always just been celebrated.”

 

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[JonnyF]

Good to see the Danes respecting their royal family and their culture. 

 

They also do a good job protecting their borders. 

 

Much respect to Denmark. The simps of Europe could learn a lot from you.

[Olav Seglem]

The Danish/Scandinavian tasks and behaviour of royalty should be an example for "certain other countries"...

[Foxx]

On 1/2/2024 at 10:42 AM, CharlieH said:

So today, all of Denmark is crying.

 

Really? Not a single Republican or Socialist or Communist in the entire country?

[JonnyF]

1 hour ago, Foxx said:

 

Really? Not a single Republican or Socialist or Communist in the entire country?

 

Very few, thanks to Denmark's excellent education system and high average IQ. 

[JonnyF]

25 minutes ago, Foxx said:

 

Ah yes, Mike "Dwarf thrower" Tindall.  Very highly regarded - particularly amongst people of short statue.

 

Tindall is a legend. A world cup winner for England. It was a dwarf throwing show, he didn't take part. Not very PC by Woke snowflake standards but it was a rugby tour, if that's the best you have to put him down then it kind of proves my point. 

 

25 minutes ago, Foxx said:

 

And you forgot to include Prince Andrew.

 

No I didn't. Andrew never betrayed his family like Ginge did. A few rumours from the mouth of a self confessed prostitute and procurer of girls for sex to blackmail him for cash. Hardly a reliable source. I'd believe a Thai bargirl before I believed the prostitute Guiffre. 

[Foxx]

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

It was a dwarf throwing show, he didn't take part.

 

Funny, then that the Rugby Football Union fined him £25,000 and removed him from its elite player squad because they believed he had thrown a dwarf.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tindall#:~:text=On 11 November 2011%2C Tindall was fined £25%2C000 by the Rugby Football Union and was removed from its elite player squad as a result of his throwing a dwarf in Queenstown%2C New Zealand%2C during the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

[youreavinalaff]

1 hour ago, Foxx said:

 

Funny, then that the Rugby Football Union fined him £25,000 and removed him from its elite player squad because they believed he had thrown a dwarf.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tindall#:~:text=On 11 November 2011%2C Tindall was fined £25%2C000 by the Rugby Football Union and was removed from its elite player squad as a result of his throwing a dwarf in Queenstown%2C New Zealand%2C during the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Why not mention the appeal?

[ripstanley]

Well done Mary from Tasmania to  Queen of Denmark.

[Rimmer]

An off topic post and replies have been removed

[stevenl]

3 hours ago, youreavinalaff said:

Why not mention the appeal?

Here it is, the well known defence ' I didn't remember '.

"On 28 November 2011 the appeal partly succeeded. Tindall's suspension from the England squad was set aside and the fine was reduced to £15,000. Tindall stated during the appeal process that he had not intentionally misled Johnson, as he did not remember the relevant events."

[blueCloud888]

On 1/2/2024 at 10:09 AM, Olav Seglem said:

The Danish/Scandinavian tasks and behaviour of royalty should be an example for "certain other countries"...

Are you targeting Eswatini and their noble king Mswati 3 and his 15 wives?  🤔

[AustinRacing]

…and they’ll have an Aussie queen. Oi oi oi!!!!

[roo860]

13 hours ago, Foxx said:

 

Funny, then that the Rugby Football Union fined him £25,000 and removed him from its elite player squad because they believed he had thrown a dwarf.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tindall#:~:text=On 11 November 2011%2C Tindall was fined £25%2C000 by the Rugby Football Union and was removed from its elite player squad as a result of his throwing a dwarf in Queenstown%2C New Zealand%2C during the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

So what's the problem in throwing a dwarf? The dwarf was a willing participant.

[JonnyF]

34 minutes ago, roo860 said:

So what's the problem in throwing a dwarf? The dwarf was a willing participant.

 

Exactly. A dwarf throwing contest without dwarves surely discriminates against dwarves. I mean they are perfectly suited to the role, it's got their name all over it. 

 

Plus it's much harder to throw large people. 

[Tug]

From what I’ve read she is in pain from back surgery and she’s elderly so she chose to pass the torch a commendable and honorable thing to do kudos madam and good tidings to your beautiful country and people