# Queen Margrethe of Denmark to abdicate

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 31, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-margrethe-of-denmark-to-abdicate/995424 "2023-12-31T22:55:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-margrethe-of-denmark-to-abdicate/995424/21 "2024-01-02T04:25:33Z")

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Interesting to hear, I picked her as part of a theme list of widowed monarchs/notables.

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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-margrethe-of-denmark-to-abdicate/995424/22 "2024-01-02T11:42:10Z")

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Idly wondered if her Scandinavian neighbours (Norway 3 years older and Sweden 6 years younger) might see this as a hint.

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**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-margrethe-of-denmark-to-abdicate/995424/23 "2024-01-02T14:06:32Z")

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According to the newspapers she shared her decision with the Swedish king, her cousin. The Norwegian king have had no comments.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-margrethe-of-denmark-to-abdicate/995424/24 "2024-01-02T17:14:38Z")

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The king of Norway is also related, being her second cousin.

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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-margrethe-of-denmark-to-abdicate/995424/25 "2024-01-02T17:20:38Z")

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The European monarchs and most of the lesser nobility are _all_ related. Centuries of inbreeding.

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**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-margrethe-of-denmark-to-abdicate/995424/26 "2024-01-02T17:22:06Z")

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I think the Scandinavian, and most of the European, Royal houses are related.  
Ah well ninjaed by EinsteinsHund.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-margrethe-of-denmark-to-abdicate/995424/27 "2024-01-02T17:35:37Z")

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If you check out a YouTube channel titled Useful Charts they have incredible family trees of a number of monarchies, or other families. I recently viewed the family tree of the well known Roosevelt family. Teddy and FDR were actually fairly distantly related, being fifth cousins. However, Eleanor was Teddy’s niece and linked the separete branches of the family.

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