His Majesty the King delivered his first New Year's speech at 18:00 Danish time, broadcasting live from Frederik VIII's Palace in Amalienborg, transmitted directly to TV, radio and web.

The televised New Year's Eve speech by the president is a tradition started by former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and is broadcast before midnight in each of Russia's 11 time zones.

King Frederik X gave his first New Year’s speech yesterday. This was an important moment, as it marked a big change: for the first time, it wasn’t the Queen speaking but her son, now King Frederik X.

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The 83-year-old monarch said she will hand the throne over to her son, 55-year-old Crown Prince Frederik. The announcement came near the end of the queen's speech .

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In a surprise New Year's Eve announcement, Denmark's Queen Margrethe II said she plans to abdicate her throne more than five decades after succeeding her father King Frederik IX. "I have decided ...