> 'Goosebumps': Danes react to Queen Margrethe's surprise abdication announcement / 349C9AC
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'Goosebumps': Danes react to Queen Margrethe's surprise abdication announcement / 349C9AC
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"We were just like, whaaaaat? Cancel New Year's Eve!" says a Copenhagen resident reacting to Queen Margrethe II's surprise announcement that she would abdicate on January 14 and pass the baton to her son, Crown Prince Frederik. "We know it has been coming, of course, but nobody quite suspected it to be this year" adds another. The 83-year-old monarch has been hugely popular in Denmark and has repeatedly said she would never abdicate, but back surgery she underwent in February "gave cause to thoughts about the future -- whether now would be an appropriate time to pass on the responsibility to the next generation". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES