The Queen Abdicates January 14

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 1/8/24 at 10:38am

"The" Queen, that is to say the last remaining Queen regnant in all the world, Margrethe II of Denmark, is stepping down from the throne. After 52 years service, the time has come to hand the crown over to her son, Crown Prince Frederik. The Hamlet of today, if you will.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 1/14/24 at 5:40pm

Today is the day!

Denmark has a new King. All hail Frederik X.

Golden carriages, proclamations, waving from balconies. Everything you'd want from a royal family.

Did America even notice? Why the special reverence for the Windsors? Life is not fair.

 

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 1/14/24 at 5:50pm

The new Queen Mary is Australian. She met her prince in a bar in Sydney, and now she takes to the balcony of the royal palace to wave to the people of Denmark. A fairytale. Their four children, including the new heir to the throne, follow.

 

[darquegk]

Posted: 1/14/24 at 6:26pm

I've always found it interesting that despite colonialism and monarchy and western society being very patriarchal in general, the three English monarchs that people tend to have the most reverence, respect or just awareness of are the reigning queens. Sure, you can name Henry the Eighth and King George, but mostly for their flaws and failings or for having plays named about them. But when you think of ERAS, you're thinking of Elizabethan England, Victorian England, or the reign of Elizabeth II.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 1/14/24 at 7:15pm

Does anybody remember Queen Anne?

I guess the "Edwardian" and "Georgian" eras get a mention sometimes, although mostly in association with architecture.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 1/14/24 at 8:43pm

John Grant's "Queen of Denmark", as performed by the late great Sinéad O'Connor.