Queen Margrethe’s reign in pictures

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Europe's current longest-serving monarch announced in a New Year's Eve speech that she will step down on 14 January - exactly 52 years to the day of her ascension to the throne in 1972. Denmark's Queen Margrethe II, Europe's current longest-serving monarch, unexpectedly announced her abdication in a New Year's Eve speech. She will formally step down on 14 January - exactly 52 years to the day of her ascension to the throne in 1972. The 83-year-old monarch will be succeeded by her eldest son, Crown Prince Frederik - who will become Frederik X. Here, Sky News looks back at...