Denmark’s King Frederik X takes throne after Margrethe abdicates

Tens of thousands on streets of Danish capital to see monarch hand over to eldest son

Denmark's prime minister has proclaimed Frederik X king on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, after Queen Margrethe II formally signed her abdication, ending her 52-year reign as the country's longest-serving monarch.

Tens of thousands of people gathered on the streets of the Danish capital on Sunday to greet Frederik and bid farewell to Margrethe, who became the first Danish monarch in nearly 900 years to abdicate voluntarily.