Denmark’s Queen Margrethe signs historic abdication

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has signed her historic abdication (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/AP)

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II signed her historic abdication on Sunday, paving the way for her son, Frederik X, to immediately become king, Danish broadcaster DR reported.

Margrethe, 83, is the first Danish monarch to voluntarily relinquish the throne in nearly 900 years since King Erik III Lam stepped down to enter a monastery in 1146.