As Denmark’s new Queen rode in a carriage through the streets of Copenhagen, waving to the crowds with her husband the King at her side, a brand-new chapter began for the woman who captivated a nation following her fairytale romance with a handsome Prince.
The succession of King Frederik X and Queen Mary on Sunday heralds a new era in Danish history, following the surprise abdication of Frederik’s mother Margrethe II, with the historic occasion due to be marked by fireworks in the red and white of the country’s flag lighting up the skies above the capital.