Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A contemporary account of the abdication crisis by Whitehall official Sir Horace Wilson sheds new light on the events of 1936 As ...

“We are serene and both happy with this change of life,” he told Paris Match earlier this year. “Even though it’s a very privileged life, it’s also a kind of golden cage.” Pictured: Grand Duke Henri ...

Historian Mie Ellekilde said the reign change would be a "huge upheaval" in Frederik's life whenever the day came MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Did Queen Margrethe of Denmark give ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Queen Margrethe II, Denmark’s monarch for more than half a century, stunned her country when she announced on New Year’s Eve that she will hand over the throne to her eldest ...

When the 85-year-old Japanese Emperor Akihito steps down on April 30, it will be the latest in a string of historic abdications that have included the pope and several monarchs. As medical technology ...

The monarch's son Prince Guillaume will take over official governing duties in October Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg's plans to abdicate are already in motion. In a surprise ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “We are serene and both happy with this change of life,” he told Paris Match earlier this year. “Even though it’s a very ...