King Charles should follow Denmark’s example – and tell us when he’ll abdicate | Simon Jenkins

Queen Margrethe is the latest European monarch to make way for new blood. It puts our archaic system to shame

The abdication of Queen Margrethe of Denmark in favour of her son Frederik is a sign of a sensible constitutional monarchy. The 82-year-old queen felt “time was running out and the ills were increasing”. It was best to hand over now. In this, Margrethe follows the abdication over the past decade or so of monarchs in the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain. It is now being pressed on the 77-yea...