COPENHAGEN --- Denmark's Queen Margrethe II on Thursday defied a cold spell to ride through the streets of Copenhagen in a gold-coated horse carriage for the last time as monarch before handing over the throne to her son Crown Prince Frederik next week. The 83-year-old queen, who was crowned in 1972, announced on live TV during her traditional New Year's Eve speech that she intends to abdicate the throne, taking many in the country of 5.9 million people by surprise. "I was shocked when I saw the queen abdicated. I was also a bit sad because she's been queen for 52 years and I thought it would be ongoing," said Laura Zinkel, a 21-year-old student, who came to the royal...Keep on reading: Denmark’s Margrethe takes last carriage ride in Copenhagen as queen