King Charles may give up crown early to Prince William, Kate after Danish Queen Margrethe’s abrupt abdication: expert

King Charles could be giving up the throne early in favor of Prince William just as Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II is, according to royal experts.

The 83-year-old sovereign — third cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II — revealed in her New Year’s speech on Dec. 31 that she would be stepping down on Jan. 14.

The decision to abdicate her throne means that her son, Crown Prince Frederik, will now take the reins.

According to royal expert and biographer Phil Dampier, King Charles may be looking to make a similar move while William and his wife, Kate Middleton, are still young.

“It must make you wonder if, in five or ten years’ time, King Charles might think about doing the same if his health suffers or he just thinks it is a good time to pass on to William and Kate while they are still young,” he told the Daily Mail.

“Our late Queen would never abdicate because of what happened in 1936 when her uncle abdicated and her father came to the throne. But times change.”

Dampier’s comments were echoed by royal expert and commentator Richard Fitzwilliams, who said that Queen Margrethe’s decision to abdicate early could be to ensure that the monarchy kept up with the times — something Charles has expressed interest in implementing into his own Firm.

Fitzwilliams told the outlet that Margrethe may have “calculated that an aging monarchy was not a good idea, especially if she had reigned for another decade or so.”

While royal experts believe that Margrethe’s decision to abdicate early was to make way for a younger ruler, others have wondered if the announcement was a way to preserve the prince’s relationship with his wife, Crown Princess Mary, amid affair rumors.

Frederik, 55, was speculated to have been unfaithful to the Australian-born marketing consultant, 51, with socialite Genoveva Casanova after photos emerged of them together during a trip to Madrid in November.

However, the Mexican native, 47, denied that any affair had taken place.

Margrethe will make way for Frederik to become monarch in just 11 days — on the same day that she ascended to the throne in 1972 after the death of her father, King Frederik IX.