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Amid lockdown, Danes find way to celebrate queen's birthday

by Associated Press
| April 18, 2020 12:03 AM

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Observing social distancing, Danes on Thursday sang birthday songs from homes, balconies, parks and public gardens to honor popular Queen Margrethe II, who turned 80 amid the pandemic lockdown.

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