The 84-year-old queen was brought into the university hospital in the Danish capital late on Wednesday to be monitored. According to Danish media on Thursday, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, who shocked the nation by abdicating earlier this year, has been admitted to a hospital following a fall at home. It seems she was not gravely injured. Following a fall at Fredensborg Castle, north of Copenhagen, the 84-year-old queen was taken to the university hospital in the Danish capital late on Wednesday for observation, the royal family informed Danish media.
Lene Balleby, the head of communications, was cited as saying, “According to the circumstances, the queen is doing well, but was admitted for observation for the time being.” The royal family did not have anything else to say. Her son, King Frederik X, assured reporters after their conversation that “she is in good hands.”
We handle things day by day. As he arrived at City Hall in the Danish capital to attend festivities honoring the 100th anniversary of the Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir, Frederik declared, “The doctors make the decisions.”
Margrethe had been invited to an event on Friday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Aarhus University’s Department of Archeology. However, she has canceled her attendance.
Margrethe had previously declared she would have been an archaeologist if she hadn’t become the Danish monarch. She had studied prehistoric archaeology at Copenhagen University.
When Queen Margrethe abdicated in January and gave her son the crown, she became the first monarch of Denmark to do so in almost 900 years. Throughout her 52-year reign, she insisted again that she would not surrender, although