The previous Queen of Denmark is ‘drained but in good spirits’ after she was taken to hospital following a heart attack.
Queen Margrethe was rushed to Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen’s largest public and teaching hospital, on Thursday afternoon.
The 86-year-old will remain within the hospital over the weekend for remark and further tests, the royal household said in a press release.
It read: ‘Her Majesty Queen Margrethe has been admitted to Rigshospitalet this afternoon resulting from a heart attack.
‘Queen Margrethe might be admitted over the weekend for remark and further examinations.
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‘Her Majesty is drained, but in good spirits.
‘The Royal House will announce when there’s news.’
Despite stepping back from the throne in 2024 – making her the primary Danish sovereign to willingly accomplish that in almost 900 years – Margrethe stays Denmark’s longest-reigning monarch, having worn the crown for 52 years.
Citing health as considered one of the explanations for her abdication, she said in an address on Latest Yr’s Eve 2023 that she had undergone ‘extensive back surgery’ before she stepped down.
She said: ‘The whole lot went well, due to the competent health personnel, who took care of me.
‘Inevitably, the operation gave cause to thoughts in regards to the future – whether now can be an appropriate time to pass on the responsibility to the subsequent generation.
‘I even have decided that now’s the suitable time.’
She passed the baton to King Frederik X and his wife, Australian-born Queen Mary.
Even after abdicating, Margrethe has held onto her Queen title and continues to perform royal engagements.
But she has been hospitalised on multiple occasions since her surgery. She previously needed to cancel an official appearance after she suffered a fall at her home of Fredensborg Palace in Zealand.
She was again forced to tug out of a royal engagement when she contracted a chilly last 12 months.
“Because of this of the cold HM Queen Margrethe has contracted, it has been decided that the Queen might be admitted to Rigshospitalet for remark as a precaution,” the Danish Royal House said in a press release.
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