Denmark's Queen Margrethe II has examined constructive for the coronavirus after attending the funeral of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, the royal palace have stated.
In a press release, the royal family stated that Margrethe, 82, who has been on the throne for 50 years, cancelled her official duties after the Tuesday night time take a look at.
The palace stated her oldest son, inheritor to the throne Crown Prince Frederik, and his spouse, Crown Princess Mary, would would take the queen's place internet hosting a dinner with Danish authorities officers and members of parliament.
Margrethe beforehand examined constructive for the virus in February. On the time, the palace stated she had obtained three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. The queen was among the many dignitaries who attended Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on Monday at Westminster Abbey in London.
Margrethe's half-century reign makes her Europe's longest-serving monarch following the loss of life of Elizabeth, 96, who dominated for 70 years.
Out of respect for the late British monarch, Margrethe had requested her court docket to regulate the Sept. 10-11 program for her personal 50-year anniversary commemorations. Among the many occasions she cancelled at quick discover was showing on the Amalienborg Palace balcony to greet well-wishers and a experience in a horse-drawn carriage via Copenhagen.
Margrethe was proclaimed queen on Jan. 15, 1972, a day after her father, King Frederik IX, died following a brief sickness.