Denmark’s former queen Margrethe has left hospital days after she was admitted following a fall, the royal palace said Friday.
The court said in a statement that she was “on her way home to Fredensborg Palace after being discharged” at around midday.
The former monarch, who abdicated two years ago, is “doing well”, the statement added.
The 86-year-old was hospitalized on Monday and a scan revealed a “significant accumulation of blood in the hip area” following the fall.
The former queen, a heavy smoker for much of her life, remains popular among Danes for subtly modernizing the monarchy during her reign.
But she has faced multiple health problems in recent years and spent several days in hospital earlier this month for an angioplasty procedure.
She had long maintained that she would never abdicate, but a major back operation in 2023 led her to change her mind.
Margrethe passed the throne to her eldest son Frederik in January 2024, making him king and his wife Mary the reigning queen.
According to the statement, Margrethe “must continue to take things easy,” but none of her planned engagements have been canceled for now.
