Danish Queen to Undergo ‘Major Back Surgery’

Danish Queen to Undergo ‘Major Back Surgery’
Queen Margrethe attends the Danish Parliament's celebration of her 50th Regent's Anniversary at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Jan. 14, 2022. Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, whose half-century reign makes her Europe’s longest-serving monarch, will undergo “major back surgery” later this month, the royal palace said Wednesday.

The 82-year-monarch will be hospitalized afterward and undergo “a longer rehabilitation process,” the royal household said in a statement.