Queen Margrethe of Denmark Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Attending Queen Elizabeth's Funeral

Mar. 15, 2025

Queen Margrethe II.Photo: Steffi Loos/Getty

Days after attendingQueen Elizabeth’s funeral, Queen Margrethe of Denmark has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Danish Royal Court.

“HM The Queen tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday evening and is now residing at Fredensborg Palace,” according to a statement on the palace’swebsiteon Wednesday. “The Queen’s activities this week have thus been canceled.”

Queen Margrethe, 82, is experiencing mild symptoms, according toReuters. In February of this year, the Danish monarch tested positive for the virus and also experienced mild symptoms. She has been vaccinated against COVID, theBBCreported.

The Danish Queen was a third cousin ofQueen ElizabethII, descended from Queen Victoria, per the outlet.

Queen Margrethe.JOHN SIBLEY/POOL/AFP via Getty

Margrethe was seated in the first row of the church in the same section as other monarchs from European nations including Prince Albert II of Monaco, King Philippe of Belgium and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

Queen Margrethe also paid a visit to Westminster Hall the day before the funeral to pay her respects toQueen Elizabethduring her lying in state.

Margrethe is celebrating her Golden Jubilee year, marking 50 years on the throne. However, she scaled down the festivities scheduled for the weekend after Queen Elizabeth’s death on September 8. During a gala at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen on September 10, Queen Margretheled a minute of silence to honor Queen Elizabeth.

Margrethe is also nowEurope’s only ruling female monarch.

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Queen Margrethe wrote a letter toKing Charles IIIfollowing his mother’s death, according to the BBC, in which she expressed her condolences.

“She was a towering figure among European monarchs and a great inspiration to us all,” she wrote.

source: people.com