The Queen of Denmark has tested positive for Covid after the royal funeral in London.
Margrethe of Denmark, a cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II, discovered she had been infected after returning home.
The 82-year-old has canceled all engagements for the rest of the week while he recuperates at Fredensborg Castle.
It is the second time Margrethe has tested positive for Covid this year.
She attended the service at Westminster Abbey along with her son, Crown Prince Frederik. His Australian-born wife, Princess Mary, was not invited to the funeral.
Margrethe is now Europe’s longest-serving monarch and sat across from King Charles at the funeral.
Last week marked his 50th year on the throne, although celebrations were cut short following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Frederik and Mary will replace her at a dinner with Danish politicians and officials, a spokesman for the Danish royal family said.
Margrethe last tested positive in February and at the time was said to have received three doses of a Covid vaccine.
Crown Princess Mary was a last-minute no-show for the Queen’s funeral on Monday.
The 50-year-old Tasmanian accountant-turned-future queen consort, who married into the Danish royal family in 2004, confirmed her plan to attend the state service in a palace statement last week.
“HRH (Her Majesty) The Queen and the Crown Prince Couple (Prince Frederik and Princess Mary) will be present at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on 19 September 2022 at Westminster Abbey in London, Great Britain “, can be read in the statement. time
It was later quietly edited to remove Mary.
In an “embarrassing” blunder, Mary’s invitation to the funeral was made “by mistake”.
“There has been an unfortunate error in the protocol invitation by the British Foreign Office. Therefore, only the Queen and the Crown Prince, from the Danish side, will participate in the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday” , said a spokesman for the Danish royal family.
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