NewsRoyalsQueen Margareth II of DenmarkQueen Margrethe of Denmark has been taken to hospital yet again - just days undergoing treatment following a heart attack earlier this month13:28, 26 May 2026The former Queen of Denmark has been readmitted to hospital just a week after receiving treatment following a heart attack.‌Queen Margrethe has been taken back to hospital in Copenhagen after it was revealed she was suffering from a blood clot on her hip following an early fall. It comes just a week after the Danish Royal Palace revealed in a statement that she had been receiving treatment following a heart attack amid concerns regarding her health.‌A statement said: "Her Majesty Queen Margrethe has been admitted to Rigshospitalet and has been treated, after a CT scan showed a large blood clot in the hip region as a result of a previous fall.‌READ MORE: Denmark's Queen Margrethe rushed to hospital after heart attack as palace issues statementREAD MORE: Queen Mary's father dies after suffering years of health problems aged 84"It is expected that Queen Margrethe will now be hospitalised for a number of days. Her Majesty is doing well under the circumstances."At a fun run event, as news of his mother’s health broke, King Frederik of Denmark said he would visit her “when the opportunity arises". While her daughter-in-law, Australian-born Queen Mary, told reporters her mother-in-law’s surgery had “gone well and as planned and she is in the best of hands".‌Margrethe, Denmark's longest-reigning monarch, abdicated in January 2024 after 52 years, passing the throne to her eldest son, now-King Frederik. at the time, Margrethe made it clear that her health played a role in her decision to relinquish her duties.In her New Year's Eve address in 2023, Margrethe said: "The surgery naturally gave rise to thinking about the future - whether the time had come to leave the responsibility to the next generation."‌She added: "I have decided that now is the right time. On 14 January 2024 - 52 years after I succeeded my beloved father - I will step down as Queen of Denmark."Just months after the abdication, Queen Margrethe was hospitalised after suffering a fall in her home. "According to the circumstances, the queen is doing well, but was admitted for observation for the time being," the head of communications, Lene Balleby, was quoted as saying at the time.Margrethe received 42 official state visits in her nation and undertook 55 foreign state visits herself during her lengthy reign. She is the world's most recent female reigning monarch.‌Over the course of her lengthy reign, Queen Margrethe tended towards the unconventional, being a creative, opinionated individual - who wasn't afraid to give her subjects a scolding when needed - with an imaginatively eccentric sense of style.In 2024, Queen Margrethe became Denmark's first monarch to abdicate in nearly 900 years when handing the throne over to her son. She always maintained during her 52-year reign that she would not abdicate, but back surgery and several ailments left her unable to undertake as much as she could in the past.Article continues belowChoose Daily Mirror as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.‌Queen Margareth II of DenmarkRoyal Family