Denmark’s ageing queen to resume most duties next month

Margrethe underwent back surgery on February 22.

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, whose half-century reign makes her Europe’s longest-serving monarch, is expected to resume most of her official duties on her 83rd birthday next month, the palace said (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AP)

By Associated Press Reporters

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, whose half-century reign makes her Europe’s longest-serving monarch, is expected to resume most of her official duties on her 83rd birthday next month, the palace said.