Queen Margrethe steps out for royal engagement for first time since hospitalisation
The former Queen of Denmark was hospitalised in September following a fall but she was all smiles during her first engagement back in action.
Queen Margrethe of Denmark was all smiles as she undertook her first engagement since being hospitalised two months ago.
The royal, 84, who abdicated from the throne in January in favour of her son King Frederik, presented the Ebbe Munck Award at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The award was set up in 1975 to commemorate the life of the World War II resistance fighter, and it honours those who work within the fields that were of interest to Ebbe.
Looking beautiful in a blue silk blazer and matching dress, and carrying a walking stick, the former Danish Queen was beaming as she shook hands with delegates.
The Queen suffered a fall at Fredensborg Castle in September, injuring her neck vertebrae and sustaining a fracture to her left hand.
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Following her fall, she was discharged from hospital after one day, but has since been recovering in private. But she looked a picture of health when she presented the awards to recipients, including EU Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager.
In September, a spokesperson for the Danish royal family informed local media that Margrethe had been admitted to the capital's university hospital for observation after her fall.
The head of communications said at the time: "According to the circumstances, the Queen is doing well but was admitted for observation for the time being."
In her first interview since the fall, she told Danish paper, Kristeligt Daglad: "If you feel good enough, then you feel good enough. Even though I have now fallen down a flight of stairs and am not quite as mobile as I used to be, I feel well enough."
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Despite Queen Margrethe resigning in her New Year's Eve speech last year, the monarch remains active and performs royal duties fairly often.
She shocked the nation, however, with the announcement of her abdication during her New Year's Eve broadcast.
She said one of the reasons why she chose to give up the throne was because of her health issues.
She is known as Her Majesty Queen Margrethe and can fill in if King Frederik, Queen Mary and Crown Prince Christian are away.
She had a close relationship with her third cousin, the late Queen Elizabeth II, both descendants of Queen Victoria.
