FRED & MARY'S HEARTACHE QUEEN IN HOSPITAL!

The future of the Danish palace is about to look very different

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With a history-making coronation looming in Britain, there is no rest on the other side of the pond, with the Danish palace last week revealing Queen Margrethe will have to undergo urgent "major back surgery"

The 82-year-monarch, who is Europe's longest-serving monarch, will be hospitalised afterward and take on "a longer rehabilitation process", the royal household said in a statement.

"During a long period, Her Majesty has been affected by problems with her back, and in recent times the situation has worsened," the release said.

This means all the queen's official engagements have been postponed, cancelled or will be undertaken by other members of the royal house, including Prince Frederik, 54, and his wife Princess Mary, 51.