Denmark's ex-monarch Queen Margrethe, who abdicated in January, has canceled her upcoming engagements after she suffered neck and hand injuries in a fall earlier this week, the palace said Friday. "On Wednesday evening,

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, 84, who "shockingly" renounced the Danish throne in January after 52 years, is in Copenhagen's University Hospital after falling at her Fredensborg Castle home recently.

Denmark ’s Queen Margrethe II has been taken to hospital after falling in her home. The 84-year-old became the first Danish monarch to abdicate in 900 years when she stunningly relinquished the throne to her son Crown Prince Frederik earlier this year.

The 84-year-old queen has her left hand in plaster and will wear a stiff neck collar in the months to come, the palace said. Margrethe was admitted late Wednesday to the university hospital in Copenhagen for observation after falling in the evening at Fredensborg Castle,

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II who stunningly abdicated earlier this year, has been admitted to a hospital after falling in her home

Queen Margrethe of Denmark was hospitalized after falling at home. On Sept. 18, the former monarch, 84, was hospitalized in Copenhagen after falling at Fredensborg Castle, according to multiple reports.