Denmark’s Queen Margrethe is known to her subjects as a notorious smoker. But that’s over now: The royal family confirmed that the monarch hasn’t had a cigarette since an operation in February.
The queen of the country with a cigarette between her fingers: This is not an unusual picture for the people of Denmark. Queen Margrethe II is known to her subjects as a chain smoker. At the age of 17, the passionate smoker took up her cigarette for the first time.
However, that is the end of it – and has been for a few months. As the gossip magazine “Her & Nu” reported, the 83-year-old monarch is now keeping her fingers off the fags. The Queen quit smoking in February due to back surgery. To this day it has not started again.
In February, Queen Margrethe II had a different opinion
The Danish newspaper “BT” confirmed the report of “Her & Nu”. “It is true that the Queen has not smoked since the operation,” a spokeswoman for the royal family told the newspaper.
However, in February, shortly before her back surgery, Margrethe II said in an interview that she had no intention of quitting smoking: “I’m so old now that it doesn’t matter anymore.”
The fact that the monarch smokes has never been a big problem for the Danes. Nevertheless, Margrethe stopped lighting a cigarette, at least in public, years ago.
Expert: Queen Margrethe could be a role model
The Queen’s smoking cessation is related to her operation on February 22, Danish media write. The Danish Health Authority recommends quitting smoking at least six weeks before an operation. Otherwise there is a risk that the wounds will heal more slowly and infections will occur.
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Experts see the fact that Margrethe no longer smokes positively. Because she could become a role model. “The Queen has been smoking a lot of very strong cigarettes for a long time. Some people might think if she can quit, so can I,” Charlotta Pisinger, professor of tobacco prevention at the University of Copenhagen, told the Ritzau news agency.
Pisinger suspects that Margrethe has probably already noticed the positive changes that occur when you quit smoking, “even if you’ve been smoking for a long time”. This includes, for example, getting better air.
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Source: Stern
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