Day 2: New Year Reception at Christansborg Palace

January, 6th
Photo @Agnés Colbert

Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik hosted their second New Years reception for the Supreme Court judges, the Royal Guard and the regiments Officer Corps. The dinner took place at Christian VII's Palace like the first new year reception on January 1st. Later in the evening they hosted another reception for the Diplomatic Corps at Christiansborg, the Danish parliament.

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I always wondered why it is only the first new year reception people like and think is the most amazing because those we see in the day after is just as fantastic! I have never heard anyone as enthusiastic about these other reception as me. I am just as excited. Colourful dresses, guests from all over the world dressed in the most fantastic clothes and of course Frederik and Mary will be there. A dinner just get even better when they attend. Today Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik hosted their second New Years reception for the Supreme Court judges, the Royal Guard and the regiments Officer Corps. 124 guests were invited to a dinner at Christian VII's Palace. Later in the evening they hosted another reception for the Diplomatic Corps at Christiansborg. As the tradition says all guests greets the attended royal family before entering the dining room to find their seats. This took around 45 minutes which was a little too much for our 70 year old Queen Margrethe who was given a chair which was way more comfortable for her. The same happened last year and her husband, Prince Henrik, chose to support his wife and got a chair as well. Today's New Year's reception has moved into Christiansborg, where foreign leaders had the opportunity to get a royal handshake and wish the royal family a happy new year and vice versa. That is plenty of handshakes for one single person but it's something all royal's are use to. 


Standing next to her husband, mother-in-law and father-in-law, Mary only wear a very few orders actually she was only wearing the Order of the Elephant along with the Order Star on the left side of her chest. Like her mother-in-law she was dressed wonderfully in a dark navy blue colour. You now; royals have blue blood which makes it more symbolic for them to wear this specific colour. Blue symbolize royalty. The two royal women were both accompanied with two rather handsome men wearing their formal uniform. The best of the best. I think it’s the third or fourth time we see her in this midnight blue evening gown but I still think she looks more gorgeous then ever! At the new year reception in 2006, only two month after she gave birth to her first child Prince Christian, she shone in this exact same dress which I might have forgot to mention i created by the Danish Designer Henrik Hviid. He is also the designer of several other evening gowns. The high collar makes your eyes admire her beautiful hairstyle and makeup. Because of the plain coloured gown I had time to explore all the magnificent accessories from jewellery to makeup. I really like the way she was able to keep it simple and still look this pretty. I'm not sure how she do it but she's quite good at it. Like a true Queen she was wearing white pearl earrings and a matching ring on her finger, both created by Marianne Dulong. When you are looking at her pearl ring, take a notice of nail polish! This is more of an sensation; we almost never see her wear nail polish and this red/corral one looks dazzling. In a similar colour as her dress, she wore her Blue Connaught Sapphire Brooch. I always love to find out about the history of these inherited jewelleries. Quite a while ago I wrote a post about this brooch which has a story you need to know. Read my post called The Blue Sapphire Brooch and soon you will know all about this little piece of eye candy. Because it's a really long time since we have seen it I was happy to see it again. First I was sure her blue clutch was from either Naledi Copenhagen or Carlend Copenhagen because of the style now I know for sure it's a third Danish brand called Quidam who is the designer. The last time we saw it was on their last visit to Australia. Quidam's bags and clutches are quite expensive but look amazing. When she took the snow-white glove I noticed her wearing the golden Shamballa Jewels bracelet as well. Mary completed her outfit with the black satin pumps from Prada. 


Gown: Henrik Hviid
Earrings: Marianne Dulong Lotus
Brooch: Blue Connaught Sapphire Brooch
Bracelet: Shamballa Jewels Royal Bracelet w. Argyle Pink Diamond Pavé
Clutch: Quidam Blue Alligator Clutch
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Day 1: New Year Reception at Amalienborg

January, 1st
Photo @Agnès Colbert
Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik hosted the first new year reception at Amalienborg castle. Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary, Prince Joachim and his wife Princess Marie all attended in the celebration. 

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The biggest and most amazing evenings of them all. New Years Eve! Which means lots of new year receptions, evening gowns and sparkling old jewelleries. This is the one day a year we get a glimpse of the old royal house that we hear about in the books. That one night when everything is back to what it was. The royal family is really all about history and traditions, like January 1st. This is their way of celebration the new year such as Denmark. It's that day a year when the most prestigious dresses are worn and when the royal women wear their best jewelleries. Like the many photographers and journalists, lots of Danes showed up to get a glimpse of the attended once. One of them was Agnés Colbert how was able to get some really fantastic photos, I now have the opportunity to share with you! On the 1st of January it's tradition that the royal family host a dinner for the Danish Government, representatives of the official Denmark and the court in Christian 7's mansion in Copenhagen. They all arrive in a planned order: all the guests by rank, then Prince Joachim and Princess Marie, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary and than as the last ones Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik -the hosts. They always arrive last. Like the guests, the royal family does also arrive by rank, who is next to the throne after the present Queen and Prince. Of course we all know that. Before the guests are allow to find their seats in the big decorated hall, each one of them greets the royal family one by one. All of them have found their seats and dinner is ready to begin which was a four-course menu accompanied by wines from the prince's castle in Cayx, France.

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The magic is all about excitement. Like children on Christmas Eve I feel excited at this first new year reception. I'm cleaned to the screen to watch every single detail of Mary's outfit. How is her hair, what dress is she wearing, does it look different that previously, what about her accessories etc. All this because I admire her. My first conclusion is we have differently seen her burgundy velvet gown before. It's a creation by Birtgit Hallstein. One of the most talented tailors I think we have in Denmark. The gown give her the fashion-status of a Queen. Stunning! While she was pregnant with Princess Isabella she wore this dress twice: New Years Eve and at King Harald of Norway's 70th birthday party in 2007. With the extra fabric Birgit was able to drastically alter it from a maternity gown to this fashionable evening gown. The last time we saw her wear it was in 2012 at new years eve. If you take a close look you will see the changes: the sleeves are smaller, the neckline isn't that low anymore, it's more figure hugging and now it has a 'belt' of the same fabric. 2014 should be the year where to see one more change or addition - a burgundy velvet necklace. I'm sure there is a specific word to describe this kind of necklace but I can't remember right now. Even better she wore the Ruby parure brooch on the necklace, which I think was sawn onto the fabric. Something very common in the old days for the women to sew jewelleries onto their dresses because they were so heavy. Very clever. From the Ruby parure she also wore the magnificent tiara, earrings and ring. Since Mary wore the Ruby parure the first time in 2004 is has changed and items have been added. This was all done by Marianne Dulong and her talented team. And by idea from the Crown Princess a ring was added featuring a large red ruby. The author Nina Hald has written a book about the Ruby parure and its changes called Eventyrlige Rubiner (Adventurous Rubies). It all started in 2010 with a meeting between Mary and Marianne Dulong's team. Read more about it here. As the tradition says, she wore the Order of the Elephant on a gold chain instead of a blue ribbon. The gold chain is worn a special occasions like this. On the left side of the chest is the Star of the Order, a silver star with a gold and red enamel circle in the middle featuring a cross surrounded by pearls and a laurel wreath in silver. The gown also features a quite long train. She accessorized this first outfit of 2014 with her Judith Leiber clutch and golden pointed pumps from Manolo Blahnik. With this I with you a happy new year!!!

Photo @Agnés Colbert
Gown: Birgit Hallstein
Jewellery: The Ruby Parure
Clutch: Judith Leiber
Shoes: Manolo Blahnik Bb Metallic Leather Pumps DKK 4.085
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Christmas Services

December, 24th

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended a Christmas service along with Prince Christian and Princess Isabella. As a tradition did Queen Margrethe, Prince Henrik, Prince Joachim and Princess Marie and Prince Henrik also attend the service. The three youngest children, Prince Vincent, Princess Josephine and Princess Athena, were waiting on the palace for their family to return. Everyone seemed to be in a really great mood, happy to attend the Christmas service. Like everything else in December, the 24th is the ultimate day to gather your family and celebrate it all together. Me all have our own traditions and this is one of those we know about who the royal family celebrate their Christmas. The last twelve year I have every single Christmas attended a Christmas service in the local church, something I will not do without. The atmosphere is just wonderful and something you need to experience yourself. I'm sure all the royal kids were exited as every other kid on Christmas Eve when they attended the services but well-behaved as always.

To celebrate this evening Mary was wearing a navy blue double breasted coat featuring golden or maybe copper buttons. I think it is the second time we see it. To find the coat has not been easy at all but now it has been identified as Prada, I tend to say -of course. I'm sure we will see it sometimes again. I have completely fallen in love with the beige leather boots with the high heel. Wauw they look good at the same time they are a match to the coat and black leather gloves.



Coat: Prada
Boots: Valentino Leahter Knee Boots


December 25th

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended a service on December 25th accompanied by Former Pastor Peter Parkov who is a close friend of the family and does always celebrate Christmas with Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik. Peter Parkov has been physically disabled and is now on crutches. Therefore, the couple helped him out of the Queen's car to get to the church service, which aroused joy with the older man.

On the 24th Mary was a little more elegant dressed but when she arrived with Frederik and Peter Parkov, she was dressed casual with a messy hairstyle, her white Prada coat and pretty expensive Quidam clutch. In all black it was great to see just some colours on this second day in church. 


Coat: Prada
Clutch: Quidam Grey Calfskin Clutch
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Christmas Concert in Copenhagen

December, 15th
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Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended with their four children The Royal. Danish Academy of Music's Children Choir (Det kongelige danske Musikkonservatoriums Børnekor) Christmas concert in Esajas Church. Crown Princess Mary is the patron of the children's choir. 

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As for many other families it is also a tradition for the royal family to go to church during December, even more because Mary is the patron of The Royal. Danish Academy of Music's Children Choir (Det kongelige danske Musikkonservatoriums Børnekor). Often she brings her family which she did this year. The family was warmly welcomed when they arrived at the church as many of the other participating guests. Christmas is a time when we are together and have a good time, so it is also great to see the royal couple with their four wonderful children doing something very common that many Danish families are doing in December as more or less a private visit though Mary was at work. Next to his oldest sister, Prince Christian went through the church to find their seats in the front raw, closely followed by his parents and two younger siblings. On each seat was a small gift for each of the kids there was a great entertainment during the concert especially to Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine who might not quite understand yet what all of this is really about. Christian got a Rubik's Cube and Isabella, Vincent and Josephine got Plus-Plus puzzles to play with. Before the Christmas concert could begin, there was a Lucia procession through the church that helped to provide just the right atmosphere. The Lucia procession is by now become a tradition as well. The concert did that particularly the small royal children a bit restless but they behaved very nicely. An hour later the Christmas concert ended and it was time for the royal family to go back home.

In black and white Mary amazed me with her quite simple outfit. Black lace is a winner no matter what your personal style is. At the arrival to Esajas Church she was wearing a snow white coat featuring rather large buttons and pockets identified as Prada. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find the model again online. To you who need to see pictures before you believe me, mail me and I will show you pictures. I love the fact that she wore her green Jewlscph earrings because it makes the lace outfit even more glamorous! A really nice detail. Here it's worth mentioning that Mary also accessorized her look with the expensive Shamballa Jewels bracelet. I not sure if she wearing a dress or a blouse and a skirt. One of my most beloved readers Pernille showed me an outfit from the Danish designer Elise Gug which have great similarity with Mary's. You know after I did the update on this post the design from Elise Gug has vanished from every site on the internet but like the Prada coat I have a picture on my computer to show you, if you need a proof of what I say is true. Matching the rest of the outfit she wore black pumps from SAND Copenhagen. A pair of shoes I really like because of the shape, it looks stunning on the foot. Makes her legs look the best and the heel is the perfect hight. I think a pair of shoes need the right hight and here we have it. I'm so lucky that Agnés has shared her photo with me and she got a perfect shot of the shiny pumps. I wouldn't mind wearing this on Christmas eve! 

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Photo @Agnés Colbert
Coat: Prada
Dress/Skirt + Blouse: Elise Gug
Earrings: Jewlscph Noble Green Earrings DKK 19,499
Bracelet: Shamballa Jewels Royal Bracelet w. Argyle Pink Diamond Pavé
Shoes: SAND Copenhagen
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