Day 1. Official visit to Latvia

Thursday, December 6th

-During the day-
Quite a while it was announced that the Crown Prince couple were to visit Latvia on December 6th to 7th. That's now. The visit is all about celebrating Latvia declaring their independence a 100 years ago. Denmark is part of that celebration, which is also why Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary were invited to visit Latvia. They were invited by Latvia's President, Raimonds Vējonis, whom they were also welcomed by at the arrival. The royal couple are accompanied by the Danish Minister of Culture, Mette Bock.

Other than the 100 years anniversary of Latvia being an independant state; the visit also focus on design, art and history. They couple will attend several events on that occasion during the two days in Riga, Latvia.

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary arrived early morning in Riga where they were warmly welcomed by the Presidential couple. Hundreds of people had showed up to get a glimpse of the royal couple arriving from Denmark. Afterwards, they were officially welcomed at a ceremony at Riga Castle. The couple payed a visit to the Freedom Monument in Riga and played a wreath in honor of those who died during a battle of making Latvia an independent state. It was revealed than 80 years ago.

Chairman of the Latvian parliament, Ināra Mūrniece hosted an official lunch for the Danish royal couple before it was time for the couple to have a few hours on their own.




No doubt that Mary arrived with style. She was dressed in pink from head to toe. Literally. Everything matched with perfection. Pink it no an easy colour to match with other pink pieces. But Mary managed that. She looked wonderful in a brand new bubblegum pink coat featuring a matching belt and rhinestones. The stunning creation has been identified by the designer as Claes Iversen, here. She could also be wearing a grey skirt from Dolce & Gabbana, first worn at the opening of the Parliament in 2015, here.

As first mentioned; also the accessories matched in colour. Mary has chosen to wear a brand new pink hat has well. It has been confirmed that Susanne Juul created her new hat. What a piece, right? It is very similar in style as this, here. Wish more women would wear hats - including myself... She also embraced the style with pink gloves, her old Bottega Veneta knot clutch and Gianvito Rossi pumps.

It is indeed pink. Maybe a little too pink for me, though she wear it with great elegance. Same goes with the jewellery - pure elegance. I see earrings, a ring and a golden bracelet from Danish Dulong Fine Jewelry. Pretty sure she could be wearing the golden Cartier bangle as well, but so far I have no pictures to prove it. Just a hunch.

I am overwhelmed to see her in such a bright colour this time a year. But it makes me proud to have her as Crown Princess, when she do such a great impression worldwide with what she wears.

Hat ● Susanne Juul
Coat ● Cleas Iversen
Earrings ● Dulong Fine Jewelry Luna Earrings
Pendant ● Dulong Fine Jewelry Globe Pendant
Bracelet ● Dulong Fine Jewelry Balloon Bracelet
Ring ● Dulong Fine Jewelry
Clutch ● Bottega Veneta Intrec Knot Clutch
Shoes ● Gianvito Rossi Pink Gianvito Patent Leather Pumps

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-Dinner at Riga Castle-
After a few hours on their own the Crown Prince couple attended a reception in the concert house called Great Guild, which had been arranged by the Danish Embassy in Latvia, DCCL and the Danish Cultural Institute. About an hour later Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary watched a concert at the Great Guild, played by Concerto Copenhagen. What a remarkable name for an orchestra. The Presidential couple from Latvia also attended the concert along with the Danish Crown Prince couple.

All four of them meet afterwards at the official dinner taking place at Riga Castle. The Presidential couple hosted the dinner with Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary as guests of honor. The Crown Prince gave a speech as part of the official welcoming dinner.




Well, well, well. Mary in trousers at a dinner. That does not happen very often. At the moment I can not remember that we have ever seen that. At first glance I thought it was Queen Letizia of Spain that showed up on my screen. In fact it was my own Crown Princess. The whole look reminds me so much of something the Spanish Queen would wear. Nevertheless, it was Mary.

She embraced the style by wearing a brand new brocade blazer featuring a velvet collar. It is told to be made by talented Danish designer Jesper Høvring (collection: H by Jesper Høvring), who has created many of Mary's great evening gowns, here. This time it was a blazer. She wore her new bronze/golden blazer with fitted velvet trousers and a white blouse underneath. Heaven mentioned that the trousers could be from the same designers as the blazer. Tell me what you think about that.

No evening outfit without a little glitter. That is probably why Mary wore her black glitter pumps from Pura Lopez. We have seen then before, when she attended the presentation of the Danish Rainbow Award - AXGIL, here. I am sure you notified her diamond earrings as well. Somehow I think we have seen them before 10 years ago, when she attended the official opening of Skuespilhuset in Copenhagen, here. Thanks to one of you I am finally able to point out the specific event. What do you think? - is she wearing old diamond earrings? The diamond rings are from Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen.

Blazer ● Jesper Høvring
Rings  Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen Love Bands Ring
Shoes ● Pura Lopez Kameron Black Glitter Pumps

Possible identifications
Trousers ● Jesper Høvring Alexa Trousers

Christmas reception with the Mary Foundation

Tuesday, December 4th

For quite some year it has been a tradition for the Crown Princess to host a Christmas reception at Amalienborg for the Mary Foundation and partners. So did she this year. Once again the reception took place at Frederik VIII's Palace in Copenhagen, here, here.

Crown Princess Mary and the foundation wished everyone merry Christmas and thanked for yet another year of great collaborations. The invited guests enjoyed a glass of glögg (a warm spicy drink), æbleskiver (pastry) and a chat. I am sure they all had a wonderful afternoon. Imagine a reception on your own surrounded by chandeliers, gold frames and wall size mirrors. Does not get any more magical.



Mary always show the most incredible outfit when hosting these Christmas receptions. She also did this year. She had chosen a lovely purple Prada dress. It was worn in 2014 when Mary attended a celebration show on occasion of the 200-year jubilee for the right to go to school. At the time she wore leopard pumps. I like to think she did so this time. The combo was epic - edgy and chic. In a way I think it is more likely that she matched the purple dress with black pumps. But I do not know anything for sure.

We also got to see a few outstanding pieces of jewellery. First thing I noticed is her butterfly brooch. It is shaped as the Mary Foundation's logo. Beautiful gesture. The stunning dusty pink pendant earrings are old ones from Dulong Fine Jewelry. They also come with other pendants - blue ones, diamond ones, here, even coral ones, here. I also see her golden Cartier bangle and two other pieces from Dulong Fine Jewelry. Simplicity and quality might be the words to describe the worn jewellery. Very elegant look.

Dress  Prada
Earrings  Dulong Fine Jewelry Lotus
Bracelet  Dulong Fine Jewelry Delphis Bracelet
Bracelet  Dulong Fine Jewelry Balloon Bracelet
Rings  Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen Love Bands Ring
Bracelet  Cartier Love Bracelet

UN's international disability day 2018

Monday, December 3rd

Monday afternoon Crown Princess Mary attended UN's international disability day 2018 taking place Handicaporganisationens Hus in Taastrup.

The disability day is an event to gather both danish organisations, collaborators and citizens. The event is a collaboration between Danish Disability Organizations, the Brain Injury Association, the Stroke Association, Sind (the National Association for Mental Health), Rare Diagnoses and the Kidney Association. Crown Princess is patron for every single one of them, which is why she attended as guest of honor. The events focus was centered around more people with a disability getting an education.

The Crown Princess Mary was in a splendid mood both at the arrival and during the event in the Disability Organizations House. She was everywhere that is possible for one person. Thorkild Olesen, Chairman of the Danish Disability Organizations welcomed her at the arrival.


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Getting ready for a day in Taastrup Mary has chosen to wear a mix of reused and new pieces. The first thing that caught my eye is her brand new tweed skirt. What a lovely colour. Would you ever wear red tweed? Think it looks great. I learned that the new skirt is from Alexander McQueen from Heaven who managed to identify it. Mary matched her chic skirt with a simple reused black jacket. I have never had the chance to identify the jacket. It features a few notable stitching, but that's all there is to go for.

She embraced the style by wearing a reused belt as well. I am really troubled with this piece. I don't even know where to look for it. Seems like Mary is loves it very much because she has already worn it quite a few times lately. Both with trousers and skirts; and now on a jacket. Do you like belted jackets? Think it makes any old jacket look brand new. I tried it last year with a black coat of mine and it changes the whole outfit adding a belt. You should try it.

As jewellery Mary dazzled wearing both earrings and a ring from Dulong Fine Jewelry and a golden necklace from Orit Elhanati. Three really beautiful pieces of jewellery. I spotted her black quality leather clutch from Quidam and matching Gianvito Rossi pumps as well. Do you hope for more of these outfits during December?

Skirt  Alexander McQueen Frayed Tweed Midi Skirt
Earrings  Dulong Fine Jewelry Delphis
Necklace  Orit Elhanati The Abyss Necklace
Ring  Dulong Fine Jewelry Luna Ring
Clutch  Quidam
Shoes  Gianvito Rossi Gianvito 105 Leather Pumps

Dag 2. A visit to Kenya

Wednesday, November 28th

In secrecy Crown Princess Mary traveled to Kenya accompanies by Minister of Development, Ulla Tørnæs. The two of them arrived on Tuesday in Kalama, here. It was all unannounced because of terrorist threat in the country. Visiting Kenya is all about promoting girls and women's rights, well-being, health and economic independence through local organisations and projects. Among others, the Crown Princess and Minister of Development visited the organisation Northern Rangelands Trust that are supported by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).

On her second and last day in Kenya Crown Princess Mary visited Nairobi. Here she and Minister of Development, Ulla Tørnæs attended the launch of a new campaign by Women Deliver. The campaign is called 'Deliver for Good' and work to improve equality and bettering chances for girls and women in Kenya. Crown Princess Mary has on numerous occasions been involved in the work Women Deliver. The launch of Women Deliver's latest projects took place at Radisson Blu Hotel. Like she had all the time in the world, she walked around the conference room and listened carefully to everything she was told. Impressive how she manages to be present the way she is.

After the big lunch Crown Princess Mary switched location and visited the Kibera Slum. She was given the chance to visit Action Foundation. The organisation support children, young people and mothers with handicaps - support them to a better life. Even though this organisation do what they do best hundreds of miles from where I live; it makes me proud that the world has such organisations.

The Crown Princess also met with Elizabeth Okumu. She has created a mentor program for young mothers and their children. This programs teaches about sexual health and reproductive rights.

I bet the Crown Princess had two very emotional and educational days in Kenya. Or at least that is my impression after having seen her photos and read her statements shared on the royal family's Instagram, here, here, here. You find all of it here.

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