Inauguration of new National Bereavement Center

22 August 2023

Crown Princess Mary attended the grand opening of the new bereavement center in Vejle. She attended the inauguration as patron of The National Bereavement Center (here).

This new bereavement center makes children, young people and other citizens the opportunity to share their grief with others. Especially children and young people fall down into solitude when a parent becomes seriously ill or die.

One initiative to create a dialogue about this heavy grief, is the centers "memory tree". Crown Princess Mary also wrote a small note in memory of her mother, Henrietta.

Since 2019, Mary has worn this incredible Morten Ussing dress three times now. She first wore it at an official visit to Paria (here). Mary then wore the beautiful dress in 2021, when attending the opening of Lolland Business School (here). When visiting Lolland, she embraced the style of the dress with the same brown leather belt from MaxMara. Makes a great look!

She matched her outfit with old Gucci tortoise-like glasses, her smashing brown leather bag from Ralph Lauren and the most amazing (!) new Salvatore Ferragamo. I could talk about these heeled sandals for days. They are so magnificent. Do you like that kinda heel?

Mary was also wearing plenty of smashing pieces of jewellery. Like her custom-made white pearl earrings from Dulong Fine Jewelry, necklaces from Halberstadt and Julie Sandlau and rings from Dulong Fine Jewelry and Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen.

Look closer and you'll see that she also styled a rather new MaRe bracelet with an oooooold golden Cartier watch.

SHOP THE LOOK

Dress ● Morten Ussing, here

Belt ● MaxMara, here

Glasses ● Gucci, here

Earrings ● Custom-made by Dulong Fine Jewelry

Necklace ● Halberstadt, here

Necklace ● Julie Sandlau, here

Bracelet ● Dulong Fine Jewelry, here

Bracelet ● MaRe, here

Watch ● Cartier, here

Ring ● Dulong Fine Jewelry, here

Ring ● Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen, here

Ring ● Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen, here

Bag ● Ralph Lauren, here

Shoes ● Salvatore Ferragamo, here (NEW!)

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Opening of Lolland Business School

24 August

Crown Princess Mary has already had some pretty busy weeks as, among others, patron of Copenhagen 2021 and the presentation of the EliteForsk Prizes (here). On August 24th, she visited Maribo to attend the official opening of Lolland International School. The Crown Princess was invited as guest of honor.

Lolland International School is the first international primary school in Denmark. It gathers pupil's from different backgrounds, cultures, nationalities and of different languages. The school also aims to ensure a healthy integration of foreign students in the local community on Lolland.

The Crown Princess was warmly welcomed, when she arrived to Lolland International School in Maribo. She was given a bouquet of flowers and many smily faces welcomed her. A traditional red ribbon was cut to mark the official opening of the school. Crown Princess Mary was given a helping hand by both pupil's Mayor Holger Schou Rasmussen and school principal Dominic Maher.

After the opening ceremony both Holger Schou Rasmussen and Dominic Maher showed her the school facilities - classrooms and a common space for the use of everybody.

Kongehuset ● Det Danske Kongehus ● UFO No More ● Royal Portraits Gallery ● Frederik et Mary ● Billed Bladet ● Billed Bladet ● Billed Bladet

Mary really looked lovely at the opening in Maribo! She first wore this beautiful Morten Ussing dress at an official visit to Paris in 2019 (here). With that dress, she impressed the entire royal community. Me included. I was impressed and stunned all at once, once again at the opening. I adore how this dress looks with that brown leather belt from Max Mara. It looks even more magnificent this time. Those two colors are made for each other.

Sometimes Mary likes to wear only a few pieces of jewellery and on other occasions she wears quite a lot. Lately, we can go with option number two. Mary loves to wear jewellery at the moment. When attending the opening of Lolland Business School, she had chosen to style her stunning dress with golden earrings from Dulong Fine Jewelry and a necklace, bracelet and ring from the same designer as well. Mary truly likes Dulong's design. She has from the very beginning and I get it. They make outstanding designs.

Mary also wore Orit Elhanati's jewellery. A golden twisted necklace. Rebekka Notkin is the creator of her eye-catching golden bangle and Cartier is the master behind her third bangle. Once she step out of the car, we get a little glimpse of a bag. Her new handbag from Prada. The same she wore at the ending ceremony for Copenhagen 2021 (here).

And of course, her brand new heeled sandals! They perfectly match the rest of her outfit. Especially, the brown leather belt. Aren't they just beautiful? Heaven managed to identify Mary's new shoes as Michel Vivien. Gorgeous design.

SHOP THE LOOK

Dress ● Morten Ussing, here

Belt ● Max Mara, here

Earrings ● Dulong Fine Jewelry, here

Necklace ● Orit Elhanati, here

Necklace ● Dulong Fine Jewelry, here

Bracelet ● Rebekka Notkin, here

Bracelet ● Cartier, here

Bracelet ● Dulong Fine Jewelry, here

Ring ● Dulong Fine Jewelry, here

Bag ● Prada, here

Shoes ● Michel Vivien, here

Day 2. Official visit to Paris

24 June

The previous day, Crown Princess Mary arrived to Paris on an official visit announced not that long ago. Only little information have been published about the visit, but on the first day she opened an exhibition at Danmarkshuset. The exhibition was created by artist, Jesper Christensen who also made the new altarpiece in the Frederik's Church, here.

On Monday, she then payed a visit to the Museé Jacquemart-André in the French capital, where Crown Princess Mary saw the exhibition 'Hammershøi, the master of Danish painting'. The exhibition shows art-pieces by the Danish artist, Vilhelm Hammershøi. It is part of the Ministry of Culture's culture investment entitled 'Denmark-France 2018-2020'. The Crown Princess was in a splendid mood at the arrival. Parts of her visiting Museé Jacquemart-André, was also to give her a guided tour around the exhibition.

Later the Crown Princess was welcomed by First Lady Brigitte Macron, when arriving to Centre Pompidou - a house of culture and a famous construction named after a former French President, Georges Pompidou. The Danish Royal House shared that Crown Princess Mary and First Lady Brigitte Macron visited the exhibition 'Sonja Ferlov Mancoba' exhibited at Centre Pompidou.

On the second day, Crown Princess Mary also attended a healthcare conference in Danmarkshuset. Michael Starbæk Christensen, Danish Ambassador in France welcomed the Crown Princess when she arrived. She wasn't all alone attending the conference. More than a hundred representatives from both the Danish- and French healthcare system participated. The conference focuses on the transformation of the Danish healthcare system and how French healthcare system could learn from that. Especially digitalization was center of attention.

She ended her visit in Paris with a visit to the Palais de l'Élysée, which is the residence of the French Presidential Couple. The reason for her visit was that First Lady Brigitte Macron had invited her for lunch.

The Crown Princess was spotted, here, when still being in Paris. I am not exactly sure on what occasion it was taken, but my guess is before leaving Paris. 

Kongehuset ● Kongehuset ● Kongehuset ● Kongehuset ● Det Danske Kongehus ● Daily Mail ● Billed Bladet Billed Bladet ● Frederik et Mary

I had mixed emotion about what she wore on the first day. The new pink floral dress was really girly, but beautiful. Her evening outfit was spot on. I was happy to see her second day look. Mary wore a brand new midi length dress featuring what's called a windowpane paid. Trying to identify where this new dress is from, I had Danish design in mind. I was right. From Heaven I learned that Mary's wonderful white dress is from Danish designer Morten Ussing. Possibly the first time we see her wear that designers creations. Do you like it? I do. Love the silhouette, wavy sleeves and v-shaped neckline.

She embraced the style with white pearl earrings that goes way back in time. Don't know exactly when she first wore them, but it has to be at least 10 years ago. Dulong Fine Jewelry created them, as four of her five worn bracelets. Love when she wears so many bracelets. Looks just great. I also see her golden Cartier bangle and a Dulong Fine Jewelry diamond ring. Seems like Mary loves to flash that stunning diamond ring lately. And it is indeed magnificent.

She also accessorized her outfit with a small blue belt, matching pointed pumps from Gianvito Rossi and a new clutch. Kate shared with me that is comes from 1602. Also a new designer for Mary to wear.

SHOP THE LOOK

Dress ● Morten Ussing, here

Earrings ● Dulong Fine Jewelry

Necklace ● Orit Elhanati, here

Bracelet ● Dulong Fine Jewelry, here

Bracelet ● Dulong Fine Jewelry, here

Bracelet ● Dulong Fine Jewelry, here

Bracelet ● Dulong Fine Jewelry, here (similar)

Bracelets ● Cartier, here

Ring ● Dulong Fine Jewelry, here

Clutch ● 1602, here

Shoes ● Gianvito Rossi