14 January
Celebrating Queen Margrethe's anniversary
For months, we have waited to celebrate the Queen on her very special day. Her 50th anniversary as Queen of Denmark. Today, it is 50 years since Crown Princess Margrethe became Queen Margrethe after her father, King Frederik IX, passed away 72 years old.
Many events were planned to take place on occasion anniversary, but due to the current situation with the pandemic, much of this has been cancelled or set for another date. But no anniversary without any celebrations. So, around noon, the royal family arrived to Folketinget at Christiansborg to receive the Governments celebration. Both Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary, Prince Joachim, Princess Marie and Princess Benedikte attended the celebration at Christiansorg.
Later on, the family was driven by train to Roskilde to visit the grave of the Queen's parents, King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid at Roskilde Cathedral. Each of the couple's girls laid a personal coloured wreath. Queen Margrethe a blue one, Princess Benedikte a pink wreath and Princess Anne-Marie a yellow one. The Crown Prince Couple and Prince Joachim and Princess Marie also laid a wreath.
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All of them, were beautifully dressed for the occasion. The Queen in her light blue suit, Princess Benedikte in purple, Princess Marie pastel green and Mary in a lovely light brown. Personally, I really like Princess Benedikte's outfit. She looks beautiful in that dark purple colour.
Mary was in a brand new Gabriela Hearst dress. I learned about this from Heaven, who was able to identify this stunning dress. Underneath, she wore a white blouse. I am not sure this is a perfect combination, but I guess it could be because of the weather. The wind is still pretty cold. In Roskilde she added another layer: a new woolen cardigan and a reused light brown cape. Mary has worn the cape before, when visiting Rødding Højskole on occasion of its 175th anniversary in 2019 (here). It is from Oscar de la Renta.
Mary matched her beautiful, vintage vibe, outfit with an old Jane Taylor hat. She first wore it, when the Belgium King and Queen visited Denmark in 2017 (here). I really like the style of it with the rest of her outfit. Looks super stylish. Maybe she honored Queen Ingrid by wearing the Ruby Parure earrings for the event? And also the later added ruby ring created by Dulong Fine Jewelry. I think it was a lovely gesture. The large white pearl necklace was a great detail as well.
She loves wearing these "monochrome" outfits. Matching clothes with matching accessories. That was also the case on January 14th. Mary embraced her look with both a Prada handbag and a Naledi Copenhagen clutch. Also the nude Prada pumps matched perfectly!
SHOP THE LOOK
Hat ● Jane Taylor
Cape ● Oscar de la Renta, here
Dress ● Gabriela Hearst, here
Earrings ● The Ruby Parure
Ring ● Dulong Fine Jewelry
Bag ● Prada, here
Clutch ● Naledi Copenhagen, here
Shoes ● Prada, here
Private dinner at Amalienborg
As mentioned before, many different event and dinners had been planned to celebrate the Queen on her anniversary, but much of it has also been cancelled or given another date. This is why, I love it even more that the family celebrated the day with a private dinner at Amalienborg. Both the Crown Prince family and Prince Joachim and Princess Marie and their children attended - also Prince Nikolai and Prince Felix were prensent of their grandmother's day of celebration. Princess Benedikte was also there to honor her sister.
Before the dinner took place, the royal family captured a memory from the evening with a photo. Queen Margrethe and all of her family.
Black was obviously a hit at the dinner. Most of them, wore either black dresses or suits, but not Mary. She rocked a brand new purple wrap blouse and black trousers. This could also be a jumpsuit, which I think is very likely. Lately, she is fond of jumpsuits for "dress-events". The blouse is also kinda short, which could indicate it being a jumpsuit.
Mary was wearing long diamond earrings as accessory. They feature a purple Amethyst in a shape of a drop. A beautiful match. She has worn these earrings on many occasions before. Like in 2018 at the 100th anniversary of Iceland's sovereignty (here). Mary was also a necklace. To me it looks brand new. I still do not know where it is from. The new official photo revealed that she embraced the style by wearing black suede pumps from Gianvito Rossi.
SHOP THE LOOK
Shoes ● Gianvito Rossi, here
