Opening of the Parliament 2024

01 October 2024

Princess Benedikte accompanied King Frederik and Queen Mary at the annual opening of the Parliament. The three of them were warmly welcomed by Parliament's presidum and of course Søren Gade - Chairman of the Parliament.

The annual opening ceremony at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen marks the begning of a new year for the Danish politicians and the Parliament. The opening always takes place on the first Tuesday in October.

King Frederik, Queen Mary and Princess Benedikte watched the official opening from the royal balcony in the great Parliament Hall. Amongst speakers was Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.

Love that both Mary and Benedikte had the same though about wearing soft blue at the opening. Mary was dressed in a lovely reused coat tailored by Cleas Iversen along with a creamy white lace dress. Do you remember she also wore the coat at the opening in 2022? I think it could be an old Heartmade dress but I can't tell for sure.

Mary had chosen beige suede accessories: a beloved BOSS clutch, beautiful (new?) matching gloves and stunning pointed pumps from Gianvito Rossi. Kinda like this color-combo. Blue and beige. Very elegant. Looks like she added a splash of soft purple on her nails. I like that too.

What is an outfit without jewellery? Not much. Mary wore her amazing Halberstadt necklace with an Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen diamond ring. Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen is also the creator of her SMASHING golden leaf brooch. What a masterpiece! 

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Coat ● Cleas Iversen

Necklace ● Halberstadt

Brooch ● Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen

Ring ● Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen

Clutch ● BOSS

Shoes ● Gianvito Rossi

Psychiatry Summit 2024

28 September 2024

Queen Mary attended the "Psychiatry Summit 2024" as patron of SIND - the association of metal health. She has been patron for SIND since 2004. So for the last twenty years, she has been part of and committed to the significant work SIND is doing for mental health in Denmark.

Chairman of the Psychiatry Network Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (former Danish Prime Minister) and Minister of health Sophie Løhde accompanied Chairman of SIND Mia Kristina Hansen and deputies of SIND Erik Mønsted and Bente Helms, when welcoming Queen Mary at her arrival at Imperial in Copenhagen.

The Psychiatry Summit gathered more than 1,000 professional, debaters, etc. to attend and participate presentations and the important debate about mental health issues and the Danish psychiatry sector in general.

Somehow, we do not have had many photos from the summit which surprises me. We usually have many photos from such events, but Mary looked beautiful in her reused green ZARA suit! The color is smashing. One of my favourites. Autumn is my time a year. She styled the stunning suit with a simple white v-neck blouse. Still unidentified.

Mary first wore the suit in 2023 at the "Photo of Loneliness" conference in Odense, but she wore the blazer a year earlier, when attending a meeting with WWF World Wild Fund for Nature in 2022.

At the Psychiatry Summit, she enhanced the beautiful of the suit with golden Dulong Fine Jewelry earrings and her beloved Halberstadt necklace. The Valentino's goes back to 2016 and have been worn on a number of different occasions since then.

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Blazer ● ZARA

Trousers ● ZARA

Earrings ● Dulong Fine Jewelry

Necklace ● Halberstadt

Shoes ● Valentino

Børsen's 400th anniversary

26 September 2024

Director of Danish Businesses Brian Mikkelsen and Chairman of Danish Business Jens Mathiesen arrived along with the King and Queen to attend Børsen's 400th anniversary.

On April 16th of this year, the iconic building suffered from a massive fire and due to this fire, the anniversary was held at Moltke´s Palace at Amalienborg.

Earlier that day, King Frederik attended the marking of restoring the destroyed Børsen. 

Børsen was build from around 1619-1640 and worked as a trade building at the time of King Christian IV. The architecture is by Lorenz van Steenwinckel and Hans van Steenwinckel. The building is known for its magnificent spire, which was also destroyed in the fire in April.

What to wear for an 400th anniversary celebration? - a bespoke Lasse Spangenberg creation of course! Mary looked like a movie star celebrating Børsen. She first wore the dress at the 10th anniversary of the Mary Foundation in 2017. Think the dress could have been made for the occasion. Mary also wore it at a gala dinner in 2018 and in 2023 at King Carl Gustaf's Golden Jubilee.

Mary beautifully styled the dress with a black embellished belt. It is not the first time we see this belt (2015, 2018, 2019, 2022). Love this detail!

Investigating her outfit, I find that she was wearing her beloved 'F'-necklace and a huge diamond ring from Dulong Fine Jewelry. Mary's is customized from the orignial available to purchase. I like how she matched the dress with Amethyst earrings, a bracelet and elegant find. Think it could be from an auction or presents from her husband.

The fine satin box clutch is a reuse from Prada such as the mesh/suede pumps are old ones from Gianvito Rossi. Overall opinion? - ADORABLE

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Dress ● Bespoke by Lasse Spangenberg

Necklace ● Halberstadt

Ring ● Dulong Fine Jewelry

Clutch ● Prada

Shoes ● Gianvito Rossi

Research conference in Copenhagen

26 September 2024

Queen Mary attended the annual "Research Conference" hosted by Independant Research Fund Denmark, also known as DFF. The Queen has been patron of the fund since May of this year. 

The Independant Research Fund Denmark is a public fund that finances research at an international level and work to strengthening ground-breaking research in Denmark.

Danish Minister of Education and Research Christina Egelund, Chairman of DFF Søren Serritzlew and head of the foundation's secretariat Jesper Risom all welcomed Queen Mary at her arrival.

Christy Anna Hipsley from University of Copenhagen received the title as winner of  "Original Idea of ​​the Year". Queen Mary handed over the award to Christy.

Somehow, this conference has gone "under the radar" to most medias which means we don't really have that many photos from her attendance. Nevertheless, we do have something to work with.

The stunning grey checkered jumpsuit is a reuse from Max Mara. She first wore it at a business promotion visit from Sweden in 2019 and then again at the presentation of the "DI Award" in 2020. The belt is a great detail.

Big question: 2019? 2020? or 2024?

Mary elegantly styled her outfit with a simple ponytail and chic makeup. The fine diamond necklace is from Halberstadt and her diamond bands are creations by Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen.

About two weeks ago, she wore the very same green Nina Ricci clutch - which is actually a cross-body bag with a removable strap. Mary first wore the clutch in 2016 when visiting the United States. The lovely shark grey suede pumps are from Gianvito Rossi.

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Jumpsuit ● Max Mara

Necklace ● Halberstadt

Rings ● Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen

Clutch ● Nina Ricci

Shoes ● Gianvito Rossi