Congratulations to TRH Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark. The princess gave birth to a girl, the first for the couple.
Edited to add: The baby girl is 6.4 pounds and 19 inches long. From the official DRF website.
Countess Alexandra of Frederiksborg, along with her husband, Martin Jorgensen, joined the Danish Royal Family to celebrate the jubilee of Queen Margrethe II. The Queen has been on the Danish throne for 40 years – a “ruby” jubilee.
Resplendent jewels and gowns glimmered brightly during the gala performance at the Concert Hall in honor of Margrethe last Saturday (1-14) evening. Alexandra arrived in brilliant red, topped off by her Alexandrine Diamond Drop Tiara (Queen Margrethe gave the tiara to her then-daughter-in-law as a wedding present. Alexandra kept the tiara after her divorce from Prince Joachim).
Members of the family in attendance for the concert included:
Other dignitaries included Danish government officials and the heads of state for the Scandinavian countries: the President of Finland, King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden, and Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway (see the full list).
Crown Princess Mary must have scored major brownie points with her mother-in-law, Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II.
The Queen is known for her beehive-inspired bouffants (as seen on the royal website). Princess Mary was photographed sporting her own brand of beehive for the annual New Year’s banquet, as reported by the blog The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor.
Mary’s hairdo was surmounted by a diamond and ruby tiara in the form of leaves and berries. It was a tiara once worn by Queen Ingrid of Denmark, Margrethe’s mother.
Prince Christian, heir to Denmark’s throne, has started his first day of school.
Below, the prince poses with his parents outside their home at Amalienborg Palace, just before heading off to the Tranegard School.
It seems like only yesterday the little chubby-cheeked prince was beginning his first day of nursery school. How time flies!
Everyone knows Kate Middleton, now the Duchess of Cambridge. The gorgeous Queen Rania of Jordan ranks high in the royal elite, and Queen Elizabeth II is a legend. Which modern-day royals rank in your top 10? Let’s hear the nominations as we research the hard-working and history-worthy royals across the world.
Princess Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Alexander Johannsmann have married today in the evangelic Stadtkirche in Bad Berleburg, Germany.
Princess Nathalie is the niece of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark; Nathalie’s mother is Margrethe’s sister Benedikte.
I truly love the tiara Nathalie wore. It is the Khedive of Egypt Cartier Tiara, originally a wedding gift from the Khedive of Egypt to Princess Margaret of Connaught. The Princess married the future King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden. When she died, the tiara was inherited by her daughter Princess Ingrid, who married into the Danish Royal Family to become Queen Ingrid of Denmark.
All three of Queen Ingrid’s daughters have donned it for their weddings – Margrethe, the eldest, who married Count Henri de Monpezat; Benedikte, who wed Richard, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg; and Anne-Marie, who married Constantine, the ex-King of Greece. Nathalie’s elder sister, Alexandra, wore it for her 1998 wedding.
Today the tiara officially belongs to Queen Ingrid’s youngest daughter, Queen Anne-Marie. Click here to see the tiara on all three sisters at the wonderful Royal Jewels of the World blog.
It seems that Princess Nathalie’s bridesmaid was wearing the same dress as Theodora of Greece. Princess Theodora wore the single-strap flowing gown for her brother Nikolaos’ nuptials last summer.
Welcome to our new fashion section, Haute Royale, here at The Royal Representative.
I say “our” because it is going to involve all of you fashionable royal watchers. If you love a particular royal’s outfit (men included), show us how you found your own version of their look!
I constructed an outfit based on Princess Marie of Denmark. When she and her husband, Prince Joachim, visited Hong Kong last November, I instantly fell in love with her delicate gray ensemble. Image of Marie from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC)
While it isn’t exact, it reminded me of Marie’s simple elegance. I love the gray and pink, and with a quick trip to Kohl’s and JCPenney, I had a royal-ready outfit.
Worthington® Trousers (light gray): JC Penney
