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Edited to add: The baby girl is 6.4 pounds and 19 inches long. From the official DRF website.

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:

• Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary

• Prince Joachim and his sons Nikolai and Felix (Marie remained at home with little Henrik)

• The Queen’s sisters, Princess Benedikte (w/ husband Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg) and Queen Anne-Marie (w/ husband the former King Constantine)

• The Queen’s  nieces and nephews from the Berleberg family and Greek royal family

• The Rosenborgs, cousins of the Queen

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).

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.

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!

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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.

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

ELLE™ Lace-Trim Camisole (Evening Sand): Kohl’s

ELLE™ Scalloped Cardigan (Polished Slate): Kohl’s

Candie’s Yunnis Peep Toe Platform High Heels (Blush): Kohl’s

Who is your fashion inspiration? Send me a photo of your royal-inspired outfit to post here at The Royal Rep!

Up Next: Princess Maxima’s Photoshoot

Their children accompanied them to the opening ceremony, and the behavior of their son, Prince Christian, was rather surprising.

Video: Danish Crown Prince and Princess with their children

Christian, who will soon be turning 5 in October, rolled around on the floor and needed to be held by the shoulders to stand still. His sister Isabella, 3, watched him and tried to emulate his behavior, but Princess Mary gave her a quiet reprimand.

I was surprised. I remember reading how Queen Elizabeth II was raised and thought that all royal children had that same upbringing, even today. I was also surprised at the behavior of the Dutch royal children at a baptism a few years ago. They rolled around on the floor and even the heir, little Princess Amalia, was seen trying to look up the robes of the priest.

Good manners and patience were evident during the recent fruit festival in the Dutch town of Tiel, however, where the princesses sat together for their first official public engagement. Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima sat behind them, and when the little girls squirmed after a while, both parents promptly put them on their laps and cuddled them.

See my post about the Dutch royal outing. Amalia, the eldest, turns 7 in December; her younger siblings are are 5 and 3.

It is hard to expect very young children to behave sometimes, but with guidance and encouragement it is not impossible. What do you think of the behavior of royal kids?

Princess Mary, the former Mary Donaldson of Australia, married Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederick in 2004. Their elder children are Prince Christian, 4, and Princess Isabella, 3.

This will be the first time a set of twins has been born into the Danish royal house, according to Dag Trygsland Hoelseth (see his blog). He explains that there are twins in the extended family (Countesses Camilla and Josephine of Rosenborg), but there have never been twins in the immediate Royal Family.

The twins are expected to be born in January of next year.