Royal Gala - Danish and Dutch Royals

 Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark host a gala dinner at Christiansborg Palace on the occasion of the state visit of Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. The video shows the royal arrival to the palace.

Princess Mary

 Here are some recent pics of Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, dating from last year, 2014:

Mary at a Danish Red Cross charity dinner in 2014.

Mary at a Danish Red Cross charity dinner in 2014.

Favorite Princess

Well, hardly anyone voted, but it looks like Crown Princess Mary came out on top with 3 votes as your favorite princess. See the results at the left.

I have a monthly poll for favorite jewelry designer this month, as it is obvious that I did not follow up in a timely manner on my weekly "Favorite Princess" poll.

Here are some new pics of your favorite princess, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark:

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary with their four kids, from left: Prince Christian, Prince Vincent, Princess Josephine, and Princess Isabella. It is tradition in Denmark that kings' names alternate between Frederik and Christian, and since Crown Prince Frederik will be King Frederik X, hence his son being name Christian, who will one day be King Christian XI.

Mary and Frederik at their wedding, on 14 May 2004, and they just celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary.

Mary arriving at Copenhagen Cathedral with her father, on her wedding day, 2014.

Crown Princess Mary in a May 2014 photo, with her two eldest kids, Princess Isabella and Prince Christian.

The Crown Prince Couple with their four kids.

The monogram of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary.

Prince Frederik and Princess Mary. Mary is wearing a brooch that she often wears, most notably to the christenings of all four of her kids.

Mary and Frederik at the christening of their second born, Princess Isabella.

Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik in a formal shot.

Prince Henrik, Queen Margrethe, Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik. Mary and Margrethe are wearing traditional Scandinavian knitwear.

Creepy Painting of Danish Royals

I was Googling around to see if the Danish Monarchy has an official Twitter page, and this image came up:

Danish Royal Family by Thomas Kluge.

 Danish painter Thomas Kluge painted this last year, and it was widely criticised for being very creepy. I personally find it fascinating, there is such a close likeness to all the royals, and the children are like those kids from that movie, The Children of the Damned, but minus the glow-y red eyes. At any rate, they're definitely demonically possessed, especially Prince Christian, who is right up front.

I post about it because this is the kind of rad stuff that monarchies allow now days. Remember the Lucian Freud painting of Queen Elizabeth II, and her five o'clock shadow?

I personally love this painting of the Queen by Lucian Freud.

Where in medieval times you would have been beheaded for depicting monarchs in this way, they coolly let it be nowadays. Hooray for freedom of artistic expression!

Great Danes

Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik at the abdication of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

Mary is quite the style setter, and always wears the most flattering and amazing ball gowns.

A 40th birthday portrait of the Crown Princess.

With all the recent abdications lately, it makes me wonder when Mary and Frederik will be King and Queen of Denmark.

The beautiful as always Mary!

Australian-born Mary once worked for Microsoft.

Mary and Frederik.

Mary at the abdication of Queen Beatrix II.

Mary and Frederik at the abdication of Queen Beatrix II.

Prince Henrik and his wife, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.

Danish Princesses

 Crown Princess Mary in a formal portrait.

 Crown Princess Mary of Denmark in an evening gown and her ultra modern tiara and matching brooch, attending a state banquet.

 A picture taken of Princess Mary when she first married Prince Frederik.

 Prince Frederik and Princess Mary.

 Princess Mary and Prince Frederik in a formal photograph. Mary is wearing an impressive suite of diamond and ruby jewelry formerly belonging to Queen Ingrid.

A portrait of Princess Marie, second wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark.

The Treasury at Rosenborg Castle

During July of 2011, I was fortunate enough to be traveling around Western Europe, and while in Denmark, I visited the Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen. The Castle consists of a huge Treasury in the basement, and 3 stories of elegant, royal rooms. It was quite the experience, and I recommend everyone to visit.

The video I took of the amazing Christian IV's crown.

The video I took of the smaller crowns of Christian V and Queen Sophie Magdalene.

Jeweled box with doves on top.

A glass case with gold, enamel and silver orders.

A gold and enamel order on top of moire silk ribbon.

Earrings, at top, and diamond stick pins.

Large diamond pendant earrings.

Diamond and enameled pocket watch with chatelaine.

Diamond and enameled pocket watch with chatelaine.

Collection of jeweled rings, most made with semi-precious stones.

Large, diamond-covered chatelaine and pocket watch.

More rings set with large precious and semi-precious stones.

A diamond-covered order of King Frederik VII of Denmark.

Diamond stars and elephant chain necklace, which I believe is worn at the coronations of Danish Monarchs.

Diamond covered scabbard of a royal sword.

A whole suite of diamond jewelry.

A large diamond riviere necklace, with detachable pendant, which can also be worn as a brooch.

A seed pearl and diamond brooch, or possibly hair ornament.

Tiny gold and enameled figures.

A pocket/pendant watch, with beautiful gold clockworks.

Monogram seals, to be used when a King wanted to make his mark on a wax seal on a document.

A locket with the monogram of King Christian VIII, all done in gold and seed pearls.

A small gold pin with a halo of diamonds. It contains the monogram of some King Frederik of Denmark, and is done in gold, with either a rock crystal cabochon over the top, or it is a clear gem.

Enamel and gold pin with mini skull dangling.

A gold and enameled monogram "A".