The Evolving Royal Style Of Denmark’s New Queen Mary
We’re just two weeks into 2024, but it’s already been a memorable year for Mary of Denmark, who today became Queen Consort as her husband, the former Crown Prince Frederik, was crowned King of Denmark in Copenhagen. Thousands gathered in the streets in the city on 14 January to witness the celebrations, which followed the surprise abdication of Mary’s mother-in-law, Queen Margrethe. The former monarch, who is 83, announced her intentions in a speech on New Year’s Eve, after 52 years on the Danish throne. Australian-born Mary met Frederik in 2000, when he was in Sydney for the Olympic Games. She had no idea the dashing stranger was a Prince.
Frequently compared with Britain’s own Princess of Wales (like Kate, Mary is from a solidly middle-class background, has a considered approach to royal style and is widely regarded as a major asset to the crown), Denmark’s new Queen Consort likes to champion local designers (she wore Uffe Frank on her wedding day and chose a white dress by the Danish designer Soeren Le Schmidt for the Coronation), and after almost 20 years in the royal spotlight, is an adept diplomatic dresser and increasingly conscientious – the velvet Birgit Hallstein gown she wore to usher in 2024 in Copenhagen is the same one she’s worn for three previous New Year receptions.
As she assumes a new role as Queen Consort, revisit Mary of Denmark’s royal style.
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The new Queen Consort wore a white dress by Danish designer Soeren Le Schmidt for the Coronation.
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Princess Mary has worn this velvet gown, by Danish couturier Birgit Hallstein, for no fewer than four New Year’s Eve celebrations. She wore it first in 2007.
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With another glamorous European royal, Spain’s Queen Letizia, in Copenhagen in November.
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Wearing a fresh pink dress by Andrew GN for the Coronation of King Charles III.
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Princess Mary nodded to two of the colours on the French flag for a trip to the country at the end of last year.
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A cream knit and checked skirt was the outfit of choice for her introduction to French First Lady Brigitte Macron.
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Like the Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Mary of Denmark is a fan of a flattering belted midi dress. Here she is seen arriving at a hospital in Paris during a royal visit to France.
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The Princess’s wardrobe is seemingly brimming with polka dot prints, like this monochrome dress she wore during a visit to Paris.
