It's a Danish week because they don't just start the year with in full gala mode, they continue it with more New Year's Court receptions. There are three, two held yesterday and one today (which we'll also cover); they involve the Queen, Crown Prince, and Crown Princess greeting various groups (on Wednesday, they met the justices of the Supreme Court, the officer corps of the Royal Life Guard and Guard Hussar Regiment, and the Diplomatic Corps). These receptions are held in the day and the ladies wear a modern sort of court dress that calls for long skirts/dresses but no tiaras.
For Crown Princess Mary, yesterday was a chance to pull out something very familiar to us...
It's that caped plum dream from Lasse Spangenberg that just featured in our best of 2017 vote! She debuted this cape and dress last year at these receptions.
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Billed-Bladet screencaps |
For Queen Margrethe, these receptions are all chances to pull out something very familiar to us...
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Billed-Bladet screencaps |
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