Marie is a Danish princess. Princess Marie of Denmark or the story of one love. Dress, wedding, royal chores
According to the Swedish newspaper Expressen,
in the guise of Crown Princess Mary there is something from the legendary Jacqueline Kennedy.
"A dark-haired, slender beauty, who is distinguished by a truly royal dignity."
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Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Countess of Monpeza (Mary Elizabeth Donaldson) was born on February 5, 1972, in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Mary's parents emigrated to Australia from Scotland in 1963. Mary is the youngest of the four children of John and Henrietta Donaldson. Mary John Donaldson's father is a professor of applied mathematics, he taught at the University of Tasmania in Australia, in the USA, South Korea and the UK. He now lectures at the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University in Denmark. Mary's mother died in 1997.
Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik had 4 children:
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On October 15, 2005, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess had a son, Prince Christian Voldemar Henri John, who is the second in the line of succession to the Danish throne. His christening took place on 21 January 2006 at the Christiansborg Palace Chapel.
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On April 22, 2007, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary had a daughter - princess isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe.
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On January 8, 2011, Crown Princess Mary gave birth to healthy twins, a boy and a girl, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine.
The Crown Princess of Denmark treats with special trepidation social activities, at one time Mary created own fund, which she named in her honor - Mary Foundation. The work of the foundation is aimed at solving children's problems, in particular, problems related to domestic violence against children. Recently, the Crown Princess Foundation was awarded the national Femina Womens Prize, and Mary herself was named "Woman of the Year" by the local magazine ALT for Damerne, for which she received the eponymous award.
In addition, the Crown Princess of Denmark was awarded:
Order of the Elephant
Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Olaf (Norway)
Order of Stara Planina, 1st class (Bulgaria)
Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star (Sweden)
Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil)
Grand Cross of the Order of Charity (Greece).
2 years ago Mary Danish decided to serve in the army. On the one hand, each princess should have her own little whims and oddities, but on the other hand, serving in armed forces is a long tradition of members royal family. For example, Queen Margaret II was a military pilot, and even rose to the rank of major.
Today is the 10th wedding anniversary of the Danish monarchs - Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik. Let's take a look at how their wedding went.
On May 14, 2004, the wedding of the Danish monarchs - Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik - took place. After the ceremony, a girl from a simple Australian family received the title of Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark. It took the girl only two days to charm and fall in love with one of the most enviable suitors in Europe, the Prince of Denmark.
The couple met in Australia, in the homeland of Mary Elizabeth Donaldson. During the 2000 Olympics, Frederick came to relax with friends in one of the pubs in Sydney and saw his future wife there. They were introduced to each other by a mutual friend - the nephew of the King of Spain, Bruno Gomez-Asebo. Young people began to communicate, but Mary did not immediately understand who this cheerful young man, who simply called himself "Fred", really was.
The parents of the future princess are Scottish, but Mary was born in Australia on the island of Tasmania, where her family moved in the early 1960s. Donaldson is far from blue blood: father taught mathematics at the university, and mother is a housewife who raised four children. Mary is the youngest of them.
In 1994, Mary completed her BA in Commerce and Law and moved to Melbourne. After that, she received a job offer in Denmark.
It was not easy for Mary to become a princess - the Danish monarchs, Frederick's parents, set several conditions for her daughter-in-law. She had to renounce her Australian citizenship, move from the Presbyterian to the Danish Lutheran church, learn Danish to perfection and give her consent to the abandonment of all children born in the marriage in the event of a divorce.
The wedding ceremony took place on May 14, 2004. Mary chose a dress by Danish designer Uffe Frank and adorned her head with a veil that another Danish crown princess, Margaret, walked down the aisle in 1905. About 31 meters of tulle, edged with French lace, took about 31 meters for the princess's petticoat, and 24 meters of satin were needed for a 6-meter train. Earrings with diamonds and pearls became the only accessory.
The future princess also did not forget about her homeland - in her hands she had a bouquet of white roses and Australian eucalyptus leaves.
Mary Elizabeth Donaldson in a wedding dress
The bridesmaids - two sisters and a friend of Mary - were in bright red and pink dresses. They helped carry the veil and the hem of the bride's dress while the future crown princess walked down the aisle.
Wedding of Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik
The wedding took place in the Copenhagen Cathedral. The monarchs received gifts from the inhabitants of the city - a set of glassware handmade, as well as from the Australians - local trees as a symbol of connection with the homeland of the future princess.
In honor of the wedding in Denmark, holiday coins of 20 and 200 crowns were put into circulation, as well as postage stamps with a portrait of the newlyweds.
Postage stamp with newlyweds
Wedding of Mary Elizabeth Donaldson and Crown Prince Frederik
Bride's portraits adorned all shop windows in Copenhagen
The ceremony was attended by Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, actor Roger Moore and his wife, Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit, other monarchs from Norway, Luxembourg, Spain, Iran and many celebrities.
Queen Beatrice (Netherlands) and Queen Sofia (Spain)
Roger Moore with wife Christina Tolstrup
Prince Felipe and Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano
Swedish Monarchs - Princess Victoria, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine
Belgian Monarchs - King Philippe and Queen Mathilde
Dutch Monarchs - King Willem-Alexander and Maxima
The newlyweds left the Cathedral in a black carriage, the couple once again drove along the fences and waved to all those gathered local residents and the tourists who came to welcome the new princess of Denmark.
In the evening, the monarchs staged a magnificent fireworks display in honor of the holiday.
Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik
Crown Princess Mary and Prince Frederik now have four children. Prince Christian was born first in 2005. Then, in 2007, a girl, Isabella, was born into the royal family. In addition, the couple are raising three one-year-old twins - Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine.
Danish Crown Princess MaryWho from hairpins to a pin, who from shoes to a hat - elegance itself? No, this is not only the famous nanny Mary Poppins, but also her namesake Mary Donaldson, who became the Danish Crown Princess Mary after the wedding. Did a simple Australian advertiser, going to a pub in her native Sydney, think that she would meet a real prince from distant Scandinavia, who three years later would propose to her? Probably not - but happiness, as is usually the case in such fairy tales, tends to wait around the nearest corner.
With royal wedding Mary and Crown Prince Frederick have been almost 15 years old. During this time, the couple had four children, and the crown princess became the real pride of the Danish kingdom. Not least due to its simplicity: on the streets of old Copenhagen every now and then you can see a leisurely strolling smiling brown-haired woman in large sunglasses, who is invariably hunted by photojournalists from the local press.
The style of the future queen also stands apart, which won her fame as one of the most fashionable monarchs not only in her second homeland, but throughout the world. In honor of the birthday of the Danish Crown Princess, we decided to find out which stylistic tricks she uses more often than others. Surprisingly, the royal secrets of elegance turned out to be very, very simple!
Floral prints
Dresses and blouses in flowers are one of the wardrobe "whales" of the Danish Crown Princess. Flora on her outfits is many and different: sometimes armfuls wildflowers on the lungs summer dresses, then bright garden buds on strict cases. They are related by the fact that all these drawings are made neatly and in a complementary scale to the princess: such blotches of color really refresh any royal image.
Ethnic motifs
Whimsical prints or original cuts, hinting at the outfits of the aborigines of a distant eastern country? Why not: The Danish Crown Princess, like no other royal, loves things in ethnic style. It is not entirely clear where this passion comes from in her dressing room, but Mary does not abuse it and chooses such “peppered” outfits only if this choice does not argue with the dress code of the event. Or when it is not there at all: a walk with children is exactly the case.
Suits for official visits
Unlike her overseas "colleagues", Mary can often be seen in a trouser suit at a variety of royal and not so events. And the “twos” suit her very well: straight trousers and fitted jackets, combined with an elegant blouse, have become her signature recipe. To combine them, in accordance with all fashionable rules, Mary prefers with classic pumps or - more interestingly - shoes on a neat platform.
Emphasis on the waist
"Danish Kate Middleton"
Duchess Cambridge Katherine and Crown Princess Mary are superficially really similar, and it's not just the shade of the hair. Look carefully: the same oval of the face, a similar shape of the nose, lips ... once when future queen decided to ride a bike with the children, the crazed paparazzi decided that in Copenhagen, Kate Middleton herself cuts through! The similarity was noticed even by Karl Lagerfeld, who called Mary "Kate's older royal sister."
Data for 14 ladies. I think you will not be surprised by the first place)
Last year 11 ladies were presented, this year Queen Maxima, Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, Duchess of Sussex have been added to the list. Queen Rania was excluded from their list, at the request of the Royal House of Jordan, so that no image "damage" was caused to her.
The calculation was made on the ufonomore website.
All clothing has been rated on the basis items, i.e. if someone put on a dress with modifications and changes, then the portal took the price of the base item as a basis.
In total, over 1660 new outfits. Of these, 1090 items of clothing (jewelry and accessories) were identified, 571 remained unknown (they, respectively, were not taken into account, so the portal’s calculations may not coincide with the calculations of other sources. For example, the cost of the Duchess of Sussex’s clothes in the British media is estimated differently (perhaps a member of the community will post on this topic later)). Not taken into account, and, of course, clothing and accessories made specifically for the character.
In total, 14 ladies spent more than 1 million 200 thousand euros on clothes in 2018 - 1,214,234 euros.
Charlene has the most expensive exit (the cost of an outfit for one event), a little over 2,500 euros. The price is average, as it was calculated according to the principle - the number of exits divided by the number of exits with a known cost (Charlene had 51 new outfits, but the price was known only 24)
1st place - The Duchess of Sussex.
In her first year as a member of the royal family, Meghan spent €478,386 on clothes. The amount is naturally higher, since only 255 items of clothing, jewelry, accessories out of 324 were evaluated. But ... the price includes a wedding bracelet and earrings from Cartier, they are included because there was no confirmation from the palace that it was a gift from Prince Charles. Thus, the price of the earrings and bracelet was 206,022 euros. If they are removed, the costs will be reduced to 251,046 euros. But she will not lose the first place)
2nd place - Crown Princess Mary
Mary submitted 170 items in 2018, of which 127 are identified, 22 are custom-made and do not count. The amount for 105 items was 102,914 euros. On average, its output is estimated at 980 euros. The most expensive thing Mary, whose price is known, is the $8,000 Tiffany & Co Pavé Diamond Flower Pendant.
In addition to 170 new items, Mary also wore old items (only new ones are taken into account). 1/3 is by Danish designers.
3rd place - Countess of Wessex
Sophie walked 85 new items of clothing in 2018 for a total of 86,675 euros (60 identified). She has the third place in terms of the average exit price - 1444 euros.
4th place - Duchess of Cambridge.
Katherine and her 117 new items of clothing, etc. Identified - 81. Costs amounted to 80,237 euros.
5th place - Crown Princess Mette-Marit.
76 new items were presented, of which 56 pieces were identified for the amount of 61,481 euros. The most expensive this year (of those identified) were earrings by Irene Neuwirth for 12,600 euros.
6th place - Princess Charlene
Not the most expensive year, but the most expensive per unit. total amount 24 items out of 51 amounted to 61,390 euros. The average unit price was 2557 euros.
7th place - Queen Maxima
Maxima has only 48 items calculated out of 108. Thus, her 7th place is purely symbolic, since these 48 items are valued at 56,805 euros. It is impossible to evaluate the items made by the same Nathan on an individual order.
8th place - Princess Beatrice
62 items out of 88 are valued at 56,363 euros.
9th place - Princess Marie
Princess Marie spent 49,281 euros. Of the 96 items, the price is known for 59. Over 24 thousand euros were spent on new earrings and bracelets from Christina Helplund, which she wore on the anniversary of Crown Prince Frederik.
10th place - Crown Princess Victoria.
The Crown Princess had a very busy year - only 12 foreign visits)
The Crown Princess showed 133 items for the first time, 95 of which are valued at 43,447 euros. 85% - creations of Swedish designers. The most expensive was a dress by Jenny Packham, which she wore to the wedding of family friends (private ceremony)
11th place - Queen Letizia.
Almost all of her content is spent on clothes) Although, the queen loves brands like Dutti, Zara, etc., in her wardrobe a large number of exclusive items from Philippe Varela. In total, 196 new items were presented for the first time, 107 were identified for the amount of 42,448 euros.
12th place - Princess Eugenia
43 out of 60 new items are valued at 37,512 euros.
13th place - Princess Sofia
72 out of 118 new items are priced at €30,844. This year, several pieces of jewelry were made especially for Sofia at an unknown price, except for Drakenberg Sjölin earrings worth $2,700.
14th place - Princess Madeleine
24 of the 39 new items are valued at 26,398 euros. However, her exits are always luxury items (Valentino and Giambattista Valli). OLE LYNGGAARD earrings, which she wore to Louise Gottlieb's wedding, were recognized as the most expensive, the price is about 8,000 pounds sterling.
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