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Royal Jewel Rewind: Queen Margrethe’s 70th Birthday (Part Two)

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Time for more jewels from Queen Margrethe’s 70th birthday celebrations! In this post, we’re marveling at the jewels worn to the gala at the Royal Theatre. A volcanic ash cloud may have prevented some of the royals from making it to this event, but there was still plenty of sparkle to go around.

The Queen selected the emerald parure from the Danish crown jewels for this birthday event. The set was made for Queen Caroline Amalie in 1840, but the 67 emeralds date from the eighteenth century.

Crown Princess Mary wore the newly-renovated version of the magnificent ruby parure. Read all about the history of the ruby set, which was worn at Napoleon’s coronation, over here!

Princess Marie wore the floral tiara; she also secured her sash with a diamond brooch.

Countess Sussie of Rosenborg (seated behind Mary), wife of one of the Queen’s cousins, wore Queen Alexandrine’s Fringe Tiara. Countess Anne-Dorte of Rosenborg (seated behind Marie) is wearing a sapphire and diamond tiara that was originally a wedding present given to Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, Queen Alexandrine’s mother.

Princess Benedikte wore the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Fringe Tiara, as well as the diamond necklace that once belonged to Queen Alexandrine.

Benedikte’s younger daughter, Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, wore her the Star and Pearl Tiara that once belonged to her grandmother, Queen Ingrid.

Carina Axelsson, partner of Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, wore a diamond tiara and earrings.

The Queen’s youngest sister, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, wore the Greek royal family’s spectacular emerald parure. More about that set, which has Romanov roots, over here!

Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark, Queen Anne-Marie’s elder daughter, wore her usual diamond floral tiara with dramatic drop earrings.

Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg wore the Chaumet Emerald Tiara with the family’s diamond and emerald choker necklace.

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway wore the convertible tiara from the family’s amethyst parure.

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, who would be the bride at a seriously glittering royal wedding in only a few months’ time, wore the family’s Four-Button Tiara with a string of pearls.

Tune in later this afternoon for one more royal gala event!

Royal Jewel Rewind: Queen Margrethe’s 70th Birthday (Part One)

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While we wait for major sparkle this week in Denmark, we’re going to look back at the glittering celebrations the nation has held to mark Queen Margrethe’s birthday over the past fifteen years. First up: Margrethe’s 70th birthday party, held in 2010. Like most of the big birthday celebrations in Denmark, this one had three separate white-tie galas! Here’s a look at the first one, held at Christiansborg Palace.

Queen Margrethe wore the family’s married pearl parure at the first of three gala events, including the Pearl Poiré Tiara. The tiara and the pearl brooch both belonged to Princess Louise of the Netherlands, mother of Queen Lovisa of Sweden. Margrethe is also wearing the necklace and earrings given by the Khedive of Egypt to Lovisa’s daughter, Queen Louise of Denmark.

Crown Princess Mary wore the all-diamond version of her wedding tiara to the first birthday gala, pairing it with a pearl necklace and pearl earrings.

Princess Marie wore Princess Dagmar’s Floral Tiara. She’s also wearing Queen Alexandrine’s diamond and sapphire pendant — the same piece she’s been wearing recently as a brooch.

The Queen’s sister, Princess Benedikte, wore the diamond floral tiara that she received from her parents as an eighteenth-birthday gift. She paired the tiara with a sapphire and diamond pendant that belonged to Princess Thyra of Denmark. I believe she’s also wearing a bracelet-length version of the diamond necklace from Queen Alexandrine’s collection.

Stay tuned later today for more glitter from Margrethe’s 70th birthday!

Margrethe’s 75th Birthday: Celebrations in Aarhus

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Her actual birthday may not be until next week, but the big celebrations for Queen Margrethe’s 75th kicked off yesterday in Aarhus. Let’s have a look at some of the jewelry on display, shall we?

The Queen wore her ruby “grapes” demi-parure for the daytime celebrations. The set, which includes a brooch and earrings, was a 70th birthday gift from the Masters of the Royal Hunt.

Crown Princess Mary donned a brooch with major historical provenance — that’s the Connaught Sapphire Brooch pinned to her jacket. You can read much more about the brooch’s generations-long history here.

For the second time in a month, Princess Marie also wore an heirloom jewel. The brooch she wears is made of diamonds and sapphires; it can also be worn as a pendant. The piece belonged to the current queen’s paternal grandmother, Queen Alexandrine.

Some of the sapphires in Margrethe’s diamond and sapphire demi-parure, worn to the evening gala event, also came from Alexandrine’s collection.

The crown princess’s jewelry at the gala was the stunning surprise of the evening. Mary wore a new diamond necklace, which television commentators in Denmark said could also be worn as a tiara. She paired the elaborate necklace with simple diamond drop earrings.

Marie went more minimalist with her gala jewels, wearing long diamond earrings and a bracelet.

I’m always pleasantly surprised when the Countess of Frederiksborg, Prince Joachim’s ex-wife, appears at these gala events! Alexandra also clearly got the earrings-and-bracelet memo.