Margrethe 70: Gala for Danish Officials

For more than a week Queen Margrethe II's upcoming 70th birthday was celebrated with a large number of festive events in Denmark, culminating in a various galas. Mary was at the very start of her third pregnancy, expecting twins. The news hadn't been made public yet. 

13 April 2010

A first grand gala banquet for queen Margrethe's 70th birthday was hosted at Christiansborg. Apart from the royal family, princess Benedikte & prince Richard von Sayn-Wittgenstein Berleburg, guests included the members of government and other officials such as mayors and judges.

The royal guests arrived at 19:30.

Mary wore the red gown, designed by Uffe Frank that she originally wore on the night before her wedding day. She's also worn it to the gala for the Bulgarian state visit in 2006.

Greeting the guests.

PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen.

Leader of the Social-Democrats, Helle Thorning-Schmidt.

Foreign Secretary Lene Espersen.

Minister for the Environment, Lykke Friis.

The banquet.

Around this time Mary's third pregnancy started. At this stage it was still very private, and the couple possibly wasn't aware yet they would be having twins.