Margrethe 70: Royal Gala at the Theater

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. 

15 April 2010

At 20:00 the queen and her guests arrived at Det Kongelige Theater for a gala performance.

NATO secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen & his wife, Anne Mette Rasmussen.

PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen & his wife, Sólrun Rasmussen.

Finnish president Tarja Hallonen and husband

Leader of the social democrats, Helle Thorning-Schmidt.

Christian Kjær & Susan Astani.

Kjeld  & Birgitte Hillingsø

Because of the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjalllajökull most of the airspace above Europe had been closed which meant some of the (royal) guests hadn't been able to make it.

Countess Camilla af Rosenborg.

Former king Constantine & queen Anne Marie of Greece.

Princess Alexia of Greece.

Princess Benedikte of Denmark.

Prince Gustav von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg & Carina Axelsson.

Princess Nathalie von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg & her husband, Alexander Johannsmann.

Prince Carl Philipp of Sweden, crown princess Victoria of Sweden & her fiancé, Daniel Westling.

Grand duke Henri & grand duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg.

Prince Joachim & princess Marie of Denmark, followed by Marie's father, Alain Cavalier.

Count Etienne de Laborde de Monpezat and his wife Isabelle.

Mary wore a new gown by Jesper Høvring and she carried a new Prada clutch.

Queen Margrethe & prince Henrik.

Inside the Royal Theater.

During the intermission Mary greeted Per Thornit and his wife.

Peter Heering mingling with the Scandinavian royals, with Chris Minh Doky looking on.

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.

State Visit to Vietnam: Day 1

1 November 2009

Queen Margrethe II, prince Henrik, crown prince Frederik and crown princess Mary made a 6 day state visit to Vietnam - Henrik's childhood home country. After the official 6 day program, the royals would stay on for another 3 days making private trips and visits.

It was the first time the crown prince couple joined the queen on a foreign state visit and Mary's first visit to Vietnam. Frederik did visit Vietnam privately before with his then girlfriend Maria Montell.

At 15:40 local time, the Danish royals made a bike-taxi tour in historic Hanoi. They stopped at the house where prince Henrik had lived as a child.

At 20:00 the Danish royals attended an official dinner at the Danish embassy.

Mary wore a new Hugo Boss dress.

Tanja Doky was with them as lady-in-waiting, master of ceremony Christian Eugen-Olsen and chief of court Per Thornit were also present for this state visit.

Meanwhile Mary's father, John Donaldson was in Denmark, staying at Kancellihuset with Christian and Isabella (helped by nannies) while their parents were abroad. Not long before him, Jane Stephens had visited as well. The pictures below were taken on the same day, when John and the children watched the Hubertus Hunt at Dyrehaven. Princess Benedikte was with them.