Margrethe 70: Exhibition + Fakkeltog

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. 

8 April 2010

At 11:00 queen Margrethe, prince Henrik and the crown prince couple were at the Amalienborg Museum, housed at Christian VIIIs Palae, to open the exhibition "Margrethe II" that retraced Margrethe's life through paintings and other artefacts.

In the evening both couples were in each other's company again at Fredensborg Palace where they greeted the crowd of locals who had come to sing to them at the end of the traditional torch light walk, celebrating the queen taking up her annual residence at Fredensborg Slot.

Mary wore a new jacket by Joseph.

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. 

Fredensborg Fakkeltog

12 April 2007

Crown prince Frederik and crown princess Mary joined queen Margrethe to welcome the participants in the torchlight procession that marks the return of the Danish queen to her summer residence, Fredensborg palace.

Mary would give birth to her second child 9 days later.

Fakkeltog at Fredensborg

6 April 2005

Together with queen Margrethe, prince Henrik and crown prince Frederik, crown princess Mary met the residents of Fredensborg town who had come to greet them with a traditional torch-lit walk. This happens every spring when the queen and her husband take up their residency in Fredensborg palace.

They spend the winter months in Copenhagen.

Mary wore a new coat by Day Birger et Mikkelsen.

The crown princely couple was at this time still living all year round at Kancellihuset, on the grounds of the Fredensborg estate.

Mary was pregnant with her first child. The news hadn't been made public yet.