European Royals

Queen Mary wears historic sapphires with a family twist at Vietnamese state banquet

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20th October 2026
Queen Mary continues her reign as a royal with an eye to history, wearing a sapphire tiara linked to a previous Danish consort for the first time at the Vietnamese state banquet on Monday evening. The stunning jewels inside the sapphire and diamond tiara were a wedding gift to Queen Alexandrine from Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia upon her marriage in 1898. Queen…
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Queen Mary shares snaps from her 'childhood street' on Biodiversity Day

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23rd May 2026
Queen Mary shared photos from her ‘childhood street’ to mark Biodiversity Day. In a personally-penned Instagram post, Queen Mary wrote that during March’s royal visit to Australia, she’d been able to see her ‘childhood street’ once more, the coast of Tasmania, “which stretches past Alum Cliffs” and “hides a rich and diverse ecosystem beneath the surface of the water.” …
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Queen Mary welcomes special guests to palace front door

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22nd February 2026
Queen Mary welcomed two special visitors to the front door of Frederik VIII’s Palace on Friday, becoming the first person in Denmark to purchase tickets for the Lillebror Lottery. The Danish queen, who serves as the patron of the Børnehjælpsdagen (Children’s Aid Day Foundation), received Caroline and Oskar, two children affiliated with youth clubs supported by the foundation, and…
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Queen Mary, the golden queen, rings in the New Year with the Danish crown jewels

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2nd January 2026
Queen Mary sparkled at the New Year’s Levee in Copenhagen, dressed in gold with the crown jewels of Denmark atop her head. At the first of several levees held to honour the government, military and other personnel within the kingdom, Queen Mary arrived with her husband, King Frederik, in a billowing golden skirt—first worn in 2024 as the royal couple toured Scandinavia—and a new top of…
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