Denmark

Queen Mary kicks off the holiday season by unveiling Denmark's Christmas stamp

Tis the season… well, almost. But Queen Mary helped kick off the festive season when she unveiled this year’s Christmas stamp in support of the Christmas Stamp Foundation.‘Christmas Hope and Wishing Stars’ is the title of the new Christmas stamp, which features a “magical winter landscape” dotted with elves, animals and trees.It was designed by children’s book author and…
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This sapphire brooch has spanned three royal families to become a favourite

The Danish Royal Family has several impressive pieces of jewellery, with many worn only by the current queen. The Connaught Sapphire Brooch can be worn by anyone in the family, though, making it a beautiful and versatile piece. The Connaught Sapphire Brooch features a large sapphire surrounded by smaller round diamonds with two smaller ropes of pearls beneath and a diamond and pearl floral…
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This is the question Queen Mary just surprised her husband with as they approach a quarter of a century of romance

Queen Mary of Denmark almost made her husband blush with a cheeky question during their big summer tour around the country.As the put their arms around each other to pose for photographers on a beautiful stretch of sand, Mary asked her husband ”shall we kiss?”His response was just too sweet. The King of Denmark laughed and looked just a little shy and Queen Mary also giggled…
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The Queen of Denmark goes barefoot in the sand on major royal tour and it makes me like her even more

The Queen of Denmark kicked off her shoes to go barefoot in the sand as she carried out one of the biggest tours of her year.Queen Mary dived into the warm (ish) sands of Råbjerg Mile as she was given a tour alongside her husband, King Frederik.Even a queen can’t resist sea and sandThe couple arrived at the sands, one of Europe’s largest migratory dunes, as the first day…
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