Opening of Parliament (Folketinget) 2003-2023


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I think both the Crown Princess and Princess Marie looked lovely today but I was especially fond of Marie's outfit. The colour really suits her. Unfortunately the video didn't play for me so I didn't get to see the curtseys
 
While Mary looked very good, it was Marie who looked outstanding. In closeups, one could see how expressively her eyes were made up. Her outfit suited her very well, even though the style looked like something from the 1940s. She looked prim, petite, beautiful and extremely well put together.

Great style.

Can't say that Joachim's sense of shoe style matched his wife's impeccable outfit. Were those spats he was wearing? Aren't those supposed to be sporty? Liked his longer hair, looked less military. The three piece suit was also nice.

Mary, though a bit elegant, looked so very somber with all that black. This is all my own opinion, of course.
 
Loved the pictures of the Royal Family during the proceedings. They all appeared bored at one point.:lol: The women were dressed lovely as usual except Marie's coat seemed to need a bit more of a fit, it looked too big for her in some spots.
 
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they all look so bored!!! I've always thought they enjoy all this. Haha they all look like they'd rather be somewhere else esp the queen, prince henrik and fred. The others aren't so obvious, they were hiding it pretty well
 
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they all look so bored!!!
But don't they look like this every year? ;)
There are always one or two pictures of family members who look like they were about to fall asleep. :lol:
I think this "bored" face-expression naturally happens when you have to look serious for a longer while.
 
All ladies look lovely today:flowers:i especially favor princess Marie choice for green and her hairstyle Thanks to all who posted links to pictures and videos:flowers:
 
Here's a close-up of Marie's hat from the opening of Folketinget yesterday:
Billed-Bladet - Prinsesse Maries fikse hat til Folketingets åbning
And an article that talks about how Mary and Marie "stole the picture" at the event yesterday:
http://gramtrans.com/gt/url/?url=ht...&pair=dan2eng&domain=&x-form-id=translate_url

I thought that both Mary and Marie looked lovely yesterday. This event always makes me smile because the photos of the royals that are taken each year always show them looking kind of sleepy.
 
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Queen Margrethe always seems to be caught falling asleep in various pictures. :flowers:
It is an incredible boring ceremony. :)
 
This event always makes me smile because the photos of the royals that are taken each year always show them looking kind of sleepy.

I know, they always look SO bored. ;) I think this is my favorite photo of facial expressions:

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I thought that both Mary and Marie looked lovely yesterday. This event always makes me smile because the photos of the royals that are taken each year always show them looking kind of sleepy.

Hm.. I thought Marie stole the show; she looked great in the green number, and her hat was hot! I wish that CP Mary would try to vary her head gear; she has an awful lot of high-crowned and broad-brimmed hats!
I'm certain that other styles would also suit her!

We cannot blame the royals for looking a bit bored or even sleepy; there are several speeches they have to listen to; and if they're not very interested in politics and/or if they don't understand everything said (Marie esp.), it's no wonder if they're tempted so let the thoughts wander or even nod off.

Viv
 
Today the Danish Royal Family will attend the official opening of the Parliament. The event will be broadcast live via the Parliament Tv channel.

It will start at 11:44
Folketinget - TV-kanalen FOLKETINGET
 
everyone looks great! wow those are alot of stairs for the Queen to take.
Thanks for the photos and video!
 
Thanks Marika and Dazzling. I like seeing this family when they get together, they all appear to get on well together, this is very evident on the video.
 
Wow, that pattern on Mary's dress is horrid, IMO. Marie looks great, although she has some frighteningly high heels.

Does anyone know why Benedikte does not curtsy to Margrethe while Mary and Marie do?
 
Mary's outfit is way too short
Beautiful ultra high heels
 
I wonder if they have lunch together afterwards. Is there a reception, or does somebody run and grab some sandwiches?(just kidding)Or does everyone just go about there day?
 
I'd forgotten about the event today, nice to see everyone out together.
 
Thank you for the clips and pics. :flowers:

Eventhough it may not appear so, it's actually a very formal affair.

The DRF arrive in the reverse order of rank. Benedikte, Joachim, Frederik, QMII.
Due to the status of the DRF they are recieved at the bottom of the stairs, by the Chairman of the Parliament, Thor Pedersen.
He holds the most distinguished position a Danish citizen can have, outside of marrying into the DRF.
After him are other members of the Bureau of the Parliament, who acts at second chairman, third and so on.
They also greet the members of the DRF, as they walk up to the first landing, or whatever you call it of the stairs. In order of precedence naturally.
After all the member of the DRF have been gathered at the landing, they are now escorted up the remaining part of the stair into the Parliament.
That also follow a strict protocol. The Chairman, Thor Pedersen (Liberal), himself escort QMII.
The second chairman, Mogens Lykketoft (Social Democrat), escort Henrik.
The third chairman, Søren Espersen (Danish People's Party), escort Frederik.
The fourth, Holger K. Nielsen (Socialist People's Party), escort Mary.
The fifth, Helge Adam Møller (The Conservative), escort Joachim.
I don't know who escort Marie and Benedikte, but they are not members of the Board.

A neat and actually sweet little detail is that Joachim, as so many times before, allow himself to dispense with the protocol and be a gentleman thus letting our Marie exit the car at the red carpet, so she hasn't have to walk all around the car.
Frederik is the Crown Prince, so Mary has to do the walking. ;)

And isn't it nice to see, once again, that Frederik's arms are long enough for him to reach his pockets? :p
 
Great pics. I liked Mary's coat. It suited her well.
 
Thanks Marika and Dazzling. I like seeing this family when they get together, they all appear to get on well together, this is very evident on the video.

I thought the exact same thing. They seem to be a very close-knit family, and they don't seem to show the world that they LOOK like one, you can almost feel it.
The ladies are beautiful as always. And Mary has such wondeful legs :)
 
Thanks Marika and Dazzling. :flowers:

I'm not sure I liked Mary's coat but it did suit her, and pattern and style-wise did disguise her bump. She has an immense curtsey though! On the pictures I wondered what she doing, and then in the video I saw it in action. I think she has bouncy shins!

I thought Marie looked stunning. The whole outfit was gorgeous, and she shone.
 
Thanks for the pix and video. nice to see everyone together.
I did not like Marys outfit - too many clashing colours for my liking .
Marie looks wonderful as always.:flowers:
 
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Thanks for the pix and video. nice to see everyone together.
I did not like Marys outfit - too many clashing colours for my liking .
Marie looks wonderful as always.:flowers:

Marie really did look wonderful!
 
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Mary looked great. Nothing clashing. Bold, clashing means "not going together".
 
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