Crown Prince Frederik's 40th Birthday: May 26, 2008

[GlitteringTiaras]

What the devil was Mary thinking, though, pairing the pale pink with mint green? And what exactly WAS that green cape / trench thingee anyway? A bit off...must be from the same designer that did the weird Icelandic gala dress with the messy waist.

Yeah, that gown was indeed a hot mess. I'm still on the fence about the pink gown... it's hard to tell what exactly it looks like beneath the mint green cap.

 

[blyton]

After J & M's wedding I thought Mary was beautiful regal and elegant.
A lot can happen in a week----and the ankle bracelet---I am not sure what to say.
Two different styles I suppose!! I like the first one better.

 

[Winnie]

Daniel W. is a hottie.

Where can I buy a copy of Mary's little 1960s go-go dress???? The color is absolutely lovely. This lady has a tricky figure, and this silhouette suits her quite nicely.

What the devil was Mary thinking, though, pairing the pale pink with mint green? And what exactly WAS that green cape / trench thingee anyway? A bit off...must be from the same designer that did the weird Icelandic gala dress with the messy waist.

I believe that the actual wrap to Mary's pink gown was carried in her hand while that mint green cape was to protect against the awful weather -- a type of rain coat/cape thing. I mean, why let the weather damage that gown. I loved her red short dress and also the shoes and anklet. Why not bring attention to those legs (whether you approve of the ankle braclet or not) it sure got people looking and talking. Good for her.

 

[missjane]

After J & M's wedding I thought Mary was beautiful regal and elegant.
A lot can happen in a week----and the ankle bracelet---I am not sure what to say.
Two different styles I suppose!! I like the first one better.

They were for two completely different occasions. One a gala formal wedding, the other a fun night with friends celebrating. You could hardly expect Mary to turn up in a gala gown for Saturday nights party?? The ankle bracelet is a fun addition for a fun event. Why not highlight those cool shoes and hot legs? I doubt she wears it everyday.

 

[UserDane]

What the devil was Mary thinking, though, pairing the pale pink with mint green? And what exactly WAS that green cape / trench thingee anyway?

What it was? It was devine - pure and simple. Gorgeous and daring colour combination

 

[dee4855]

What it was? It was devine - pure and simple. Gorgeous and daring colour combination

I loved it too! I am sure most ladies do not have many gala length trench coats in many colors, and this one with the pink gown was just delicious! Loved the dress with the ankle bracelet. The pink/coral color is just beautiful with her coloring. My hubby thinks a woman with an ankle bracelet on is just too sexy. With those legs she can pull it off. WOW She pulled out all the stops this weekend and was a huge success in every way. CPF looked very proud to escort this beautiful lady at his side.

 

[UserDane]

A [URL="http://images.starlounge.com/slideshows-2/18_Camilla_Crociani_1.jpg"]shot[/URL] just for Marengo and Lucien.

The Duchess of Castro - or as Eleonore at the Scandinavian Royal Messages Board The Scandinavian Royals Message Board: Re: OMG: Daniel Westling is there! calls her: "the Herzogin von Botox zu Collagen gennant Peroxide"

 

[sm1939]

Im so please that Princess victoria took her boyfriend !!!!!!
love the pictures thanks for posting them !

 

[biboquinhas]

My opinion: Victoria was a bit boring, has always in my opinon, wearing brown or red and too simple dresses nothing special, Mette in my opinion doesn't know what suits her and those kind of too short baby dool dresses doesn't suit her at all in my opinion, Pavlos girlfriend was lovely, has she was in Maries wedding also!!!! Carina was also very well dressed and very beautiful, her dress kind of remind me one Mary has wore before!!! And Mary was the best, her dress is very beautiful, it suits her very welll, the colour the pattern, the size very fashionable and update, the best choice, also her sandals were lovely!

 

[Marengo]

The Duchess of Castro - or as Eleonore at the Scandinavian Royal Messages Board The Scandinavian Royals Message Board: Re: OMG: Daniel Westling is there! calls her: "the Herzogin von Botox zu Collagen gennant Peroxide"

Ah, I forgot, they took on the title of Dukes of Castro recently and luckily dropped the title of Dukes of Calabria. Isn' t the couple friends with Prince Henrik by the way?
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You are too kind for posting these pics, GT.....waaaay too kind .

 

[Jo of Palatine]

Mette in my opinion doesn't know what suits her and those kind of too short baby dool dresses doesn't suit her at all in my opinion,

Mette-Marit often appears as if she wants to contest for the title of "Miss Scandinavia 1935". If she was German, it would be outright mortifying but with a Norwegian lady it is at least no problem of being politcally incorrect.

 

[UserDane]

Ah, I forgot, they took on the title of Dukes of Castro recently and luckily dropped the title of Dukes of Calabria. Isn' t the couple friends with Prince Henrik by the way?
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Ferdnand at the glittering board (Glittering Royal Events Message Board: Re: CP Frederik's Dinner - correction) says that the name was changed upon the death of prince Ferdinando, Carlos' father.

I had never heard about them until I saw them on TV at F&M's wedding - it is very probable that they are friends of Prince Henrik - some of his hunting buddies perhaps?

 

[suztav]

Geez, does anyone else think that Amber looked "trashed"???

 

[capricorninin]

Wow Victoria and Daniel !!! Together at a royal function. I will be surely following Sweden now. Looks like another wedding is on cards.

 

[biboquinhas]

Well i don't think this was a Royal event!!!! There were plenty of people there that weren't Royals, that was a birthday party, that was a party with young people and of course that happens that the birthday "kid" is a Royal, but to me that was a party and a very normal and unstressful event with a dress code!

 

[lucien]

They probably were, but the spanish CP couple had a weekend full of duties : a diner with the army on Saturday and a parade for the Dia de las fuerzas armadas in Zaragoza on Sunday
De dutch had a duty in the morning in Wassenaar (opening of a sculpture exposition) and in the evening there was the opening of the Holland Festival.

Most,if not all,dutch Royals were at the 10th wedding anniversary party of Prince Maurits and Princess Marilène at
the "Supper club",Amsterdam,including Alexander and Máxima.

 

[Lumutqueen]

Okay so let me get this straight, there are those who believe the man of the hour is:

This Daniel guy > Victoria > CPC of Norway > Carina and Gustav > Crown Prince Pavolos and Marie Chantal (aka Tatiana and Nicky) > The Duke and Duchess of Calabria > Other Guests > Mary > Fredensborg >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Frederik.

How sad.


I hope Frederik had a wonderful birthday and many more to come because in my mind he is the man of the hour. It is his day and birthday week afterall.

You are so right Glittering Tiaras!!
It was Frederik birthday yet everybody thinks that everyone else deserved the praise??
Yur right he is the man of the hour it was his birthday, and deserved that smile upon his face!!


As for Daniel Westling...yes okay he's at a royal event with Victoria okay yep thats something to discuss but we can't jump staright to the conclusion of a royal wedding soon.
Frederiks deserves the praise for his birhtday not Daniel....who needs to be talked about at a different time.
This is a topic regarding the Crown Prince's 40th Birthday is it not??
Yes there may have been a previous party, books and photogrpahs but this is the mans 40th birthday...you only tune 40 once and i presume he wants to remember it!!
He's the crown prince of denmark why shouldn't he have two birthdays..Our Queen celebrates her birthday twice just because she finds June a better month for parties??
Bit long winded!
xx

 

[missjane]

Geez, does anyone else think that Amber looked "trashed"???

I would agree that she looks a little 'peaked'. It does look like she is looking into the sun though and this shows up every flaw.

 

[Amelia]

According to DRW Mary wrote a song with composer Bent Fabricius-Bjerre for Frederik and sang it for him at the party

Danish Royal Watchers: Frederik's 40th party at the Orangery

 

[Marengo]

You are so right Glittering Tiaras!!
It was Frederik birthday yet everybody thinks that everyone else deserved the praise??
Yur right he is the man of the hour it was his birthday, and deserved that smile upon his face!!


As for Daniel Westling...yes okay he's at a royal event with Victoria okay yep thats something to discuss but we can't jump staright to the conclusion of a royal wedding soon.
Frederiks deserves the praise for his birhtday not Daniel....who needs to be talked about at a different time.
This is a topic regarding the Crown Prince's 40th Birthday is it not??
Yes there may have been a previous party, books and photogrpahs but this is the mans 40th birthday...you only tune 40 once and i presume he wants to remember it!!
He's the crown prince of denmark why shouldn't he have two birthdays..Our Queen celebrates her birthday twice just because she finds June a better month for parties??
Bit long winded!
xx

Well, though the birthday boy certainly deserves all the attention, we (watchers of the Swedish RF) can not be blamed for being a bit over exited about Daniels appearance. IMO it can only mean we have an engagement soon. So please have a bit of mercy on us and consider the long years we had to wait, wait and wait...and wait even more, while all the other CP's were getting one child after another... it was pure torture . Anyway, for those interested in the Swedish highlight of the evening, please go to this thread in the Swedish forum, where the relationship can be discussed at length (as we have been doing for almost 7 loooong years).

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Amber Petty discussed the whole birthday on her radio programme btw, I could have done without the juicy details (Mary air guitaring for example), considering these are royals and not a Hollywood get-together. Can't believe such indiscretions are met very favourably and at most courts it would probably mean that that was the last time such a person was invited .

 

[Regina]

First of all, congratulations to Prince Frederik for his great party!

I loved Mary's and Tatiana's dresses!

What I found fantastic on Mary's appearance is how the color of her dress matchs her skin so well!
Tatiana is such a pretty lady that everything on her would look great. Her same dress on another royal wouldn't look so pretty, IMO....

I was sad for Mathilde not being present, her outits are always among my favorits!

About Daniel's presence: well that's good for Victoria, but for me it doesn't matter at all. I only care for them when they become Royals or Royals-to-be!

 

[Kelly]

Mary looked stunning! I hadn't seen her wear such a dress before. Any other greek family members besides Nikolas?

 

[Jo of Palatine]

According to DRW Mary wrote a song with composer Bent Fabricius-Bjerre for Frederik and sang it for him at the party

Danish Royal Watchers: Frederik's 40th party at the Orangery

Much more fitting for a Crown Princess than the pas de deux Diana once performed on the stage of the National Theatre in London for Charles....
Mary definately has style and knows how far she can go before turning into a public embarrasment.

 

[Boris]

I find it rather sad to notice that the series of unfavorable comments about the former Princess of Wales which tend to dominate the subject-related forums need to spread into other threads, resulting here in a comparison between the actions of two Princesses which took place more than twenty years apart.
Whether or not CP Mary’s song for her husband was a delight to hear or not depends on the quality of her voice, I’d say…
There was also a ‘roast’ of the birthday boy, so who knows, her song could have been humorous too, not necessarily romantic.

 

[Marengo]

Much more fitting for a Crown Princess than the pas de deux Diana once performed on the stage of the National Theatre in London for Charles....
Mary definately has style and knows how far she can go before turning into a public embarrasment.

In that case I do hope she will never invite that Amber Petty again, since she blabbered all about the party on the Australian radio. Including Mary's air guitaring and Frederik's friends doing a Take That impersonation. Talking about embarrasement... (the blabbering friend that is, not the air guitaring in private).

 

[biboquinhas]

I didn't know Amber was still Mary's friend, because I know she told something to the press regarding Mary's life so I though they were no longer friends..Were is she?Can someone show me a picture because I don't know who she is! Caroline Heering is also very lovely! In danish Royal watchers it has been said that Mary's dress was from a local desinger but I have read here that her dress was from a British designer Mathew..

 

[Marengo]

The radioclip of SAFM radio here, select the show of June 2nd and wait for 5.30 minutes. (Courtesy ATR)

A picture of Amber Petty at the party here, the picture 2nd row from the top and on the left. Not a very flattering picture. There are pictures of some other guests on that link too, some of which do their best to copy Paris Hiltons style of clothing... I agree however that Caroline Heering looks very nice, as usual I might add.

 

[UserDane]

The radioclip of SAFM radio here, select the show of June 2nd and wait for 5.30 minutes. (Courtesy ATR)

A picture of Amber Petty at the party here, the picture 2nd row from the top and on the left. Not a very flattering picture. There are pictures of some other guests on that link too, some of which do their best to copy Paris Hiltons style of clothing... I agree however that Caroline Heering looks very nice, as usual I might add.

I am almost shocked to see Rose Gad, the ballet dancer, like this http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/lotte52/drws2/08ii/31MayBT6.jpg She is usually elegant and classy. Perhaps she was doing a stage stunt during the celebrations - that might account for the outfit

 

[Turkish Delight]

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[ayvee]

I didn't know Amber was still Mary's friend, because I know she told something to the press regarding Mary's life so I though they were no longer friends..Were is she?Can someone show me a picture because I don't know who she is! Caroline Heering is also very lovely! In danish Royal watchers it has been said that Mary's dress was from a local desinger but I have read here that her dress was from a British designer Mathew..

In DRW, the part about the local designer is about Amber's dress for the party not Mary's.

Amber Petty is the one in the red gown (photo above the orangery pictures).
Danish Royal Watchers: Frederik's 40th party at the Orangery