And on this day, while the PM is giving His/her speech it's tradition to try and catch the moment when the DRF are "napping" or looking decidedly bored, while listening to a more often than not very boring speech.
Here is a gallery from the past:
TV 2 Gallery
And we have the first pics from this year, in BT:
http://www.bt.dk/danmark/se-billederne-nu-aabner-folketinget
A clip from TV2 showing the arrival of the DRF:
Prinsesserne valgte efterårsfarver - TV 2 Nyhederne
As always they are met by the chairman of the Parliament, Mogens Løkketoft and the rest of the Presidium of the Parliament in descending order.
The DRF arrive in ascending order, with Princess Benedikte, then Joachim with our Marie, followed by M&F and finally the Regent Cuple.
Until QMII has arrived and been greeted the rest of the DRF wait for her Majesty on the repos of the stairs, before they are all escorted inside.
Again by rank.
The Chairman escorts Her Majesty.
The second chairman, Bertil Haarder, escorts Prince Henrik and so on.
ADDED: Observe how Joachim at some point, as a curtesy to his brother, buries his hands deep in his pockets.