Danish New Year Courts: 2004, 2006-2021, 2023

[Lee-Z]

Originally Posted by Duc_et_Pair

The hat of Prince Frederik maybe looks weird but that is because the feathers are black. Prince Henrik with a similar hat

Having feathers or not, and which colour is connected to rank. I was looking for pictures and found these from the Dutch Court but the Danes have the very same tradition with these hats:

- a lower ranked officer: a hat with golden galon but no feathers (picture)
- a senior officer: a hat with golden galon and white feathers (picture)
- a top officer: a hat with golden galon and black feathers (picture)

Do all your posts have references to the dutch situation?

[Muhler]

Originally Posted by maria-olivia

Was this Event Prince Henrik's Farewell ??

Not officially.

But it's an example of the few event he is going (or is supposed) to attend in the future. I.e. he will make an appearance when the really big show is on.

I guess we can expect to see him on the balcony at QMII's birthday and at the gala dinner at state visits and presumably at the yearly summer photo shoot. - That is, if he is up to it...

A video showing how the table is set for this the grandest gala of the year: VIDEO: Et nytårstaffel bliver til | Kongehuset - Forside

It also provides a look into the beautiful room, the Knights (Great) Hall.

And from Hello: Princess Mary of Denmark stuns at New Year's Eve celebrations

[MidwestMom]

Re Frederik's and Joachim's hats: in the case of Frederik's hat, the feather trim is too big. It would look better if it were scaled back a bit. I wonder what the children thought when he showed them - there may have been some giggles. As for Joachim, the plume is very striking, but the hat would, IMO, look just as good without it. The uniforms themselves, though, are impressive.

[Duc_et_Pair]

Originally Posted by Lee-Z

Do all your posts have references to the dutch situation?

There are only a handful of monarchies and the Dutch and Danish one have the best photo-sources. Norway does not know this sort of uniforms, Sweden has a total different, more Germanic-style uniform culture and so yes... you will find a surprising lot of similarities between the Courts of the Netherlands and Denmark. Even comparisons with Luxembourg and Belgium fail as these do not have such a detailed and traditional Household structure, complete with Royal Stables, as the other monarchies....

Originally Posted by Muhler

A video showing how the table is set for this the grandest gala of the year: VIDEO: Et nytårstaffel bliver til | Kongehuset - Forside

It also provides a look into the beautiful room, the Knights (Great) Hall.

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Amazingly beautiful. Thanks for the link!

[fandesacs2003]

Originally Posted by Duc_et_Pair

It is one of the hottest decembers ever recorded, also in Denmark. It was extremely mild. Here in the Netherlands, not so far from Denmark, we have not had one night with frost. Not one in the whole month of December. That is an unicum.

Add to this: Princess Marie barely walks five metres from the car to the entrance, so what are we talking all about?

5 degrees are cold enough to catch a pneumonia, even if you are walking only 5 metres

[ashelen]

Originally Posted by Roslyn

I'm intrigued about the weather in Copenhagen. It's the middle of winter there, so why is Marie wearing a sleeveless dress and no wrap?

I was wondering the same! Just I would think beside the cold the wrap would be a more completely look! I have a friend from Denmark here for Xmas and New Year and she told me that it is very little what they walk and there are so much lights that , the lights warm the area they walk! I don't know but even if it is a few meters the way Marie was it is enough to catch a cold!

[fandesacs2003]

They don't just walk. They stop at the entrance for pics, and this takes a while. Out of the cold risk I found this kind outfit quite "unfinished" An elegant wrap could be a nice finition to the outfit.

[GömdNatt]

Originally Posted by fandesacs2003

Mary is lovely as always. But I think the upper part night blue velvet comes from another gown she worn years ago, in another New year's reception

Originally Posted by Tarlita

My first glimpse of the ensemble Mary wore was a full frontal view with the skirt billowed out and I said, "Wow". Her stylist deserves a big hug. I bet a lot of thought went into this creation as it is made from two previous gowns is it not? The Bambi award blue gown and perhaps a previous court gala gown. Not 100% sure about this tho. Anyway your Crown Princess looks fabulous and makes Fred look good too.

I just had a thought. Knowing how much the Queen loves to design and change things I wonder if she had suggested this look to Mary's stylist. Or had a hand in it in some way. The Queen has designed many of her own gowns apparently.

I don't believe the top comes from any previous outfit of hers. The design at the waist is similar to her reworked red velvet gown, but obviously not it. She has a velour cape, but it is a purple, not blue. Plus far too small to put towards this top.

[grevinnan]

Originally Posted by fandesacs2003

5 degrees are cold enough to catch a pneumonia, even if you are walking only 5 metres

One does not "catch" pneumonia from cold weather and especially not from 5 degree weather. At that temperature most kids will not even wear a jacket. If it was so easy to get sick from cold the entire population from the Nordic countries would all be dead by now.

[fandesacs2003]

Originally Posted by grevinnan

One does not "catch" pneumonia from cold weather and especially not from 5 degree weather. At that temperature most kids will not even wear a jacket. If it was so easy to get sick from cold the entire population from the Nordic countries would all be dead by now.

Dear Grevinnan I don't know where you come from. I come from Greece and here with 5 degrees everyone, old and young people wear pullovers, jackets and gloves, sometimes also wool hats.

[Nordic]

Originally Posted by fandesacs2003

I come from Greece and here with 5 degrees everyone, old and young people wear pullovers, jackets and gloves, sometimes also wool hats.

This is very OT, but yes you would, in Greece. Where I live, in on of the Nordic countries, 5 degrees in January is considered a very warm winter day.

We are actually expecting temperatures of -30 to -40....
I guess I'll have to find my only wool hat somewhere.


And, now back to topic.

[fandesacs2003]

@thanks Grevinnan
Back to topic. If I remember well the new year events for DRF includes three white tie events. What about the other two? When will they take place?

[SnowBirds]

Originally Posted by Muhler

A video showing how the table is set for this the grandest gala of the year: VIDEO: Et nytårstaffel bliver til | Kongehuset - Forside

It also provides a look into the beautiful room, the Knights (Great) Hall.

And from Hello: Princess Mary of Denmark stuns at New Year's Eve celebrations

What a delight to view this video of the preparations of the dining room, I had to watch it 3 times for it took my breath away how the table was set-up, the beautiful white damask tablecloth, the candles, the chargers, the silverware, the entire room was gorgeous. I hope you realize Muhler that this video was pure joy for me, if those walls could talk, the history books would be filled with hidden secrets and delights..........You just made my day with this link. Thank you so very much....

[Tarlita]

Thanks GomdNatt for your answer.
A big thank you to Muhler for the link on the Knights Hall. I am extremely pleased they had done a video of the preparation of the room. Eating by candlelight must create a lovely atmosphere.
A beautiful room should be used for beautiful occasions. Yes!

[HereditaryPrincess]

And another thanks from me, Muhler, for sharing the video with us.
It was interesting to see how the banquet is set up. Amalienborg looks like a beautiful palace. I can imagine that against the candlelight, dinners are a magical and (please excuse me for sounding a bit cliché!) fairytale-like.

[COUNTESS]

Originally Posted by MidwestMom

Re Frederik's and Joachim's hats: in the case of Frederik's hat, the feather trim is too big. It would look better if it were scaled back a bit. I wonder what the children thought when he showed them - there may have been some giggles. As for Joachim, the plume is very striking, but the hat would, IMO, look just as good without it. The uniforms themselves, though, are impressive.

The hats both look ridiculous. Toy soldiers, every year. Time to look more sensible.

[GömdNatt]

Originally Posted by fandesacs2003

@thanks Grevinnan
Back to topic. If I remember well the new year events for DRF includes three white tie events. What about the other two? When will they take place?

The other two Courts are on January 5th and January 6th this year.

[ashelen]

Thank you Muhler for the video, I came across with the video last year and I think it is incredible and inspiring, we can learn really good how to put a proper table and of course we can get our own cration following their steps! very magical indeed!

[Roslyn]

Originally Posted by COUNTESS

The hats both look ridiculous. Toy soldiers, every year. Time to look more sensible.

I take it you feel the same way about the uniforms worn by the various US Army special ceremonial units. Oh, and the West Point cadets' spring parade uniform: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...int_Cadets.png

These uniforms are all about history and tradition. Let the boys have their fun. If the women are supposed to get all decked out in long dresses of velvet and sparkly fabrics and sequins, and wear pearls and diamonds and other shiny things, surely we can allow the men to wear a few feathers and bits of gold bling and the occasional sword or sabre. Without all these special, shiny, bits, their outfits for these dos would be a lot less interesting.

[polyesco]

Originally Posted by COUNTESS

The hats both look ridiculous. Toy soldiers, every year. Time to look more sensible.

Wow what an insulting comment. I'm 100% sure they did not design the uniforms themselves.
They follow protocol and wear with dignity the highest uniform they are allowed to. It's not like they just go to the costume store. These are the uniforms from their country from the branch of the military they have done their training in.
Joachim is army, Frederik has done more training in all branches but the most in the navy.