King Felipe and Queen Letizia are on a royal tour of Denmark this week. They arrived in Copenhagen yesterday, where the Danish royals greeted them at the airport, then Queen Margrethe hosted a big state banquet last night. Lots of tiaras, gowns and shiny medals. In retrospect, this is probably why the Spanish royals didn’t attend Prince Christian’s 18th birthday celebrations last month – this visit was already scheduled, and Letizia and Felipe knew they would be seeing the Danes soon enough. Here are some tiara details from the state dinner:
Queen Letizia of Spain, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and Queen Margrethe are a trifecta in tiaras! On Monday, the three royals glittered in the ultimate royal accessory at a state banquet at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen. The glamorous evening capped the first full day of Queen Letizia and King Felipe’s state visit to Denmark, which runs until Wednesday.
Queen Letizia, 51, glittered in the Fleur de Lys tiara — nicknamed “La Buena” or “The Good One.” Meanwhile, Queen Margrethe, 83, sported the Danish Emerald Parure Tiara and Princess Mary, 51, topped her look with the Diamond Necklace Tiara. The Court Jeweller notes that the piece is uniquely convertible and can be worn as a tiara or necklace — and Mary has done both.
The Spanish royals also added a truly special new accessory: pale blue Order of the Elephant sashes. The Danish Royal Court announced the awards of Denmark’s highest honor of chivalry on Monday, explaining that the designation came directly from the Queen.
“When foreign heads of state pay a state visit, there is a tradition that in connection with the state visit there is an exchange of orders and medals if both the host country and the country from which the visit is made have a law enforcement agency,” a statement said. The memo noted that there has not been a Spanish state visit to Denmark since 1980, in a trip by Felipe’s parents, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia.
As part of the latest exchange, Princess Mary and Prince Frederik also received the Grand Cross of the Spanish Order of Isabella the Catholic. They appeared to wear the new honor at dinner, along with the order’s signature yellow and white sash, per Identify Medals.
Per The Royal Watcher, Letizia paired the Fleur de Lys tiara with “Queen Sofia’ Sapphire Earrings, Fleur de Lys Brooch, and Queen Victoria Eugenie’s Diamond Bracelet.” She was really blinged out. The vibes were pretty good between the two royal houses as well – CP Mary was seated next to Felipe, and Letizia was seated next to Prince Frederik, and there were conversations happening and everyone seemed to get along. I’m also adding a photo of CP Mary’s deep curtsy to King Felipe at the tarmac greeting!
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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- King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain during arrival at Vilhelm Lauritzen Terminal at Copenhagen Airport in Copenhagen, on the first day of the 3 day state visit of the Spanish Royals to Denmark. Featuring: King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain with Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and Princess Benedikte of Denmark Where: Copenhagen, Denmark When: 06 Nov 2023 Credit: Dutch Press Photo/Cover Images **NOT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLICATION IN THE NETHERLANDS OR FRANCE**
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- Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark attending a state banquet at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, Monday November 6, 2023. The Spanish royal couple is on a three-day state visit to Denmark. Photo by Stefan Lindblom/Stella Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM Featuring: Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark Where: Copenhagen, Denmark When: 06 Nov 2023 Credit: Stefan Lindblom/Stella Pictures/Abaca Press/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- King Felipe VI of Spain, Queen Margrethe of Denmark and Queen Letizia of Spain attending a state banquet at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, Monday November 6, 2023. The Spanish royal couple is on a three-day state visit to Denmark. Photo by Stefan Lindblom/Stella Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM Featuring: King Felipe VI of Spain, Queen Margrethe of Denmark, Queen Letizia of Spain Where: Copenhagen, Denmark When: 06 Nov 2023 Credit: Stefan Lindblom/Stella Pictures/Abaca Press/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Queen Letizia of Spain attending a state banquet at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, Monday November 6, 2023. The Spanish royal couple is on a three-day state visit to Denmark. Photo by Stefan Lindblom/Stella Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM Featuring: Queen Letizia of Spain Where: Copenhagen, Denmark When: 06 Nov 2023 Credit: Stefan Lindblom/Stella Pictures/Abaca Press/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Crown Princess Mary of Denmark attending a state banquet at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, Monday November 6, 2023. The Spanish royal couple is on a three-day state visit to Denmark. Photo by Stefan Lindblom/Stella Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM Featuring: Crown Princess Mary of Denmark Where: Copenhagen, Denmark When: 06 Nov 2023 Credit: Stefan Lindblom/Stella Pictures/Abaca Press/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
I love Letizia’s dress. La Buena is gorgeous, sometimes when she wears it she keeps the jewelry to a minimum, here its fun to see her bling it out a bit more. I wonder how heavy that tiara is.
IMHO Queen Letitia is just flawless here.
lol I literally hollered “LA BUENA!!” as soon as I saw the pics. That tiara looks wonderful on her.
It’s 2023. Why is any human bowing or doing a curtsy to any other human being? Sure, they all look very nice but this royalty garbage is embarassing to the human race. We know better.
Couldn’t have said it better myself
She’s curtseying because of etiquette. This is a formal occasion between Royal and as the wife of the heir greeting the visiting monarch this is what’s she’s supposed to do. Is it still to still do this? Yes, it Mary isn’t going to.rock the boat on this
Because everyone has to participate in the game for it to work.
Otherwise, the royals are just a group of super inbred people who squat and bend at each other and exchange silly ribbons when they get together while wearing sparkly death rocks. Then the spell is broken and they can be removed (by any means necessary) and their centuries of theft and abuse of other humans (justified by their special magic blood) was all just psychopathic delusion.
The main people who need to help uphold the glamour are the beautiful commoners who marry in. That’s their primary job.
@Yup,Me That is the most brilliant explanation of royalty I’ve ever seen.
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Brilliant description.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Brava! Yes!
Beautiful!
Queen Letizia looked fabulous as always – she almost never gets it wrong. That blue dress is just divine. King Felipe reminds me of Sean Connery – must be the beard.
When it comes to Mumbles and her hair she should look to CP Mary for tips.
Usually love Queen Letizia but her tiara is huge. Given the risk of upstaging your royal hosts seems more appropriate to wear on home ground. Absolutely love Crown Princess Mary’s tiara – beautiful.
Lietizia is a queen, Mary is a princess. In Spain does size of tiara match size of title? Or maybe that’s her only tiara. Whichever, she is beautiful.
It is indeed her largest tiara, but Queen Margrethe likes it when her guests bring out the big bling. so in this case it was appropriate, imo.
I thought the same thing: It seems off to wear a tiara substantially larger than the host queen’s tiara. Also, the Fleur de Lys tiara is wearing Letizia. It’s just too big for her (or maybe her hair needs to be fuller to balance it out).
Other than that Letizia’s look is #goals. The dress is amazing and she is rocking it!
Uh, she is also rocking some amazing shoulders. She’ll never suffer from a torn rotator cuff 😳
I think La Buena looks better with her hair done a little differently, a little more volume. If you look for pictures of her in the tiara at the state visit in the UK (her first time wearing it), it was a similar hairstyle but different enough that the tiara looked more….stable.
The tiara is huge though so pretty much anyone is going to look like its too big for them. but its so gorgeous.
Firstly, Letizia is very petite so these large Belle Epoque tiaras are just a bit too big for her.
Secondly, these Belle Epoque tiaras are from a time when ladies had a LOT of hair and big bouffant hair styles. A tiara like this just doesn’t go well with a sleek modern style. It probably didn’t looks so huge when set in a big bouffant hair style.
Historical tiara design and historical hair styles correspond. That is one of the reasons why I am so fascinated by the Art Deco tiaras of the 1920s-30s, because that was a time when women’s hair styles changed drastically and so did the tiara designs of the time so they worked with sleek bobs and short hair.
I just wrote a long post about tiara design and hair styles in a historical perspective and it was eaten! Damn.
Aw too bad @arthistorian. I actually don’t love the huge tiaras. Really loved Meghan’s wedding tiara though. Would that one be considered Art Deco?
@jais
Mary’s wedding tiara is not art deco. I think it is late 19th century – it is just more modest than the big statement tiaras made by the big jewelers. At that time it wasn’t just royals who wore tiaras, they just wore the biggest with the most bling. 😉
She looks absolutely beautiful.
While I love seeing Letiza wearing this tiara, I don’t think that her hair style worked well it, something with more umph, less sleek would have been better.
That really is a lot of bling. Letitia’s blue dress is lovely, the scoop neck and the full skirt. It’s such a classic silhouette. Mary looks good too. I think she wore that dress for a past picture? Overall, it’s all pretty fancy and ostentatious, which is just a reminder that it’s still hereditary rule and unnecessary. And yet I’m still commenting on the jewelry and dresses🙄
I was thinking the same thing about Mary’s dress. She wore it for those official photos. I guess she really likes it………?
I seem to be alone in not liking Letizia’s look, except for the earings. Her earings are FAB. I LOVE, however, Queen Margarethe’s dress. What a GORGEOUS color! I absolutely love it
CP Mary is very slender, but the grey dress is extremely matronly and makes her look thick. Perhaps it’s because Queen Leticia is so slender, not sure. Plus she’s looking so much older than her years, which is unfortunate.
Mary is over 50 – she doesn’t look older than her years to me. I think that a lot of people have a skewed perception of women’s ages due to photoshop and female celebs’ plastic surgery.
@heragain, LOL, to each their own…. I loved everything about Letizia’s look EXCEPT for the earrings! They just seemed too dated and bulky for the tiara. These are apparently Queen Sofia’s earrings and boy did she not luck out when it came to Saudi jewelry. These are purportedly Middle Eastern gifts and while Queen Betty received some fabulous jewelry from the Saudis, and other Middle Eastern rulers, most of the stuff Sofia received just looks horrible to me – outdated and garish. But, like I said, to each their own!
Wow they all look stunning! Do they know how to dress or what? Then there’s the Brit royals with their fugly garb accentuated with asinine pretend honors crap dangling.
Wow, these people are beautiful! I love the white-haired woman in green — so glam!
That’s the queen of denmark 🙂
Queen Margrethe’s is my favorite look of all of them! It was only after Queen Elizabeth died & that I realized carrying off big jewelry looks is a skill (for lack of a better word) that not everyone possesses. Margrethe is covered in diamonds & emeralds but looks effortless.
The emerald tiara and parure are part of the Crown Jewels of Denmark – and they are on display among the other Crown Jewels at Rosenborg Palace.
The green dress is one of Daisy’s favourites – she has worn it quite often at gala events. When she likes a dress she’ll wear the hell out of it – I remember a chartreuse horror that she really loved but finally retired.
QL looks like a gorgeous Disney princess. If I were a little girl she would re-enforce my belief in fairy tales. 🙂
Felipe looks like a fairy tale Prince beside her. He is aging well, unlike other unnamed royals.
QL looks flawless or as Hilaria would say to QL: impecable!
QL for the win, but she always looks great.
Mary looks off, like she sucked on a lemon when that pic was taken.
LOL, CP Mary, while I am sure she is a lovely woman, seems to me to often look constipated in photos!
Yes of course bowing or curtseying in this day and age is bad and wrong, but ….love love loveeeeeee Mary’s and Margrethe’s hats and coats in that photo, so chic.
The woman in the photo with Mary is Queen Margarethe’s sister Princess Benedikte, who is, herself, quite the fashion plate.
Stunning. The other European royals sure know how to get their fancy dress on.
If Kaiser had not identified Queen Letizia, I would have confused her with Queen Rania.
They look so much alike to me.
Anyway, Queen Letizia looks especially regal in the pics, as do the rest of the royals.
Stunning
Wow. I totally agree. Queen Letizia does look like a Disney character. Yet, she always looks absolutely gorgeous. Mary did look off IMO as well but not really sure u can give a reason why…
The all did well! I think Mary’s dress is my least favourite, but it’s still gorgeous.
I used to check out Royal Watcher constantly, but his firmly anti-Sussex and stopped including them after their exit from the BRF.
Absolutely gorgeous!
The Queen Sophia Sapphire Earrings were A LOT with La Buena, otherwise Queen Letizia looks flawless. On how to go all out, follow Queen Margrethe; she is rocking the emerald from head to toe! As for Crown Princess Mary, I want her innate sense of style because she always looks flawless.
What has happened to Queen Latifah? Her appearance has changed so drastically.
It’s Letizia.
LOL They give each other ribbons and honors.
#AbolishMonarchy
As long as there’s monarchies, we can depend on DRF and SRF to bring the bling and glamour!
I think everyone’s dresses were gorgeous. I also think Letizia’s tiara looks too big for her and they fight with the earrings for attention. I think it would have been better if she wore a smaller tiara with those earrings, so that they could be the show, or smaller earrings so that the tiara could be the focus. But the tiara looks too big for Letizia- the flatness of the hair makes it look huge. I must say, Camilla is really the only one with a big enough head and hair for the really big tiaras. Bigger hair for L could have worked here. The tiara just makes her head look too small for it with the sleek hair. And all the other women had daintier tiaras that looked beautiful on them. I really think they should phase out the curtsy- especially the low one. It looks terrible and degrading. And only women have to do it. The only low curtsy that looked dignified to me was Meghan’s to the Queen. And the that Queen had reigned for 70 years and came to the throne in a previous century so it was a bit due to her.
Meghan’s curtsy was to an older woman so it comes off better. This picture is a woman kneeling for a man, which is creepier to me.
Omigosh, I really like Queen Margrethe’s outfit and jewels! That green looks wonderful on her.