Next week, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark will be celebrating her 85th Birthday, and after the 60th and 70th Birthday Celebrations, we are looking back when Six Kings and Five Queens joined the Danish Royal Family to celebrate Queen Margrethe’s 75th Birthday 10 years ago!
Queen Margrethe’s 75th Birthday Celebrations started earlier in April with events in Aarhus, which included an appearance on the balcony at Aarhus City Hall, a carriage procession through Aarhus, and a Gala at the Aarhus Concert Hall.
Queen Margrethe II (wearing Queen Alexandrine’s Sapphire Parure) and Prince Henrik
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary (in her Diamond Necklace) with Prince Christian and Princess Isabella
Prince Joachim and Princess Marie with Prince Nikolai and Prince Felix
On the eve of her Birthday, Queen Margrethe hosted a big Banquet at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, with Foreign Royal Guests limited to Sovereigns and Consorts, though Prince Henrik was ill and had to sit out the festivities.
Queen Margrethe II (wearing the Floral Aigrette Tiara and Crown Pearl and Ruby Parure)
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary (in the Danish Ruby Parure)
Prince Joachim and Princess Marie (wearing the Dagmar Tiara)
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden (in the Leuchtenberg Sapphire Parure)
King Harald V of Norway
Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands (wearing the Dutch Diamond Bandeau)
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium (in the Nine Provinces Tiara)
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain (wearing the Ansorena Fleur de Lys Tiara)
King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (wearing the Greek Emerald Parure)
Princess Benedikte (in the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Fringe Tiara)
Count Ingolf and Countess Sussie of Rosenborg (wearing Queen Alexandrine’s Fringe Tiara)
The following day, Queen Margrethe II was woken up at Fredensborg Palace, which was followed by the traditional balcony appearance at Amalienborg before a carriage ride through Copenhagen for a Reception at the Copenhagen’s City Hall.
In the evening, Queen Margrethe II (wearing the Floral Aigrette Tiara and Modern Turquoise Suite) hosted a Gala Dinner at Fredensborg Palace, which was only attended by the Swedish and Norwegian Royal Families.
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary
Prince Joachim and Princess Marie
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden
King Harald V
King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway
Princess Benedikte
