Queen Mary of Denmark made an oh-so-subtle tribute to her kids as she celebrated one of the most controversial royal figures in Danish historical past. The mother-of-four appeared in a video selling the brand new ‘Danner of Denmark’ exhibition at Frederiksborg Castle, which investigates the exceptional life of Countess Danner.
As royal watchers have come to count on of the ever-stylish Danish Queen, Mary seemed regal in a powder blue costume, however which she wore along with her attribute chestnut locks cascading over her shoulders. It was Queen Mary’s brooch that drew the most consideration, nonetheless. The Connaught Sapphire brooch, with its diamond and pearl decorations, is a profoundly sentimental jewel for Queen Mary, and one with a historical past that stretches down by 5 generations of the House of Glücksberg.
Beginning its journey as a wedding ceremony current for Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia when she tied the knot with the Duke of Connaught (one of Queen Victoria’s sons) in 1879, the brooch made its means to Scandinavia by Louise’s daughter, Princess Margaret of Connaught, when she married King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden. Margaret’s daughter, Queen Ingrid, then introduced the jewel to Denmark after her wedding ceremony to the long run King Frederik IX.
Queen Ingrid reserved the Connaught Sapphire brooch for milestone household events, quite than diplomatic galas or royal celebrations. In 1966, Ingrid was seen sporting the sapphire to have a good time the engagement of her daughter, the long run Queen Margrethe, to Count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat. Margrethe would observe in her mom’s footsteps, sporting the brooch in 1999 for the christening of her first grandson, Prince Nikolai (now Count Nikolai of Monpezat).
