Royal Event of the Day: June 5

Royal Event of the Day: June 5

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Yesterday, the Danish royal family gathered to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1915 Danish constitution, in which women were given the right to vote. And the outfits were...

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Queen Margrethe

...pretty standard. Leave it to Daisy to sweep in like she's running an errand after work, coat flapping in her breeze.

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Princess Marie and Prince Joachim

...pretty metallic. This is a lot of mixed metals, when you throw in the breastplate situation plus the sparkly shawl plus the sparkly shoes. Too many mixed metals, for moi. That dress shape does work well with her shorter hairdo, though.

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Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik

...and pretty fabulous. You might not love Mary's dress as much as I do, but I love it enough for us both. You see, I've been lusting after these Burberry Prorsum silk georgette dresses in all their different forms for a while now (see: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Olivia Palermo in Mary's version, or Naomie Harris and Kirsten Dunst in a solid color version). They're very flowy, and romantic, and all of that stuff. And pairing this with the Valentino Rockstud shoes, a nude pump but with some bite? Perfection.

Also of note, the group shown here will all be in Sweden for the big wedding! Maybe Margrethe was in a rush to get home and polish her tiara.

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Royal Outfits of the Day: April 27

Royal Outfits of the Day: April 27

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Two outfits today, one I should like that I don't, and one I shouldn't that I do. It doesn't make any more sense than that sentence did.

Kronprinsparret ankommer til fornem fødselsdagsfest på hotel d'Angleterre. #billedbladet #kronprinsparret #kronprinsessemary #kronprinsfrederik #kronprinzessinmary #crownprincessmary #danishroyals

A photo posted by BILLED-BLADET (@billedbladet) on Apr 25, 2015 at 10:07am PDT

Take this, for instance: Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary celebrated the anniversary of the Hotel d'Angleterre, and Mary wore a black dress from Ole Yde's YDE label with a tiered tulle skirt.

So this is basically the little sister to that black Carolina Herrera gown that Queen Letizia wore last year. And I looooved that gown. Therefore...I should like this gown...and yet, NOPE.

Last night, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended the Hotel d'Angleterre's 250th anniversary gala pic.twitter.com/AE8rAiLZv2
— Royaltyspeaking (@Royal_talk) April 26, 2015

I blame the bodice. Maybe just borrow the dress from Leti next time?

And then there's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, still doing her version of wardrobe musical chairs, grabbing whatever's at hand when the music stops.

Yesterday, Crown Princess Mette-Marit attended the opening of an exhibition in memory of artist Diptyk in Oslo. pic.twitter.com/qJsW3n4GGM
— Scandinavian Royals. (@crownprincely) April 25, 2015

And much to my surprise, I think I like it this time! Sure, I'd change the skirt, because I can always find something to change. But the sweater manages to feel very much in the M-M style without being a) black or white, b) covered in flowers, or c) covered in ruffles. A change I can get behind.

The sweater is from Burberry Prorsum

The whole world's gone topsy turvy, I'm telling you.

Photos: as indicated and YDE, Style.com