Queen Mary’s rare tiara moment was so familiar
Queen Mary epitomised regal elegance in the new set of royal portraits taken by Steen Evald, the first since she was made Queen of Denmark on 14 January.
She was seen in a rare tiara-wearing moment but it was her dress that caught our attention. The Australian-born Danish royal, 52, posed in a new Birgit Hallstein floor-grazing gown made from a bottle green velvet.
The gown also featured a high neck made from lace which came down over her shoulders into dainty long sleeves. Her ensemble nipped in at the waist and had structured shoulders to accentuate her regal poise.
Queen Mary’s dress had us feeling major déjà vu, not because she has previously worn beautiful Birgit Hallstein pieces but because so many details of her gown reminded us of a perfect combination of the bridal gowns worn by the Princess of Wales and her sister Pippa Middleton. When Princess Kate, 42, married Prince William in 2011, she arrived at Westminster Abbey in a Rolls-Royce Phantom VI alongside her father Michael Middleton wearing the most breathtaking bespoke gown made by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen.
