Queen Margrethe is not his majesty for everyone. In private life he has a nickname who inherited from his grandmother and that she on special occasions can also wear. Born on April 16, 1940 in Copenhagen, the queen who passed the scepter to his son Frederik in early 2024, he is in fact called by his narrower circle “Daisy», Margherita in English, as the brooch that wanted to show off also in the portraits taken for its 85th birthday.
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Dressed exactly like December 31, 2023, the day on which he announced that he would abdicate in favor of his son, Queen Margrethe pointed out the most precious jewel of her casket to the dress of a royal purple made by her trusted seamstress Annette Freifeldt. It is the margherita -shaped brooch that belonged to Queen Ingrid that the sovereign “retired” wore in all the crucial moments of her life. From 2022, the year of the Golden Jubilee, the sovereign received a couple of earrings as a gift with the same design that he often uses in combination with the pin itself.
The new portrait of Queen Margrethe.
© KongehusetIt was Ren Gustavo Adolfo of Sweden who commissioned the brooch as a wedding gift for his daughter Ingrid. To make it, the diamonds owned by his deceased wife were used, Margaret of Connaughtnephew by the mother of Queen Vittoria of the United Kingdom and by the father of Emperor Guglielmo I of Germany.
The real was the undisputed protagonist of the evening, also thanks to the dress designed for her by Jesper Høvring. Also present was the rest of the family: for Queen Mary, for Princess Josephine, for Margrethe of Denmark and her sisters evening dresses and jewels of the great occasions

The British princess, nicknamed “Daisy”, married Gustavo Adolfo of Sweden in 1905 who, two years after the marriage, upon the death of his grandfather, became the heir to the throne of the Scandinavian country. From that union five children were born and only a female, ingrid who came to the world in 1910. Margaret never became queen since in 1920 he died suddenly due to an infection. His disappearance caused everyone a great pain but his inheritance is strong and his memory is still alive today as shown by the heirloom of diamonds.
In 1935 Princess in 1935 married Frederik, the then hereditary prince of Denmark. The real showed off the pin not only to embellish his wedding dress on the occasion of Royal Wedding Celebrated in Stockholm but also when he arrived in his new house in Copenhagen.

Queen Ingrid with the pin, Margrethe and King Frederik IX.
Keystone-France/Getty ImagesIngrid, who became Regina in 1947, wore the gift until a few months before dying. In 2000 when Margrethe turned 60, the mother decided that the time had come to pass on that important piece for her even if the sovereign had already had the privilege of using it.
In fact, Queen Ingrid lent the margherita -shaped pin to Margrethe when he married on June 10, 1967 with Henri de Laborde de Mongzat: the bright family memorabilia was stood on the bodice of the heir to the heir to the throne.
The real celebrated the anniversary with the family in Aarhus wearing a complete created by one of the mother’s favorite designers to whom he also stole a ring for the occasion. On the wrist, on the other hand, brought an important family memorabilia

«When I was sixty years old, the day of my birthday, my mother had just turned ninety. He gave me the margherita -shaped brooch and, I have to say, I was very imposed on me to receive it in that way “he had the opportunity to say Margrethe II in a documentary on real jewels”It is a pin that means a lot for mefirst of all because it was my mother, and then because I wore it for my wedding, and then as it was given to me when I was sixty years old. It was really special ».

Margrethe II on the day of his wedding with Henri Henri de Laborde de Mongizat.
Keystone-France/Getty ImagesFor 25 years Diamond Margherita has become for Margrethe not only the most relevant jewel and the most expensive to her heart but the most communicative. There is the sentimental link that leads her directly to that grandmother never known but so loved, there is the direct legacy received by her mother Ingrid and there is the tenderness of the nickname she brings with pride. Furthermore, precisely by virtue of this symbolism so rooted, in the late 80s Margherita became the national flower of Denmark.

Queen Margrethe with the pin on the day of her 75th birthday.
Mark Cthbert/Getty Images“Our mother taught us to approach ancient jewels with a mixture of curiosity and respect” explained his majesty in the aforementioned documentary “behind everything there is a story that deserves to be known and to pay attention”. Margrethe does not need to speak to tell the story of his family: that brooch on the purple dress on the day of his birthday is worth a thousand words.
Source: Vanity Fair

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