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Queen Mary is wearing her Diamond Necklace Tiara and Diamond Earrings with Queen Louise of Sweden’s Engagement Bracelet , King Frederik X’s Portrait Order , and the Order of the Three Stars at tonight’s State Banquet at Riga Castle .

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Stunning queen!!

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Queen Mary is wearing her Diamond Necklace Tiara and Diamond Earrings with Queen Louise of Sweden’s Engagement Bracelet , King Frederik X’s Portrait Order , and the Order of the Three Stars at tonight’s State Banquet at Riga Castle .

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I was so pleased to see that it was a white-tie banquet. I could be wrong, but I cannot remember having seen a white-tie banquet in connection with a State Visit to Latvia for a long time (if ever). Queen Mary looked fabulous. It seems like red is the colour to wear (see Mette-Marit only a few days previous at the banquet hosted for the Norwegian Parliament). Besides, red is a really good colour on Mary.
In addition to her jewels she also wore the Sash and Breast Star of the Order of the Three Stars. Since King Frederik already received this order back in 1997 he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Viesturs with Swords. He wore the Sash and Breast Star of this new Order to the banquet as well as the Breast Star of the Order of the Three Stars (top) and the Neck-tie and Breast Star of a Grand Commander of the Order of Dannebrog.

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indeed! When King Willem-Alexander visit Latvia it was a black tie dinner: https://www.anpfoto.nl//search.pp?pictureid=357850949&page=3&pos=74

The president is wearing a white bow tie but King Frederik has worn a black bow tie..... strange.

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Hopefully the white-tie banquets is something that will be repeated now in the future. We need more white-tie, even from the republics! It is just so much more elegant, even though some people will call it "playing dressing up".

The reason why King Frederik is wearing a black bow tie at this white-tie event is that the black bow is part of the mess uniform of an Admiral in the Royal Danish Navy.

I was actually surprised to see so many in white-tie, because in Norway a lot of people tend to go for black-tie when being invited to the Royal Palace for a banquet, even though the invitation says white-tie.

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I wonder why Queen Mary didn’t wear her diamond studded Order of Dannebrog?