Needless to say, theBalenciagadesigner approved.
Queen Margrethe wearing some of her favorite emeralds while celebrating her 40th birthday, 16 June 1980.
On April 16, 2020, she turned 80.

The first official photograph of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, daughter of King Frederik IX, after her accession to the throne, 1972.
Weeks before, the Danish queen had been the first monarch to address the pandemic on television.
Sadly, not everyone is taking this seriously.
Some are still hosting celebrations and birthday gatherings.

Queen Margrethe wearing some of her favorite emeralds while celebrating her 40th birthday, 16 June 1980.
This is not acceptable behavior, she reprimanded the nation.
It is thoughtless, and first and foremost inconsiderate.
Addressing the Danish nation on the occasion of her 80th birthday.

Addressing the Danish nation on the occasion of her 80th birthday.
Like many of her New Years speeches, she isnt afraid of telling people off a bit.
It only adds to her popularity and respect.
How does she do it?

Queen Margrethe attends the Ringsted horse ceremony at Grasten Slot during the summer vacation on July 16, 2017, in Grasten, Denmark, in her famous raincoat.
you’ve got the option to find clues to the answer in that waxy floral raincoat.
Be yourself really works for Queen Margrethe.
Wearing the Mogens Eriksen Elizabethan dress for the state visit to Japan in 2004.

Wearing the Mogens Eriksen Elizabethan dress for the state visit to Japan in 2004.
She doesnt care what anybody thinks.
Her interest in the history of both her family and the monarchy shows in her gowns.
My favorite Bender dress is a yellow silk brocade gown with a fur-edged jacket.

Photographed in her Jørgen Bender gown during the state visit of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan to Denmark, on June 2, 1998 in Fredensborg, Denmark.
While studying 19th-century French diplomatic history at La Sorbonne, Denis developed an interest in royal culture.
Rather than excusing her inherited privilege, Queen Margrethe celebrates itand lets the public in.
Visiting the Danish Food Centre in Manchester during the Denmark in Britain 1968 festivities, October 1968.

At the wedding of her son, Crown Prince Frederik and Mary Donaldson, Copenhagen Cathedral, May 14, 2004.
They made a vivacious pair.
Because shes an artist, she has a totally different understanding of color.
With Prince Henrik at Chateau de Cayx, August 2006.

With Queen Elizabeth II of England and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, waving from the balcony in Copenhagen in May 1979.
She speaks the most wonderful French, with this beyond chic accent that only royals have, he notes.
Her Majesty seems very French to the French in her unpretentious, very sophisticated style and ways.
Brgger says the secret to Queen Margrethes popularity lies in her understanding of her position.

Visiting the Danish Food Centre in Manchester during the ‘Denmark in Britain 1968’ festivities, October 1968.
She gives us more than just duty.
She shows us a full life.

Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik at the wedding of Prince Joachim and Marie Cavallier in Denmark, May 24, 2008.

With Prince Henrik at Château de Cayx, August 2006.

At the gala banquet on the occasion of the Crown Prince’s 50th birthday at Christiansborg Palace Chapel on 26 May 2018.