Mary Donaldson reigns alone and breaks protocol with a fantasy manicure

Quite a declaration of intentions. That was the first solo appearance of the new Queen Mary of Denmark, who has chaired the Elite Research Awards 2024 of the Ministry of Education after a controversial family vacation in Switzerland. The wife of Frederick X He has chosen a sober and very elegant suit in navy blue that he has combined with snake print pumps by Gianvito Rossi. However, what has caught the most attention has been her manicure: electric blue.

A detail that clashes with the strict royal protocol, which ‘forces’ its women to wear a discreet manicure, either in nude, pink tones or a simple French manicure. A rule that Mary had only broken on one occasion so far (last Christmas with a burgundy color to match her New Year’s dress) and that implicitly carries a powerful message of independence and modernity in this new era after the abdication. of the Queen Margaret.

What’s more, Mary may be sending an individual message of empowerment after her marital crisis with Federico of Denmark, father of her four children, who starred in a global scandal at the end of 2023 by traveling to Madrid to meet alone with Genoveva Casanova. They walked, had dinner and spent the night together at the Mexican woman’s house in the center of Madrid, revealing a trust unknown until now. Mary put up with it in the days after she was caught, but she later packed her bags and traveled to Australia, her homeland, to take refuge with her family. Almost a month later, and with conditions in between (such as accessing the Crown immediately), she returned to Denmark and became queen alongside Frederick, with whom she tries to show the image of a united family.

This Monday was Mary’s first act as queen. Since the events for the proclamation of her husband ended, we have only seen her in Germany, cheering on the Danish team in the final of the European handball championship in which the French team ended up winning.