As a yearly tradition, TRH Crown Princess Mary and Princess Marie of Denmark launched the 2017 Royal Year by attending HM Queen Margrethe II's New Year's Eve dinner.

Each of the royal ladies donned an evening gown and pulled out their tiaras for the first reception of the year. It is indeed customary for the Danish sovereign to host a New Year reception, on the first evening of the year, inviting representatives of the government, officials, and members and employees of the Royal Court at the Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen.

While the two sons of the monarch, Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim, had donned their uniforms, their wives rivaled in elegance. Crown Princess Mary had opted for a golden dress with the flared skirt created by Danish designer Jesper Hovring from his AW 2016 collection, whom she wore under a fuchsia cape. The future Queen-to-be matched her Danish Ruby Parure tiara with together with the Danish crown ruby, pearl and diamond sets, Judith Lieber box clutch

Around her Diamond Floral Tiara and a large ring coordinated to her right index finger, her sister-in-law, the 40-year-old Princess Marie, preferred a tight-fitting silver dress signed by another Danish designer, Ole Yde. As for their mother-in-law, Margrethe II, accompanied by her husband, Prince Henrik, in a tuxedo, the latter appeared in a sky-blue robe highlighted with rose, a stole in gray fur on her shoulders. On the jewelry side, the Queen of Denmark was wearing her Pearl Poire Tiara; her necklace, brooch, and earrings come from the pearl, diamond, and ruby set
And all had passed around their necks their necklace of the prestigious Danish order of the Elephant.