
Pearls, rubies, and diamonds were glittering in Denmark on New Year’s Day, as members of the royal family made their traditional appearance at the New Year’s Levee in Copenhagen.
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Pearls, rubies, and diamonds were glittering in Denmark on New Year’s Day, as members of the royal family made their traditional appearance at the New Year’s Levee in Copenhagen.

On New Year’s Day, members of the Danish royal family gather in Copenhagen for the first levee of the year, and inevitably, someone emails me this question: what’s the necklace that the royals are wearing with the elephant pendant? The answer is this: it’s a collar, not a necklace, and it forms part of the insignia of one of the grandest orders of chivalry in the world, the Order of the Elephant.

Over the weekend, royals from Denmark and Norway gathered in Copenhagen for a holiday ballet premiere, wearing classic jewels as they braved the seasonal chill.