Royals Round-Up, January 5th, 2018

Crown Princess Mary

The Danish royal family REALLY does up New Year's, which I appreciate. This is A GOWN and these are some JEWELS.

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Tim Rooke/REX/Shutterstock (9305078e) Crown Prince Frederik Crown Princess Mary Queen Margrethe hosts New Year's reception, Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark - 01 Jan 2018

Bless them for never phoning it in -- although Frederik doesn't work that beard as well as perhaps he thinks he does. It makes him look sort of....rumpled.

Princess Marie

J'adore this tiara, and I don't know how I just noticed that their ceremonial necklaces (I'm sure that's the correct term!) have elephants on them. It's because they are members of the Order of the Elephant, which has a very interesting Wiki page. From what I can tell, it's basically Denmark's equiv of the Order of the Garter? (QEII, Philip, and Chaz are also in this one. Everyone must have some many sashes and necklaces and pins with tiny pictures of their relatives jangling around their closets, all over the place.)

Princess Marie, Prince Joachim

I LOVE her tiara; I am unmoved by his respective headgear.

Queen Margrethe

So understated. I love her. Coordinating your footmen to your gown is a real baller move.

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary

A slightly more subtle, tiara-less look for the New Year's levee yesterday...

Queen Margrethe

...but this is not quite so low key. This is like a fur bathrobe, and I'm sure some of you in the midst of the BOMB CYLONE right now might not mind having this on your body at the moment.

Japanese Imperial Family

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Aflo/REX/Shutterstock (9306256a) Japanese Emperor Akihito (3rd L), accompanied by Imperial family members delivers New Year's greetings to well-wishers at the Imperial Palace Japanese royals celebrate New year on the balcony of the Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan - 02 Jan 2018 Some 126,000 people visited the Imperial Palace on the day to congratulate the Imperial family for the New Year.

Informative Caption tells us that "Japanese Emperor Akihito (3rd L), accompanied by Imperial family members, delivers New Year's greetings to well-wishers at the Imperial Palace...Some 126,000 people visited the Imperial Palace on the day to congratulate the Imperial family for the New Year." Everyone looks very elegant, as per usual. The princesses' level of color coordination is admirable.

Princess Anne Attends the Oxford Farming Conference

Mandatory Credit: Photo by DAVID HARTLEY/REX/Shutterstock (9306883an) Princess Anne, Honorary President, attends the Oxford Farming Conference. Oxford Farming Conference, UK - 04 Jan 2018

Terribly sensible for the farming conference, of course.

Christmas Eve church service

This is a rewind back to Christmas Eve; Sophie, as befits the woman who is allegedly the Queen's favorite in-law, went with her to church SEVERAL times over the break, and always wore a sort of kicky chapeau.

New Year's Eve church service

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Geoff Robinson Photography/REX/Shutterstock (9304214u) Sophie Countess of Wessex at St Mary Magdalene Church New Year's Eve church service at St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham, Norfolk, UK - 31 Dec 2017

I feel like I could tell you this photo was from 1999 and you would believe me.

Princess Eugenie, Lady Louise Windsor

Also Christmas Eve -- Wills and Kate and Harry and Meghan did not attend, so I gave myself the day off on this one. Louise looks so profoundly NORMAL. I love her.

Princess Beatrice, Christmas Eve

Cute hat, cute shoes!

Queen Elizabeth II on NYE

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Geoff Robinson Photography/REX/Shutterstock (9304214ab) Queen Elizabeth II at St Mary Magdalene Church New Year's Eve church service at St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham, Norfolk, UK - 31 Dec 2017

"Some tosser, hiding in the bushes again. 2018 is going to be just like 2017."