On February 5, 2026, Queen Mary of Denmark marked her 54th birthday. Mary Elizabeth, The Queen of Denmark was born on February 5, 1972, in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. On the occasion of Her Majesty’s 54th birthday, the Royal Court of Denmark released a new portrait taken by photographer Stine Heilmann for the Mary Foundation in March 2025. In the portrait, the Queen wore a dark teal suit by Scanlan Theodore.
SCANLAN THEODORE Tailored Crepe Jacket and Trouser
Nice suit. I think the pale pink shirt kind of washes her out. And they could have used a nicer backdrop than the blank blue wall. But QMary’s makeup and hair look amazing.
ReplyDeleteMary always looks regal! Always beautiful and elegant. As if she was born to be queen.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, Mary looks beautiful in her birthday picture! The austere grey suit is softened by the soft, pink blouse. MR
DeleteHappy Birthday Queen Mary ❤️
ReplyDelete( beatiful picture but little too much filters/ photoshop perharps? )
Agree…doesn’t look good at all.
DeletePhotoshop?
ReplyDeleteToo much along with fliters.
DeleteA professional photographer always has to use Photoshop or some other graphics software in order to develop and render the RAW images produced by the camera into the final image format. So to use the term "photoshop" as an accusation misses the mark somewhat. And a portrait photographer probably uses filters in their graphics software too, to process and edit the tonality and color of a photo etc. These images are not "too much photoshopped" at all, they are very professionally made, Mary looks her age, and the restrained color palette is very elegant.
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Belle allure dans ce tailleur-pantalon bleu-pétrole que Mary a su bien combiner avec un corsage satiné rose pâle ; ravissante petite broche en forme de papillon déjà portée !
ReplyDeleteReally? No wrinkle? Such a pity this photoshop
ReplyDeleteAgree…looks terrible!
DeleteIndeed. Nice pantsuit by the way and lovely blouse
DeleteI am sure we would have about the same amount of comments if she showed wrinkles. And probably from the same people who comment on missing them.
Delete@ Anonymous5/2/26 20:54 definitly not! Love natural ageing
Delete20:54 very astute! Thank you
Deletelol. You are so right, @Anon 20:54
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Definitely photoshopped. Her face looks like it is painted on the wall.
ReplyDeletePhotoshop!
ReplyDeleteAnd not even good photoshop. Mary looks fake and ghost-like as if her features were erased. Her outfit is nice but the excessive anti aging ‘enhancements’ are ghastly.
DeleteLooks like colour grading, rather than traditional colour correction, has been applied to this photo in the digital process. The colour palette foregoes realism, making Mary's skin look paler and more anaemic than her natural complexion and giving her hands a faintly greyish tinge. The blue background clashes oddly with the teal of the suit, and the pale pink blouse only emphasises the pale skin colour that has been selected.
ReplyDeleteThen there is the flat background. It looks obviously added later, since the edges of Mary's figure look so perfectly delineated - not single hair out of place. It creates a "wall" right against Mary's back, giving the photo a tight feel.
The commercial, fashion-shoot smoothness of these details gives me an "uncanny valley" impression which is unsettling in a portrait, where I would hope that conveying the subject's humanity would still be the top priority.
The photo-artist is of course entitled to alter the image for aesthetic effect; and we have seen in the past many unusual photo-artistic interpretations of royals, notably of the late Queen Elizabeth II of the UK.
But what we see here seems to be comprised of all-too-familiar fashion photo effects coarsely applied, together with colours emphasising moodiness and lack of sunlight. Not a fan of the result. Lyra
She looks lovely in this beautifully tailored suit, well made, love the color, looks like a mint color. The color of her blouse is beautiful. I love the addition of the brooch, this is dainty and subtle but perfect for this jacket.
ReplyDeleteI hope she has a wonderful birthday. She is hard working, wonderful work ethic. She is a beautiful Queen/lady. I won't pass comment on her physical looks, which are rife on this page.
Happy Birthday to a beautiful Queen, Nice suit top not a good match.
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To all who are painfully missing her wrinkles: this is an official portrait of Mary. As such, not exactly destined to show each and every wrinkle one has collected over the years, or is it? Everybody can see her wrinkles all the time when she is out and about on a daily basis. I would understand your complaints referring to a woman who makes permanent changes to look younger than her own daughter, and not only on official portraits. Ask yourself what you would do for a portrait photo. And: if this photo is not good, then not because of the missing wrinkles but because it is a bad photo with an unnatural facial expression fixed into eternity. Mary is wonderful in natural situations, in unnatural ones like this a good photographer can catch better moments - so I really blame the photographer. And the sausage-like neckline of the blouse is not a good choice either.
ReplyDeleteShe must have approved of this photo, yes?
DeleteHappy belated birthday to beautiful Queen Mary!
ReplyDeleteFor all those “photoshop?” queries above your answer is: of course all professional photographers selling photos will 100% of the time be editing their photos with Photoshop or more modern equivalents. It is normal these days.
ReplyDeleteNormal isn’t necessarily good. If the first thing noticed about a photo is the excessive amount of photoshop and not the intended subject then it’s not a good result.
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