Followers have become used to seeing Queen Mary in an array of glamorous ballgowns and historic tiaras in her royal role as the wife to the King of Denmark, Frederik X. But before her time on the throne, Queen Mary was a student at Waimea Heights secondary school and later, of the University of Tasmania.
A recently unearthed set of photos of a young Queen Mary show what she looked like way before she was part of the Danish royal family and you can see each of her four children in her.
© InstagramIn the first, Mary is seen smiling in a black and white shot which looks like it was taken towards the end of her teens. She is wearing a black and white check jacket and has her hair down. The likeness between the royal and her 13-year-old daughter Princess Josephine is undeniable.
© GettyIn another, a young Mary seems to be smiling for a prom photo or special occasion. She has her hair in a half updo with minimal makeup and is wearing a cobalt blue Queen Anne neckline gown.
© InstagramMary's blue gown from her youth may remind royal fans of her daughter Princess Isabella's royal blue look that she wore to the gala dinner that was held for Prince Christian's 18th birthday at the Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen last October.
© GettyThe 16-year-old royal wore a dress with a sash of satin material around the neck and a dress with a ballgown silhouette with ruched material across the top much like the number her mother had worn years earlier.
© GettyHer mother also wore blue for the occasion, opting for a dazzling one-shoulder gown in midnight blue with a cinched waist that showed her ability to rock blue at any age. She teamed the garment with a blue satin clutch, diamond jewellery, and the same glistening tiara she wore on her wedding day in 2004.
Queen Mary seems to defy age in unearthed photos from before she was royal. Take a look at our favourites…
© GettyA future queen in coral
In August 2022 Mary was photographed alongside Frederik in a coral satin ruched dress with a trendy French manicure and classic 2000s skinny brows.
© GettyA future queen in neutrals
To announce her engagement to King Frederik on 8 October 2003, Mary wore a dress that was somewhere between taupe and mauve that had a built-in double belt.
© GettyA future queen in teal
Queen Mary was seen talking quietly with her then-fiance Crown Prince Frederik during the extended State Council gala dinner at the royal palace of Fredensborg after the official announcement of their engagement earlier the same day. She looked so youthful at the age of 31 in a deep teal one-shoulder satin gown with her brunette locks piled on top of her head in a chic bun.
© GettyA future queen in jeans
The royal was spotted on the deck of the Tasmania Yacht Club before the start of the first race of the 2003 Dragon Boat World Championship in a pair of trendy low-rise jeans, a pair of flip-flops, and a pair of typically noughties rectangular sunnies.
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