Royal Guests at the Wedding of Prince Joachim of Denmark

Three Kings and Five Queens led the Royal Guests and Relatives from around Europe at the magnificent Wedding of Prince Joachim of Denmark and Alexandra Manley at Frederiksborg Castle on this day in 1995, 30 years ago, following a Ball at Fredensborg Palace.

Prince Joachim of Denmark, the second son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, married Alexandra Manley in the Frederiksborg Palace Chapel, officiated by Christian Thodberg, Queen Margrethe II’s Chaplain-in-Ordinary, in Danish.

Under the eyes of European royalty and the weight of an 8,900-pearl gown, Hong Kong businesswoman Alexandra Manley became Princess of Denmark in a glittering wedding Saturday to Prince Joachim, second in line to the throne.

Thousands gathered in freezing cold to cheer her as she arrived at the picturesque Frederiksborg Castle, 25 miles north of Copenhagen.

After the ceremony,  Prince Joachim and Princess Alexandra as well as the Royal Guests rode through Hillerrød towards Fredensborg Palace, where Queen Margrethe held a Banquet for 220 guests, which was followed by a Ball that lasted until two in the morning.

The new Princess Alexandra wore a Jørgen Bender silk gown, embellished with 9000 pearls, with a tulle veil and Queen Alexandrine’s Diamond Drop Tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Margrethe.

She whisked past them in a Danish-designed gown of thick Italian silk quilted with 8,900 pearls and trailing a 13.3-foot train, partially covered by an opaque veil falling from an turn-of-the-century French diadem. Her bouquet was cream, soft pink and white – jasmine bouvardia, roses and oriental lilies.

Queen Margrethe II (wearing the Floral Aigrette Tiara and the Crown Pearl and Ruby Parure) and Prince Henrik of Denmark

Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim

Queen Ingrid of Denmark (in the Danish Ruby Parure)

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden (wearing the King Edward VII Ruby Tiara)

King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway (in the Norwegian Emerald Parure)

King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (wearing the Greek Ruby Parure)

Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece (in the Antique Corsage Tiara)

Princess Benedikte of Denmark (wearing the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Fringe Tiara) and Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Princess Alexandra (wearing Queen Sofia’s Pearl and Star Tiara) and Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (in the Diamond Floral Tiara)

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (wearing her Diamond Spike Tiara) and the Prince of Orange

The Prince of Asturias

Princess Alexia of Greece (in her Diamond Tiara) and Prince Edward

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (wearing King Olav’s Gift Tiara) and Prince Laurent of Belgium

Princess Christina (in her Pearl and Diamond Tiara) and Tord Magnuson

Prince Guillaume and Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg (wearing the Belgian Scroll Tiara)

Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (in her Princess Thyra’s Sapphire Tiara)

Countess Ruth of Rosenborg (wearing Princess Ingeborg’s Turquoise Star Tiara)

Count Christian and Countess Anne Dorte of Rosenborg (in Queen Alexandrine’s Russian Sapphire Tiara) with Countess Camilla (wearing Queen Désirée’s Ears of Wheat Tiara), Countess Josephine (in Queen Alexandrine’s Diamond Bandeau), and Countess Feodora of Rosenborg.

Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik of Denmark held a magnificent Ball at Fredensborg Palace on the eve of the Wedding of Prince Joachim and Alexandra Manley.

Prince Joachim of Denmark and Alexandra Manley

Alexandra Manley wore Queen Alexandrine’s Diamond Drop Tiara with the Order of the Elephant and Queen Margrethe II’s Royal Family Order.

Queen Margrethe II wore the Danish Emerald Parure.

Queen Silvia of Sweden was in the Napoleonic Amethyst Parure.

Crown Princess Victoria wore her Diamond Spike Tiara.

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece was wearing the Greek Emerald Parure with Queen Alexandrine’s Diamond Sautoir and Queen Frederica’s Emerald Pendant.

Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece wore the Antique Corsage Tiara.

Princess Benedikte of Denmark was in the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Fringe Tiara with Queen Ingrid’s Diamond Stars.

Princess Alexandra wore Queen Sofia’s Pearl and Star Tiara while Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was in the Diamond Floral Tiara.

Queen Alexandrine’s Diamond Drop Tiara