Queen Margrethe, Prince Henrik, Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim kicked off the Royal Hunt at Grib Skov yesterday. Queen Margrethe wore a Rapunzel headscarf while Prince Henrik wore a tweed newsboy cap (if you can look past his red socks to notice his hat). Prince Joachim was the only non-crazy dressed one of the bunch in a wintery wool fedora. Don’t they all look like they are costumed for the reenactment of a Norse folk tale?! You can see a short video of this event on the Danish Royal website.


Photos from Svenskdam and Lars Laursen/Image Magazine via Billed Bladet
I agréé with Bristol: that cap on Prince Hendrik is standard outdoor gear. My grand father wears one whenever he leaves the bouse (and Prince Hendrik are the samedi génération and both French).
Not sure if you are thinking of Henrik’s cap as crazy, or just his socks, but I think in Europe the cap would be seen as standard country headgear for most men going hunting or anything outdoors. Many older men wear them all the time – there are a couple of older gentlemen who pass my door daily (this is in England) wearing them, and my father-in-law used to wear one constantly outside too. They would just be called a flat cap here, I think, not a newsboy cap. On the other hand, Margrethe’s enveloping / trailing scarf is slightly weird…
I’m glad they had fun! I know which folk tale they were reenacting! “Little Red Hunting Socks!” The big bad wolf had better hide! lol I actually liked Henrik and Joachim’s hats…everything else…not so much. 🙂