Royal portrait shoots are usually a very stuffy affair, complete with stiff poses, starched collars and perfectly-coiffed hair.
But the Danish royal family dispensed with formality last week, posing for a series on casual photographs in the grounds of their summer estate Grasten Castle.
Crown Princess Mary, her husband Crown Prince Frederik and their four children — Christian, five, Isabella, four and six-month-old twins Josephine and Vincent — seemed relaxed and happy as they posed for the intimate images.
Mary looked effortlessly chic in a blue and white summer dress with blue flats, while Frederik wore an open-necked white shirt.
Isabella and Josephine wore matching white dresses with blue detailing, similar to Mary's. Christian and Vincent took style cues from their father, wearing similar open-necked white shirts.
The family was also joined by Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik, and Frederik's brother Prince Joachim and his family.
Mary and Frederik and believed to be planning a visit to Mary's native Australia later this year.
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