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Joe Bromley

How Princess Mary of Denmark has always been Kate Middleton's secret style weapon

Striking power suits by day, glittering ball gowns by night (and a lashing of polka-dots along the way) — so goes the tried-and-tested royal dressing formula, but it is not just one reserved for the Princess of Wales. 

This combination has well served the woman who might well be dubbed Kate's blueprint, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, who, following Queen Margrethe II of Denmark’s abdication to the throne on 14 January, will become Queen Consort of Denmark as her husband Crown Prince Frederik takes the throne. 

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