{"id":905608,"date":"2026-09-26T01:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T01:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/905608\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T01:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T01:06:21","slug":"royal-women-embracing-their-grey-hair-including-queen-mary-of-denmark-and-queen-letizia-of-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/905608\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal women embracing their grey hair, including Queen Mary of Denmark and Queen Letizia of Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queen Mary<\/a> of Denmark is widely regarded as one of royalty\u2019s most stylish and well-groomed figures, consistently topping so-called \u201cbest dressed\u201d lists and dominating royal fashion fan pages.<\/p>\n

So a recent photograph of the Australian-born royal with a number of her natural greys showing alongside her brunette hair might have come as a surprise to fans.<\/p>\n

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Queen Mary was seen with a few strands of grey hair poking through on September 14 in Copenhagen.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

While still exuding the polish and poise she has become known for, the 54-year-old chose not to cover up her re-growth, instead allowing a few grey hairs to be seen at her temple and ears \u2013 and she\u2019s not the only royal style icon to do so.<\/p>\n

Mary was in Copenhagen for an event on the city\u2019s harbour to mark the end of the royal sailing season, which saw the queen and King Frederik visit a number of Danish towns<\/a> as part of their summer tour on board the yacht Dannebrog.<\/p>\n

Wearing a dress by Australian label Camilla + Marc, a blazer by Harris Wharf London and a floral silk headband, she briefly stopped to speak to a group of Australian tourists lucky to coincide their visit with the event on September 14.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Queen Mary and King Frederik travelled to Oslo for the funeral of King Harald V<\/a>. The sombre event on September 9<\/a> brought together royalty and heads of state from around the world \u2013 including another very stylish queen who has embraced her own grey hair in recent years.<\/p>\n

Much like Queen Mary, Spain\u2019s Queen Letizia<\/a>, also 54, is a favourite among royal fashion watchers. <\/p>\n

Both women left their \u201ccommoner\u201d lives to marry into their respective royal families \u2212 in 2004 \u2212 and ever since, they have been praised for their approach to fashion, applauded for consistently choosing outfits appropriate to the occasion.<\/p>\n

It was 2020 when Queen Letizia, a former television journalist, was first seen with her grey hair showing<\/a>. Letizia had joined her husband King Felipe VI on a tour of Spanish towns and cities severely impacted by COVID-19 lockdowns.<\/p>\n

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Queen Letizia was first seen with a number of grey stands in her hair during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

Photos from her visit to the wine-making region of Haro, in northern Spain, made headlines at the time as the queen\u2019s appearance was a break from the royal norm.<\/p>\n

She was quickly praised for appearing normal, particularly during a time when the coronavirus shutdowns meant most people were unable to keep up their own regular salon appointments.<\/p>\n

Six years after the pandemic, Queen Letizia continues to be seen with strands of her natural grey hair when on-duty, including at the most formal palace galas to everyday engagements.<\/p>\n

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In the past six years Queen Letizia has often been photographed with grey strands alongside her dark hair including here in Chiva in November, 2024.\u00a0Carlos Alvarez\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s Princess of Wales<\/a>, too, was recently spotted with what many observers online were calling strands of grey hair, though they were less obvious among her lighter tones.<\/p>\n

Catherine was embracing what is being called \u201cgrey blending\u201d by hair experts.<\/p>\n

Creative ambassador for John Frieda UK, Andreas Wild, said more clients were asking for the method to reduce the number of times they need to visit a salon.<\/p>\n

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While Catherine\u2019s very faint greys are harder to see with her bronde highlights, experts say she is embracing the trend of \u201cgrey blending\u201d.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThe desire for harsh, high-maintenance roots is fading, and people want a\u00a0softer, more seamless result that doesn\u2019t demand a salon visit every two to three weeks,\u201d Wild told Hello!<\/a> magazine.<\/p>\n

Rather than being seen as \u201cletting themselves go\u201d, Queen Mary and Queen Letizia are clearly making a conscious decision to not dye their roots as regularly as one might expect them. <\/p>\n

Despite having hairdressers at their fingertips, perhaps this relaxed approach to regrowth is part of a high-profile push towards age positivity.<\/p>\n

In Monaco, Princess Caroline of Hanover has been fully grey for several years now. <\/p>\n

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Princess Caroline of Hanover, seen here on Monaco\u2019s national day in November 2025, has been grey since 2021.\u00a0PLS Pool\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The royal, 69, who is the older sister of Prince Albert II<\/a>, started letting her natural greys show in mid-2020<\/a> and a year later, she had fully embraced the salt and pepper look instead of her usual brown hair.<\/p>\n

While so many regular women feel pressure to look young and find solutions to the beauty side effects that come with ageing, it is refreshing to see Letizia, Mary and Caroline \u2212 stylish women in their own regard \u2212 embracing their grey hair, and perhaps bucking the trend of having to look perfect at all times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queen Mary of Denmark is widely regarded as one of royalty\u2019s most stylish and well-groomed figures, consistently topping…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":905609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-905608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/905609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}