Princess Mary showed just how quickly she can go from drab to fab in Chile yesterday.
A makeup-free Mary and her husband Frederik swapped their usual finery for shorts and T-shirts to go trekking near Santiago, looking like any other couple enjoying the country’s famous wilderness.
But just hours later, the pair arrived at a gala event in the Chilean capital looking polished and perfect.
Mary and Frederik are in South America for three days. Their children stayed at home in Copenhagen.
Mary and Frederik hiking, and at a gala event hours later.
Mary and Frederik said they were blown away by Chile’s beauty.
The couple didn’t mind posing for pictures in their “daggy” hiking gear.
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Hours later, they dazzled at a gala event in Santiago.
Mary at a military event in Santiago.
The couple are in Chile on behalf of Queen Margrethe, who is ill.
Mary chose a simple, elegant outfit for the military parade.
Mary and Frederik are in South America for three days.
Mary and Frederik at the house of late Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.
Mary and Frederik’s four children stayed at home in Denmark.
