1. Charlene's cat suit
Just given birth to twins? That would be the time to wear a red cat suit then. Charlene of Monaco didn't just get away with it, she knocked the competition out of the water when she went scarlet at the Red Cross Ball. Modern, modest and just plain marvellous.
Charlene of Monaco makes royal red rule at the Red Cross Ball 2015
2. The wedding crasher
You're not really meant to look this good at someone else's wedding but if you've got a film star dress to wear, what can you do? The red gown chosen by the then Letizia Ortiz for the marriage of the Crown Prince of Denmark in May 2004 is still among her best looks ever. Luckily the bride, Mary Donaldson, had chosen a stunner of a frock otherwise red might just have trumped white.
3. A dress fit for a (Crown) Princess
There should actually be a rule that Victoria of Sweden has to wear the red fairytale gown she showed off at the Nobel Prize Dinner in 2014 at least once a year. It is beyond beautiful and gets better with every viewing. As a favour to the rest of us, this future queen should find more balls to go to so we get to see this queen of dresses a bit more often.
4. It's my party....
Every birthday girl deserves to wear the best gown on show at her own party but when you're a queen regnant turning 75 then fabulous frocks are compulsory. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark didn't disappoint at her big birthday bash in April 2015 giving us one of the royal looks of the year.
5. Relaxing into red
Forget the red fringe outfit that she picked for the evening do ahead of her husband becoming king (really, try to), there is only one red gala gown that needs to stay in Queen Maxima of the Netherlands wardrobe and that's the lace effect dress she wore to the wedding of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden. About as elegant as you can get and paired with some pretty impressive jewels, this was Maxima at her very best and showed she's really relaxed into wearing red. A total winner.
6. Regal in red
The prize for most red ever worn at a royal event can only belong to one person. Queen Silvia of Sweden had so much of the colour on at the wedding of Prince Joachim of Denmark and Alexandra Manley in 1995 that there was little room for her husband in any of the photos. A full skirt, huge shawl and magnificent bodice made this regal red spectacular stand out from the crown. And then some.
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