Princess Mary's perfect posers

Denmark's Princess Mary's baby twins are "perfect" posers, according to the photographer who took their official portraits.

Snapper Steen Brogaard - who was chosen to take photos of the brown-eyed, brunette baby boy and girl with their parents Mary, 39 and Crown Prince Frederik, 42 - explained they couldn't have been more well-behaved.

The snaps of the twins - who were born on January 8 - were released yesterday by the palace.

He said: "They were perfectly behaved. They did not cry.

"They were very beautiful and were wide awake, very aware and looking at everything. They also smiled a lot."

Steen admitted the family photographs were among his favourite portraits he has taken of the Danish royals.

He added to Australia's Herald Sun newspaper: "It's clear from the photographs what kind of father Prince Frederik is. He was very happy and proud of the twins and he could not stop smiling.

"Princess Mary was very happy and relaxed as a mother. She did not appear overwhelmed by two babies."

The twins - who will be named at their christening in April - are siblings for the couple's eldest children Prince Christian, 5, and Princess Isabella, 3.

After their birth at Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, Prince Frederik dubbed the latest additions to his family "double trouble" but a "miracle times two."