I've seen that argument before and I think it's a bit inconsiderate.
Firstly, it's somewhat hard to smuggle Mary into Australia unnoticed.
Surely she should be allowed to visit the home of her family?
Unless you propose they should all gather and live in tents somewhere out in the bush?
Is it not a perfectly normal human thing for Mary to go to what used to be her hometown and walk the streets there, like she did before?
Immerse herself in the feeling, sound and smell of Australia? Listening to the sound of Australians around her? Something she is hardly used to now.
She may sometimes even feel a little homesick for Hobart.
As for her visit being announced beforehand. So what if it was?
As a matter of fact, as far as I understand it, her visit was confirmed by the court when she was already on her way.
I don't understand why it should be kept secret at all.
It's a perfectly natural thing to do, to visit your family. Even for Crown Princesses. In fact I would consider it very odd if she didn't visit her family or insisted that they should go to DK.
And allow me to point out that the media were told in no uncertain terms that this was a private visit.
It was the Australian and (naturally) the Danish media that showed an interest in her visit. They could have opted to say: okay, Mary is here on holiday, we'll leave her alone and just mention her visit en passant.
And Australians could feel proud of the fact that Mary has a free space in Tasmania, where she can be herself.
That wasn't to be and fair enough.
It's not like Mary had to play a trumpet at the market in Hobart to get attention.
Give Mary the benefit of doubt and be glad with her that she saw her family again. Think positive.
Not really, maybe its because there are not many other royals who do supposedly "private" issues so publicly like Mary does. Its about making announcements about "private issues" (what is a contradiction in itself anyway) and then doing the private business out in the open, incl welcome (and sometimes not so welcome but calculated) media attraction.
Its possible to visit friends or family or go on holiday almost unnoticed IF you really want to, even for royals. Needless to say that all royal houses are attention seekers, a matter of survival, some pretend to work all the time, some even up to the degree that it is listed on the agenda when they drive a new electric car around the streets of Palma, but the celebrity strategy (going somewhere to be seen and when its "private" even tell in advance to make sure the pictures are splashed all across the globe) of the DRF is quite absurd and may not work forever, even in Denmark.
Ah! Thanks. It's always a little confusing for me to see wedding rings on the left hand. In most parts of Germany it's "engagement ring left, wedding ring right"
Can't we just move on and talk about the Crown Prince and Crown Princesses current events in a positive way 
