It seems M&F, with Mary in particular, has got a very good press so far.
Out of curiosity, how far up (or down) on the news scale are they in Australia?
Are we talking page 14 news or something more prominent?
And what's the word on the street? Are we talking about blank stares when mentioning M&F or is their visit known by most?
- The coverage here in DK, as I can tell from the articles collected here and on headlines elsewhere, is that M&F (and thereby Australia) has got a very good coverage. Every news media worth mentioning in DK has something.
Hi Muhler - it's really blanket coverage here in Oz.
Lengthy reporting on all news broadcasts throughout the day and evening, on all channels.
Yesterday's paper had - as mentioned by MaggieDenmark and Lady Rosie - almost all of the cover and first inside pages devoted to M and F, while the first important date in a while for "our" Royals - Prince George's Christening - was relegated to pages 20-21, and in a much smaller format.
One of the photos in yesterday's paper, (won't have today's paper for a while, hubby doing a double - ! - gym session this morning, so will be home late), is of the hands of some of the crowd with a mix of Danish and Australian flags together.
(Frederik has "made" Mary Danish, but Mary has "made" Frederik Australian.)
Yesterday's report has the story of a Mr Mads Hartvig-Jensen who is here from Denmark with his family for a month's holiday, and they made sure they didn't miss out on seeing M and F.
He is from Copenhagen, and the paper said he was "glowing in his praise of Mary".
Quote from Mads - "Mary is doing a fantastic job. If it is a job. She is wonderful, the whole family has managed to stay connected with the people and not be so high flying. The Danish people really like Mary".
A very nice photo of CP Frederik smiling broadly is along side this part of the report.
As for "the word on the street" -
One young Asian-Australian lady was on a lot of reports last night - she had got to shake hands with Mary and was a bit overcome by it.
A very nice young Australian of what background I don't know, but dark-skinned, was working for the company that put down the carpet for the Ole Lynggaard opening and said he never bothers to stay around to see the various VIPS and celebraties involved in his work, but when we told him it was CP Mary he said he wished he had asked what the event was about, as he would have stayed and watched this time if he knew it was going to be her.
I was standing near a tall young Asian office-worker at one stage and she was getting frantic because one of the police officers stationed himself just in front of her view of CP Mary as she was shaking people's hands - she was begging him to move aside a little, but he wouldn't - couldn't actually, obviously under orders.
There was also a very pretty, well-dressed, sophisticated-looking white Australian lady standing near us who was a bit choked up - after CP Mary drove off, this lady said she felt a bit teary, but she didn't know why. (I think we were all just really pleased to see CP Mary in real-life, that she is really well-respected and we all think she has done Australia proud.)
An older Asian gentleman started telling us about CP Mary, while she was in the shop. After a while an older white Australian lady asked what country he was from and he said "Australia!". "Well it was a stupid question I suppose",she replied, and we all laughed.
Another lady told me she had got to shake CP Mary's hand, and she was off to telephone her daughter about it.
Several people in the crowd said they were meant to be elsewhere, or were running late, but they weren't going to leave until they had seen CP Mary.
So as you can see - a broad spectrum of Australian society, and everyone happy and enthusiastic to be a part of it all.
Cheers for Now, Sun Lion.
Once again Sun Lion, thank you for your hands on accounts.
I would love to see the pictures of them on the boat
Glad they can get some time for themselves
Hi polyesco- I won't try to figure out how to post my sailing photos from day 1.
I've just seen some much better shots are now available, and have been posted on other Royal Forums.
Cheers, Sun Lion.