Prince Frederik & Princess Mary's Official Visit to Australia: Feb. 27-March 11, 2005

pdas1201 · Mar 9, 2005

Fred and Mary visiting the Government House

pdas1201 · Mar 9, 2005

Fred and Mary touring the Gardens of the Parliament House

Balqis · Mar 9, 2005

Pdas, you are a STAR!!! Thanks so much for all the pics

pdas1201 · Mar 9, 2005

Balqis said:
Pdas, you are a STAR!!! Thanks so much for all the pics

You are welcome, Balqis.

Thank you very much for the beautiful compliment. ::Heart::

Danielle · Mar 9, 2005

Melbourne crowds cheer royal couple

By Rachel Kleinman
March 10, 2005 - 11:25AM

Prince Frederik and Princess Mary pose with Lynne and John Landy, Governor of Victoria, at Government House.
Photo: AFP

The Age welcomes submissions of photographs from readers of the visit of Denmark's Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik. Email JPGs with your name and a clear caption to this address and we may publish them at theage.com.au.

Several thousand Victorians gathered today in Melbourne's Federation Square for the arrival of the Danish royal couple currently touring Australia.

Tasmanian-born Crown Princess Mary and husband Crown Prince Frederick arrived in the square around 11.10am this morning after a private meeting with Victorian Governor John Landy and his wife.

Among the cheeering well wishers were a group of about 50 schoolchildren given the day off from the Danish school in Toorak.

The royals along with Victorian Steve Bracks are inaugurating a live videolink from Federation Square to Copenhagen's Radhusspladsen (City Hall Square).

After their duties at Federation Square the royal couple will take a boat cruise on the Yarra River before attending a midday state reception at Sumac.

Late this afternoon, Princess Mary and Prince Frederik will make their first official visit to the Princess' home state of Tasmania.

At 4pm, the couple will touch down at Hobart Airport, where they will be greeted by Premier Paul Lennon, Governor William Cox, and schoolchildren before their motorcade weaves through the Salamanca waterfront precinct.

Police expect 5,000 well-wishers to flock to the centre of Hobart to greet the royal couple.

The Danish flag will fly above Parliament House, as it did when the couple married last year.

Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria is also visiting Melbourne today for a six-day visit as patron of a Swedish trade, culture and tourism showcase.

- with AAP

http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Melbourne-crowds-cheer-royal-couple/2005/03/10/1110316124105.html

pdas1201 · Mar 9, 2005

March 10, 2005: Prince Frederik and Princess Mary of Denmark visit the Federation Square in Melbourne, Australia.

Mary looks wonderful as usual. I like the hat with the little feather and the jacket quite a lot, and, ofcourse the dress from the Copenhagen Fashion Show is a classic. The only qualm I have with the whole ensemble is the length of the jacket compared to the dress. I just feel that the jacket should be longer or at least up to the hem of the dress underneath.

pdas1201 · Mar 9, 2005

More pics...

Dennism · Mar 9, 2005

From dr.dk

Australierne vil blive mindet om det danske kronprinspar, også efter at parret har forladt landet.

I anledning af kronprins Frederik og kronprinsesse Marys første officielle besøg i kronprinsessens hjemland har det australske postvæsen nemlig fået trykt frimærker med billeder af parret.

Frimærkearket er en kombination af 10 flotte 50 cents frimærker, der viser Australiens placering på verdenskortet og billeder af kronprinsparret.

Billederne er nøje udvalgt og viser foruden det officielle bryllupsbillede også kronprins Frederik og Marys første tid som ægtepar - både i officielle og i mere afslappede situationer, oplyser frimærkeagenten for det australske postvæsen i Skandinavien, Nordfrim."

Australians will be reminded of the Danish Royal Couple long after they leave the country. In honor of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess´ first official visit to the Crown Princess´ homeland, Australia Post will be issuing stamps with images of the couple on them. The stamps will be a combination of 10 50 cent pieces along with a world map showing Australia and photos of the Crown Princely couple. The images, which will be accurately selected and displayed along with the official wedding photos and those photos done when they were first married, will be of an official kind and of a more relaxed variety, said the postal agent of Australia Post, who is in charge of mail that goes to Scandinavia.

Danielle · Mar 9, 2005

Thank you pdas1201 for the photos.

A princess is dazzled by the darling buds of March
By Damien Murphy
March 10, 2005

After the fauna, the flora ... Princess Mary accepts flowers from four-year-old Arabella Edwards from the Canberra suburb of O'Connor.
Photo: Andrew Taylor

Royalty or not, the mob could not be blamed for being unruly. The last time eastern greys living in the parklands of Government House in Canberra had contact with humans, the males were neutered.

So the challenge yesterday was to win their co-operation for a photograph with worldwide distribution potential: the princess and the 'roos.

The "great kangaroo hunt of Yarralumla" began with a busload of cameramen and women, photographers and journalists driving into the grounds and dropped near the kangaroos, dozing indifferently under gum trees in the afternoon heat.

The idea was that Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary, the Governor-General, Major-General Michael Jeffery, and his wife, Marlena, would casually wander between the cameras and the animals to allow the instant Australiana-meets-European royalty to be recorded for posterity.

"Be aware," a Government House spokesman warned the media, "these are wild animals. They go where they want to go."

But the media were noisy, and some of them colourfully dressed, so the mob were spooked and bounced too far away. Yarralumla's gardening supervisor, Norm Dunn, and his team herded the mob into a photo opportunity, with the aid of a four-wheel-drive. When the regal and vice-regal couples walked into view, the 'roos helpfully hopped into frame to a chorus of clicking cameras.

Impressed, the royal couple appeared to be making Skippy calls. Mary even stepped back into her husband's steadying arm when the eastern greys bounced up.

Then the couple were whisked off for afternoon tea at the Lodge with the Prime Minister, John Howard, and his wife, Janette. Later, at a reception at Parliament House, a beaming Mr Howard told Prince Frederik that Australians gratefully approved his choice of bride and attributed their famous romance to the "sparkle of a great city" - Sydney during the 2000 Olympics.

The Opposition Leader, Kim Beazley, said the princess was a tribute to public education, telling a story about a Tasmanian teachers' union banner at the time of the royal wedding which said: "Tasmanian Public Schools - Education for a Princess."

Earlier the couple checked out the view of Canberra from the roof of Parliament House and toured the National Museum.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/A-princess-is-dazzled-by-the-darling-buds-of-March/2005/03/09/1110316095542.html

Dennism · Mar 9, 2005

The Age
March 10, 2005

Crown Princess Mary looked down on a sea of umbrellas, smiling faces and Danish and Aussie flags as thousands of cheering Melburnians gathered in Federation Square to see Denmark's royal visitors.

Schoolchildren sported plastic tiaras and strained to catch a glimpse of the glamorous couple, while older fans clutched cameras, hoping to capture the moment on film.

All seemed mesmerised as Mary reminisced about living in Melbourne.

"Melbourne was actually my first home away from home, a time which I enjoyed immensely," she said.

"It is a great city to live in."

In the mid-1990s, before meeting Crown Prince Frederik in Sydney, Mary Donaldson lived in Melbourne and worked as an advertising executive.

Princess Mary told the large crowd that the couple were moved by Melbourne's welcome.

"Thank you for ...welcoming us with such warm hearts, it is really overwhelming and makes us so extremely happy."

"Another event that we were very moved to hear about was the public celebration of our wedding that Federation Square hosted last year."

Mary wore a three-quarter length white coat with a gold and green print over an olive green dress, topped by a matching green hat with cream brim and feather.

Victorian Premier Steve Bracks said it was a pleasure and a thrill to have Denmark's royals in Melbourne.

"The distance between Denmark and Victoria is vast but the ties are strong," he said.

The prince and princess were at Federation Square to launch Square To Square, a non-stop video link between Federation Square and Copenhagen's Radhuspladsen (City Hall Square).

Frederik and Mary launched the link by chatting to the mayor of the Danish capital who, along with several expat Aussies, braved the freezing temperatures in the City Hall Square at 1am local time.

Mr Bracks said the project would close the distance and strengthen the ties between the countries.

"The permanent link will enable someone standing here to see someone standing in Copenhagen and talk to them in real time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week."

Princess Mary joked: "Who knows what relationships will be established by the video link?"

The crowd included about 100 parents and children from Toorak's Danish School.

Mother Charlotte Frimodt and her daughter Kasandra, 11, were thrilled to be there. Kasandra had brought an AFL footy as a present for the
prince and a bouquet of red and white roses for the princess.

"I like them because they are down to earth and very nice people.

"I am very pleased to have the day off school to be here," she said.

Meanwhile, an older fan, Lynn Elphinstone from Perth, was in town to visit her daughter.

"I thought I would come along because they are not coming to Perth," she said.

Ms Elphinstone has been a royal watcher since the age of four, when she saw the Queen in 1954.

After taking time to greet the crowds, Frederik and Mary boarded a boat called Royal Barge for a 15-minute trip to the Docklands to attend a state reception hosted by Mr Bracks.

The Danish couple's short Melbourne visit will end this afternoon when they fly to Mary's home state of Tasmania.

Dennism · Mar 9, 2005

The Age

Frankston's Danish pastry supply could dry up today when baker Erik Hermansen abandons his ovens for lunch with Denmark's royal couple.

Mr Hermansen, who runs the Viking Danish Bakery, and his daughter, Renee, were "tickled pink" to get an invitation to a state reception for Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary, hosted by Victorian Premier Steve Bracks and his wife, Terry.

The royal visitors are nearing the end of a two-week Australian tour. Melburnians can meet them at Federation Square at 11am where they will launch "Square to Square", a live video link with Copenhagen.

They will then take a boat down the Yarra to the Docklands reception centre at South Wharf.

"My daughter was tickled pink when we got the invite," Mr Hermansen said. "She is a kindergarten teacher and will be able to go back and tell all her kids about it."

Mr Hermansen, 58, arrived in Australia 35 years ago and has run the bakery for six years.

"We make traditional Danish pastries and the really heavy rye bread," he said. "And we import specialities such as rollmop herrings and Danish fried onion."
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About 2000 Danes live in Victoria and many older Danes have settled in Melbourne's bayside and peninsula suburbs.

Melbourne's Danish Club president, Preben Hansen, will also attend the reception. The Middle Park club has nearly 500 members.

"Mary is No. 1, not only here but over there (in Denmark)," Mr Hansen said.

Melbourne Lord Mayor John So will present the couple with a kangaroo and emu-leather-bound book containing wedding congratulations from Melburnians.

Danish honorary consul-general Jan Ravnholt said Melbourne nearly missed out on seeing the couple.

"Officially Melbourne was not in the program," he said. "But we managed to sway them, partly because Melbourne held the biggest celebration in Australia for their wedding."

Nice photo of the couple from the Herald Sun in Melbourne.

Dennism · Mar 9, 2005

DENMARK'S Crown Prince Frederik and Australian-born Princess Mary chatted to Australians living in Copenhagen by videolink from Melbourne today.

Several thousand well-wishers crammed into every possible vantage point at Federation Square to welcome the popular royal couple.

Fans of the royal's waved small Australian and Danish flags when they arrived shortly after 11am.

Looking relaxed as usual, Mary wore a three-quarter length cream coat with gold detail over an olive green dress topped by a matching green hat with cream brim and feather.

Frederik wore a light grey suit.

After being greeted by Premier Steve Bracks the royal couple launched the continuous video conference link to Copenhagen's Town Hall Square (Radhusspladsen).

The royal couple then stopped to talk and meet the crowd, which included about 30 students and parents from the Danish school in Toorak.

Zachary Matys, 8, gave Mary some red roses while his brother Oliver, 5, presented her with Fruit Tingles, which she has been craving while living in Denmark.

Their mother Anette said the boys had been talking about the royal visit all week.

"It's lovely to have a royal visit," she said.

"We're very proud of being Danish and this brings Denmark closer and makes their (the boys) cultural heritage more pronounced."

Also in the crowd was Kathryn McGrory and her daughter Charlotte who gave the princess a picture she had drawn of Mary's wedding day.

The royal couple attended a state reception on the banks of the Yarra River before flying to Mary's hometown of Hobart this afternoon.

In a departure from schedule, Princess Mary delivered a speech to launch the Square to Square Project instead of her husband.

The Crown Princess thanked the crowd for their warm welcome and reminisced briefly about her time in Melbourne, her first home away from home.

The Crown Princess and Prince then boarded a boat to take them down Melbourne's Yarra River to a state reception.

AAP

Dennism · Mar 9, 2005

Hobart Mercury

Welome home, Mary
By HEATHER LOW CHOY
10mar05

HOBART will throw Tasmania's own royal, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, a homecoming to remember today.

Thousands of well-wishers are likely to line the streets to welcome the local girl who will one day reign over Europe's oldest kingdom.

Princess Mary has not been home since marrying the heir to the Danish throne, Crown Prince Frederik, last May.

She will arrive in Hobart's city centre shortly after 4.30pm to find as many as 5000 Tasmanians cheering her on and the Danish flag flying above Parliament House in her honour.

The royal couple will be chauffeured into town almost immediately after touching down at Hobart Airport at 4pm today.

Their official visit will last just more than 24 hours. But there is talk that Princess Mary may be looking to kick off her week-long Tasmanian holiday a little early.

Speculation abounds that the former Taroona schoolgirl could relax upon arrival and enjoy some hometown hospitality after an arduous and very formal national tour.

The Danish media say a rousing welcome from her home state could elicit an emotional response from Princess Mary.

They are expecting that she will be considerably more relaxed here than she has been on the royal tour to date.

"We think she might not be able to help but dispense with formality and interact with the general public spontaneously," a Danish television identity said.

"Throughout the tour so far, we've seen that she's wanted to do that, but something's been holding her back. Perhaps she's been under orders from the palace.

"Here in Tasmania, at home, I think we'll see more who she is and less who she's been told she should be."

Police say while security around the Danish royals will be tight, there will be scope for Princess Mary and Prince Frederik to engage with the Tasmanian public.

"They seem a fairly relaxed couple, so we're planning for anything, depending on what they might want to do," said Acting Inspector David Richardson of Tasmania Police.

He suggested that well-wishers wanting to greet Princess Mary this afternoon position themselves somewhere along her inner-city motorcade route.

"The best possible opportunity to see the Princess today is going to be tonight when the motorcade proceeds along the waterfront and Salamanca, and then through the city," Acting Insp Richardson said.

The royal couple's motorcade will depart shortly after 5pm from Hunter St, where Princess Mary is to open a porcelain exhibition at the University of Tasmania's School of Art.

Acting Insp Richardson warned commuters the Princess's motorcade would travel through the city from 5.30pm to 5.45pm, or thereabouts.

While a green-light corridor would minimise delays, people looking to avoid delays entirely were advised to "leave work a little early, or a little late".

"We remind the public we're going to control the intersections and there will be delays," Acting Insp Richardson said.

He said he did know whether the royal couple would have the windows of their car wound up or down as they travelled Hobart's city streets.

Acting Insp Richardson nominated the public viewing area in Hunter St as a good location for people hoping to see Mary from top to toe.

The Danish royals will arrive at the Plimsoll Gallery in Hunter St about 4.40pm, directly from the airport.

Fans hoping to greet Mary at the airport would probably be disappointed as access would be limited, Acting Insp Richardson warned.

A small delegation will formally welcome Princess Mary off her private flight from Melbourne, including Governor William Cox and Premier Paul Lennon.

The Premier's office was secretive yesterday when asked what the state's official gift to Princess Mary and Prince Frederik would be.

"It won't be a bronze tiger," a spokesman said, referring to the sculpture Tasmanian Senator Paul Calvert presented to the couple in Canberra yesterday.

The motorcade through Hobart will wind up at Government House, where the couple will spend the night.

They will be guests of honour at a state dinner to be hosted by the Governor and his wife, Jocelyn.

On Friday morning, the couple will hold two press conferences - one in English, one in Danish - at Government House.

At 9.20am they will plant a tree in the stately mansion's grounds, and then tour the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery from 9.45am.

The Princess and Prince will then fly by helicopter to the Port Arthur Historic Site, arriving at 11.10am.

After travelling back by road, the royals will be guests of honour at two events at Wrest Point - a state reception for 1200 guests at 4.30pm and then a charity ball at 8.15pm.

Once they leave the ball, their Tasmanian holiday kicks off. It is expected they will spend much of their private time at a remote lodge with Mary's family.

Balqis · Mar 9, 2005

pdas1201 said:
March 10, 2005: Prince Frederik and Princess Mary of Denmark visit the Federation Square in Melbourne, Australia.

Mary looks wonderful as usual. I like the hat with the little feather and the jacket quite a lot, and, ofcourse the dress from the Copenhagen Fashion Show is a classic. The only qualm I have with the whole ensemble is the length of the jacket compared to the dress. I just feel that the jacket should be longer or at least up to the hem of the dress underneath.

I think the colour of the skirt is lovely with the coat. Thanks for the latest pics, pdas. These photo agencies are fast! It's now just after 3 o'clock in the afternoon in Melbourne, so this took place just over 3 hours ago. Wish I could have been there

But seeing the photos is really great.

Dennism · Mar 10, 2005

Stuff.co.nz

Charles forgotten as Australia's Mary-mania grows
10 March 2005

CANBERRA: Prince who? A fleeting visit to Australia by Britain's Prince Charles has already been forgotten, but the former British colony remains gripped with royal fever as homegrown Crown Princess Mary of Denmark enchants the nation's capital. Australia's Parliament House was abuzz yesterday as staff deserted their offices to catch a glimpse of Mary and her husband Crown Prince Frederik, who have drawn much larger crowds around Australia than Britain's embattled heir-to-the-throne Charles.

Some have suggested that Britain's middle-aged Prince Charles - who is battling waning popularity over his impending wedding to divorcee Camilla Parker Bowles - should follow the lead of Frederik and marry an Australian.

"Well done! You showed a lot of sense picking an Australian," an elderly well-wisher told Frederik when the couple arrived in Canberra on Tuesday.

Charles' five-day visit to Australia last week was completely overshadowed by the overlapping tour of Mary and Frederik, who married in May last year after a fairytale romance that began with a chance meeting in a Sydney bar during the 2000 Olympics.

"At times your life must be scary, but yer doing us proud, Tassie Mary. Sassy-lass you've brought home no frog, yer Prince Fred is better than a kelpie dog," one well-wisher penned on a poster to greet Mary and Frederik when they arrived in Canberra.

Mary is from Tasmania state and a kelpie is a sheepdog. The princess, who was apprehensive about her first visit home since her wedding, has said she has been overwhelmed by the reception the couple have received in Australia. The Canberra Times newspaper yesterday declared her "The people's princess".

Thousands of people gathered at the Australian war memorial, where the couple laid a wreath on Tuesday, while another 500 turned out to see the young couple yesterday at the National Museum of Australia. Mary has also been inundated with packets of "Fruit Tingles" after saying in a television interview that the fizzy candies were one of the things she missed most about Australia.

"You wouldn't believe how many packets of these I've been given," Mary said during a visit to the Australian National University.

Later on Wednesday Mary and Frederik will feed kangaroos at Government House - the home of Governor General Michael Jeffery, the representative of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in Australia - before meeting Prime Minister John Howard for afternoon tea. Charles completed his first visit to Australia in more than a decade on Saturday, when he flew to New Zealand. He will head to Fiji on Thursday and then return to Britain to prepare for his April 8 wedding.

HMQueenElizabethII · Mar 10, 2005

Thanks lots for pics.Princess Mary looks really radiant,beautiful Princess!

Some photos from AAP Image:

Some more photos:

HMQueenElizabethII · Mar 10, 2005

And some more:

HMQueenElizabethII · Mar 10, 2005

The more pics:

Danielle · Mar 10, 2005

We're giving Mary the Tingles

By Damien Murphy
March 9, 2005

Mary inspects her bouquet de Fruit Tingles.
Photo: Andrew Taylor

A Canberra father cleared out the Fruit Tingles in milk bars around his suburb and sat up until the early hours of yesterday fashioning them into a bouquet to catch a princess's eye.

It worked like a charm. Princess Mary was sweeping all before her as she visited the Australian National University in Canberra when the Fruit Tingles stopped her in mid-regal flow.

"Oh! How lovely," she said delightedly, spying Sian Gore Phillips, 5, standing at her father Glenn's side with her fruity offering. Ever since Mary confessed to a yearning for the lollies as one of the things she missed about Australia, on Andrew Denton's ABC TV program Enough Rope, she has been showered with them. They continued to rain down yesterday as Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary were in Canberra for the second leg of their Australian tour. Even at the Australian War Memorial, the deluge persisted with the princess telling wellwishers conspiratorially: "You wouldn't believe how many Fruit Tingles I've got." But Sian's astounding "bouquet de Fruit Tingles" took the prize.

Her father said: "I showed the security people straight away when we got here. I didn't want Sian to have the bouquet confiscated as a terrorist threat or something."
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Were-giving-Mary-the-Tingles/2005/03/08/1110160829978.html

Lyonnaise · Mar 10, 2005

Polfoto 10-03-2005 Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark walk to their boat before embarking on a cruise on the Yarra River in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, March 10, 2005. (AP Photo/Ryan Pierse, Pool)

Dennism · Mar 10, 2005

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