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    Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh Current Events 3: May-December 2004

    The Queen's apparently going to land in Darwin and head down to Adelaide on The Ghan (3 days travel by train afaik - recently been extended from Alice Springs to Darwin) then will probably head east from Adelaide into Melbourne in 2006.
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    Queen Beatrix Speaking

    Margarethe has a fantastic 'husky' accent (probably due to smoking LOL) :)
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    Queen Beatrix Speaking

    wow Beatrix's English accent is quite unique. I like!
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    Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary, Current Events 2: May - October 2004

    The Age Princess Mary may come home in February Hobart July 20, 2004 Danish Crown Princess Mary is tipped to visit her home state of Tasmania early next year, but officials say they know nothing about it. The former Hobart schoolgirl, who wed Danish Crown Prince Frederik in Copenhagen in...
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    Silver Jubilee of Queen Beatrix: April 2005

    As boring as the Windsors truly are, you can't forget all the territory they're supposed to visit: - Australia - Canada - New Zealand ....and 65 odd other Commonwealth Nations. that alone is more than any other royal family has direct rule over. still though - gimme the forward thinking...
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    Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Mary Donaldson: May 14, 2004

    Of course Australia doesn't give out titles - it doesn't have the authority to, that would come from Elizabeth II on the advice of the Prime Minister. Betty does what's for the need, want or good of Australia / Canada / New Zealand and of course the UK. Therein lies the point: After their...
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    Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Mary Donaldson: May 14, 2004

    ^^ you've just scratched the surface there. Due to the nature of Australia, with its roots firmly planted 25,000km away in the UK, there are millions of similar points of view. Ask anyone of the generation who migrated to Australia from the UK and they'll say they're Australia, but won't...
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    Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary, Current Events 2: May - October 2004

    smukkest is obviously an adjective, Mary er den SMUKKESTE prinsesse --- Mary is the <SMUKKESTE> Princess So many of the Danish verbs are similar to German - and the constructs used in stringing sentences together look to a hybrid of English and German (I have a limited knowledge of German ;))
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    Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary, Current Events 2: May - October 2004

    true, there's nothing wrong with Betty and Mags knocking their heads together and coming up with a deal! :)
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    Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary, Current Events 2: May - October 2004

    Even before the wedding, the Danish Royal family have always had some form of presence in Australia over many years - pre-Olympics too. To me it just seems quite logical to give them honourary (or make them full-blown Australian royalty!) titles such as: HRH Frederik Crown Prince of Denmark...
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