Princess charms another Mary
Princess Mary receives a posy of flowers in Canberra yesterday.
TINY Mary Mongan waited two hours in the hot sun to get a glimpse of her royal namesake.
But the wait was worth it.
Crown Princess Mary saw the two-year-old among thousands of well-wishers who turned out at the Australian War Memorial.
As the Princess bent down, the toddler handed over two pink roses wrapped in silver foil and quietly spoke her name.
“What a beautiful name,” Princess Mary exclaimed, to the little girls delight.
Little Mary was among about 2000 people who turned out to welcome the Princess and Prince Frederik, to Canberra as they began the second leg of their Australian visit.
It had been a more sombre mood inside the memorial, where the couple laid a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Earlier, Princess Mary shook hands with many well-wishers and collected armfuls of bouquets.
She also collected a bouquet of a more tasty kind, made out of her favourite lollies, Fruit Tingles, which are hard to find in Denmark.