Crown Princess Mary
Scary moment while visiting Australia
Security forces must intervene during Crown Princess Mary’s visit to Sydney.
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Crown Princess Mary had a scary moment on her first official visit home in ten years.
The first official visit of the Danish Crown Princess Mary (51) to her native Australia in ten years was marred by an incident on the first day when she was approached by a man wearing a helmet and carrying a head camera. The disruptor, who was wearing a safety vest, said over a loudspeaker: “I got close to the Crown Princess” before a security officer wearing dark sunglasses intervened. Photos available among other things from “Mail Online”.show the man just a meter away from the princess’s bike just before security intervened.
According to witnesses, despite the close encounter with the attacker, the princess remained calm and ignored his approach. A witness said the man was apparently just trying to get his five seconds of fame after seeing the cameras. He is said to have gotten angry when asked to go on and a clash with the security forces reportedly ensued.
The bike ride was Mary’s first official appointment on Friday morning after landing in Sydney on Thursday evening. Other appointments for the 51-year-old and her Danish delegation will be about Australia’s transition to renewable energy.
Mary’s climate-related journey to the South Pacific began April 23 in Vanuatu, where she met key figures leading the recovery of the island, which was hit by two hurricanes and two earthquakes. She then traveled to Fiji with the Danish climate minister. However, Princess Mary’s visit Down Under will be short-lived as she attends the coronation of King Charles III in London on May 6th. (74) will attend.
Casual but stylish appearance
Even before the moment of shock, the 51-year-old appeared calm and calm in Sydney’s Hyde Park, despite being surrounded by a crowd of onlookers. Before donning her bike helmet, she tied her brunette locks back into a ponytail. She and City of Sydney staff completed a 2km bike ride through Hyde Park before cycling to Circular Quay for a light rail ride.
On that first date, the mother-of-four looked casual and stylish in baggy green pants, $230 Nike sneakers, gold bangles, a white shirt and a black blazer.
Mary and Frederic met in Sydney
The Crown Princess was last in Australia on an unofficial mission last Christmas when she was visiting family in Tasmania with her husband and four children. The Christmas holiday marked the first time they had traveled Down Under in over five years. However, Princess Mary was spotted without her family in Melbourne in March 2022, out shopping with friend and bridesmaid Amber Petty.
Mary and Frederick’s last official visit was in October 2013 when they visited the Sydney Opera House to celebrate its 40th anniversary.
The two met at a dinner in Sydney during the 2000 Olympics. Frederik and Mary were married on May 14, 2004 in Copenhagen Cathedral. Their first child, Prince Christian, was born on October 15, 2005, followed by Princess Isabella on April 21, 2007. Almost four years later, on January 8, 2011, twins Princess Josephine and Prince Vincent were born.