{"id":168198,"date":"2026-03-19T14:23:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/168198\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:23:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:23:19","slug":"danish-royals-frederik-and-mary-finish-australian-tour-with-visit-to-queens-home-state-of-tasmania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/168198\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish royals Frederik and Mary finish Australian tour with visit to queen’s home state of Tasmania"},"content":{"rendered":"

King Frederik of Denmark and Queen Mary were welcomed to Hobart on Thursday afternoon by a crowd happy to see the Danish Royals up close.<\/p>\n

It was the royal couple’s first official public visit to the queen’s home state of Tasmania since 2005, and the final day of their tour of Australia.<\/p>\n

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Queen Mary and King Frederik meet with crowds in Hobart. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)<\/p>\n

It was also the only opportunity Tasmanians had to be close to the king and their “homegrown” queen.<\/p>\n

Afterwards, the king and queen attended a state reception hosted by Tasmanian Governor Barbara Baker AC, marking the conclusion of their state visit to Australia.<\/p>\n

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Live coverage of King Frederik and Queen Mary’s meet and greet on Hobart’s waterfront<\/p>\n

7h agoThu 19 Mar 2026 at 6:38am<\/p>\n

Goodbye Danish Royals!\"\"(ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)<\/p>\n

As former prime minister Robert Menzies once said of Queen Elizabeth II, “I did but see her passing by…”<\/p>\n

We will leave our live coverage of the Danish Royals visit to Hobart here.<\/p>\n

It seemed to go really well; they had a big day of events but seemed relaxed and genuinely enthused to meet the crowd at Hunter Street, from what I could tell.<\/p>\n

A successful Royal visit.<\/p>\n

Until next time, FARVEL!*<\/p>\n

*Danish for farewell<\/p>\n

7h agoThu 19 Mar 2026 at 6:29am<\/p>\n

Happy faces all around for the Royal visit<\/p>\n

Here is some video from today’s meet-and-greet with the Danish Royals, King Frederik and Queen Mary in Hobart.<\/p>\n

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7h agoThu 19 Mar 2026 at 6:25am<\/p>\n

Queen Mary and Frederick a hit in Hobart\"\"\"\"Show moreCrowds delighted by royals\"Queen<\/p>\n

Tasmania was the last stop on the king and queen’s tour of Australia. (ABC News: Monty Jacka)<\/p>\n

In her address at Government House, Queen Mary said there “isn’t a more special place” to end their tour than in Tasmania.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I’ve been inspired and so impressed by the breadth of collaboration between our two countries,” Queen Mary said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I would also like to say a huge thank you to all the Tasmanians who have made us feel so welcome.<\/p>\n

“It has been so touching for both Frederik and I to feel so much warmth and interest.”<\/p>\n

Earlier, Hobart’s waterfront filled up with onlookers eager to meet the Danish royals.<\/p>\n

Danish tourists Cecilie and Sandra were “starstruck” to meet their king and queen.<\/p>\n

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Danish tourists Sandra (left) and Cecilie didn’t know the king and queen would be in Hobart. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)<\/p>\n

“We didn’t know they were coming; it was only on the ferry that we found out, so we had to be here to meet them,” Sandra said.<\/p>\n

While the tourists caught a ‘hello’ from Queen Mary, King Frederik spoke to the pair for a while.<\/p>\n

They said King Frederick also said he was a fan of Sandra’s Tasmanian merch.<\/p>\n

“He said he liked my T-shirt. I really love this T-shirt so it’s amazing he actually noticed it,” Sandra said.<\/p>\n

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Zelah Dutta-Nielsen (right) brought a sign that reads “welcome home to Tasmania”. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)<\/p>\n

Zelah Dutta-Nielsen was one of the people who got to the waterfront early to welcome the king and queen.<\/p>\n

“It’s very special for us because my husband is actually Danish, our daughters are half-Danish,” Ms Dutta-Nielsen said.<\/p>\n

She brought some Danish “P\u00e5laegschokolade” for Queen Mary to sign.<\/p>\n

“It’s a special breakfast that the girls always get treated to when they’re in Denmark,” she said.<\/p>\n

“That’s as Danish as you’re gonna get.”Boats, lobsters and plaques\"King<\/p>\n

King Frederik takes a photo of Queen Mary holding a lobster. (Supplied: IMAS)<\/p>\n

It was a busy day for the Danish royals.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, the king and queen travelled to Hobart’s waterfront, where they boarded a boat to travel down the River Derwent to the Alum Cliffs Marine Reserve.<\/p>\n

They were joined by Premier Jeremy Rockliff and University of Tasmania vice-chancellor Rufus Black, and met members of the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) group working on a project to conserve giant kelp.<\/p>\n

The boat pulled alongside Alum Cliffs and the royals were shown samples of the kelp, along with the long-spined sea urchin, which is wreaking havoc on kelp forests.<\/p>\n

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Queen Mary held a lobster, after checking it wouldn’t “bite”, then posed for King Frederik to take some photos on his mobile phone.<\/p>\n

They then released lobsters back into the water.<\/p>\n

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Danish King Frederik holds a Tasmanian lobster that divers pulled from the water. (Pulse Tasmania\/Pool: Josh Agnew)<\/p>\n

Queen Mary said it “couldn’t have been a more perfect day” for the boat trip.<\/p>\n

When asked how she felt as they travelled past her former school, Taroona High School, she laughed and replied: “Some good memories popped up.”<\/p>\n

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Queen Mary (top, second from left) was on a boat when it passed by her old school, Taroona High School. (Pulse Tasmania\/Pool: Josh Agnew)<\/p>\n

Their official royal visit began on Thursday morning at Hobart’s Government House, where the royals strolled the picturesque grounds with Governor Baker.<\/p>\n

They also met several representatives of the local Aboriginal Community, who welcomed them with a traditional cleansing ceremony.<\/p>\n

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King Frederik of Denmark and Queen Mary took part in a cleansing ceremony. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)<\/p>\n

They also stopped in at MONA for a tour with founder David Walsh where they caught a pop-up set by Danish electro-pop duo ROYA at one of the museum’s exhibitions.<\/p>\n

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Other stops for the king and queen included the Agrarian Kitchen in New Norfolk \u2014 an award-winning cooking school and restaurant focused on sustainable and circular food practices.<\/p>\n

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King Frederik chats with Queen Mary at Government House. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)<\/p>\n

Prior to that, they visited Hobart ferry company Incat, which is building three battery-electric high-speed ferries for Danish operator Molsinjen \u2014 the largest electric ferries in Europe.<\/p>\n

They were joined by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff to unveil a plaque commemorating their visit on the vehicle deck of Hull 102, the first of the three ferries.<\/p>\n

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King Frederik and Queen Mary unveiled a plaque at ferry builder Incat to commemorate their visit. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)<\/p>\n

Queen’s family still living in Tasmania<\/p>\n

While the couple have travelled to the island state many times since they married, their previous trips have mostly been private, with the royals keeping a low profile and spending time with Tasmanian family and friends.<\/p>\n

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The Danish royals met with Governor Barbara Baker. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)<\/p>\n

Queen Mary’s sisters, Jane and Patricia, live in Tasmania.<\/p>\n

Tasmanian-born Mary met the then-Crown Prince Frederik at the Slip Inn bar in Sydney during the 2000 Olympics.<\/p>\n

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Queen Mary is back in her hometown of Hobart. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)<\/p>\n

The couple married in 2004 and ascended to the throne in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King Frederik of Denmark and Queen Mary were welcomed to Hobart on Thursday afternoon by a crowd happy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[13816,68967,68968,9,24,63,13802,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-168198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-danish-royals","tag-denmarks-king-frederik-x-and-queen-mary","tag-mary-donaldson","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queen-mary","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}