Sydneysiders celebrate Princess Mary ahead of royal proclamation at pub where she first met Prince Frederik
24 years after they first met in a Sydney bar, Prince Fredrick and Princess Mary are less than 24 hours away from becoming King and Queen. They’re ascending to the Danish throne following the unexpected abdication of Queen Margrethe, and celebrations have already started on at both ends of the world.
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00:00 Denmark's royal proclamation won't have quite as much pomp and ceremony as King Charles's
00:07 coronation last year.
00:10 Expect less extravagance and more informality.
00:14 Final rehearsals are underway and stages are being set up on the streets of Copenhagen.
00:20 But there's one place in Sydney giving the Danish celebrations a run for their money.
00:25 Back when Mary was still an Aussie commoner, she met the man destined to become King of
00:30 Denmark here at the Slip-In Pub during the 2000 Olympic Games.
00:34 What are the chances of someone walking into a 130 year old pub and meeting a prince and
00:41 becoming a queen of a European country? It'd have to be like next to a million, billion,
00:46 trillion to one.
00:47 She seems pretty cool and like, I don't know, gives a bit of Aussie spunk I think sometimes,
00:52 which is nice.
00:53 I'm actually so proud of her, I think she's done really, really well.
00:56 The Slip-In has gone all out, celebrating as the meeting place of Mary and Frederick,
01:02 even adding a Danish themed cocktail to the menu called the There's Something About Mary.
01:09 There's also an El Frederico hot dog for those partial to a Danish sausage.
01:15 I ordered it for Mary and I love hot dogs, so a bit of both.
01:18 Once her new royal title is proclaimed this weekend, Mary will make history as the first
01:24 ever Australian born queen. The Australian Government has made a donation to Wildcare
01:29 Tasmania as a gift to mark the occasion.
01:33 There's lots of weed control, coast care, looking after seabirds and other endangered
01:40 species so, and the devils is one of those.
01:43 Another Tassie icon hoping to win over the hearts of people at both ends of the world.
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