{"id":40475,"date":"2026-03-15T09:16:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T09:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/40475\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T09:16:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T09:16:34","slug":"danish-king-frederik-and-queen-mary-visit-governor-generals-house-in-canberra-as-royal-tour-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/40475\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish King Frederik and Queen Mary visit governor-general’s house in Canberra as royal tour continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Danish King Frederik and Queen Mary have arrived in Canberra to attend a state dinner at the governor-general’s house as part of their Australian tour.<\/p>\n

The royals touched down in the capital late this afternoon after visiting the Mu\u1e6fitjulu Waterhole at Uluru on the second day of their tour.<\/a><\/p>\n

The couple’s six-day visit is aimed at strengthening cultural, economic and foreign policy relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n

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Governor-General Sam Mostyn (right) and her husband Simeon Beckett (left) with Danish King Frederik and Queen Mary at Government House. (AAP: Mick Tsikas)<\/p>\n

It is their first visit to Australia, Queen Mary’s birthplace, since they were crowned king and queen in 2024.<\/a><\/p>\n

The event at Government House began with a 21-gun salute and informal conversation before the state dinner later in the evening.<\/p>\n

Military parade, dinner begin Canberra visit<\/p>\n

The royals were greeted first on the lawns of Government House by a group comprising Governor-General Sam Mostyn, her husband Simeon Beckett, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, his wife Jodie Haydon, and Opposition Leader Angus Taylor.<\/p>\n

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King Frederik surveys military personnel in Canberra on his first day in the Australian capital. (AAP: Mick Tsikas)<\/p>\n

After the pair signed the visitor’s book, Ms Mostyn told the king and queen she “couldn’t be more delighted” to welcome them to Australia.<\/p>\n

She said the two countries had many shared values, including an interest in “sustainability, in climate change, in renewable energy”.<\/p>\n

“And we have an economic relationship which we’re hoping will deepen during your visit,” Ms Mostyn said.<\/p>\n

She thanked King Frederik for bringing “a strong delegation of your business people who I hope will join with the Australian businesses on your visit here to develop a deeper relationship particularly with renewable energy and public design and architecture into the public space”.<\/p>\n

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The Danish king and queen met with Governor-General Sam Mostyn at Government House after arriving in Canberra. (AAP: Mick Tsikas)<\/p>\n

Ms Mostyn said it was “wonderful” to welcome Queen Mary back to the country of her birth.<\/p>\n

“I think all Australians are filled with joy that you are returning as Queen of Denmark,” she told the royal.<\/p>\n

“Everyone is full of love and joy and I think from the moment you mentioned the [words] ‘I’m home’ yesterday from Uluru, Australians became very excited.”<\/p>\n

Trip focuses on renewables, climate change<\/p>\n

Queen Mary said they had been very “warmly welcomed” since arriving in the country.<\/p>\n

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Queen Mary of Denmark at Government House during a tour of Australia with her husband, King Frederik. (AAP: Mick Tsikas)<\/p>\n

“We’ve been so much looking forward to this trip,” she said.<\/p>\n

“As a former Australian, there is something special about coming back to the place I was born and grew up and had a large part of my adult life.<\/p>\n

“And to be remembered is nothing that should be taken for granted.”<\/p>\n

She said the countries shared “so many common interests and values”.<\/p>\n

“Our societies are very similar in many ways,” she said.<\/p>\n

“And of course the focus of our trip is on renewable energies, climate change and many other strategic projects and ideas.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Danish King Frederik and Queen Mary have arrived in Canberra to attend a state dinner at the governor-general’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[18126,20657,27,26,22914,20739,10975,31,22912,22861,2112,22913],"class_list":["post-40475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denmark","tag-act","tag-canberra","tag-danmark","tag-denmark","tag-government-house","tag-governor-general","tag-king-frederik","tag-queen-mary","tag-royal-tour","tag-royal-visit","tag-royalty","tag-sam-mostyn"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116232440036001816","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}