{"id":42388,"date":"2026-03-18T02:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T02:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/42388\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T02:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T02:58:12","slug":"denmarks-king-frederik-and-queen-mary-begin-second-day-in-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/42388\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark&#8217;s King Frederik and Queen Mary begin second day in Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">After a packed schedule of engagements yesterday, Danish King Frederik and Queen Mary will today open a renewable energy conference, meet stem cell researchers and highlight youth mental health in Melbourne today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The royal couple are in the city for two days as part of their state visit to Australia, which they say aims to strengthen relations between the two countries across cultural, economic and foreign policy areas \u2014 particularly in the areas of renewable energy and sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"King Frederik and Queen Mary pose with businesspeople during an event in Melbourne\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/acc2cc62c848886c4fcfc75e35cdb102.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">King Frederik and Queen Mary with federal frontbencher Chris Bown (left) and businesspeople during Wednesday&#8217;s event. (AAP: Jesse Thompson)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">After joining businesses in the renewable energy sector for an event at the Sofitel, King Frederik and Tasmanian-born Queen Mary heard about Danish-Australian collaborations in stem cell research at the Murdoch Children&#8217;s Research Institute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">They waved to a small group of patients and onlookers at the Royal Children&#8217;s Hospital.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Queen Mary waves during a brief visit to the Royal Children's Hospital. \" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6504a501fa9567bb0611d345630921f1.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Queen Mary during a brief visit to the Royal Children&#8217;s Hospital. (AAP: Asanka Ratnayake)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Their majesties are set to visit Headspace in South Melbourne this afternoon to be briefed on the organisation&#8217;s work in providing safe spaces for young people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Then the spotlight turns to an exhibition by Danish Australian artist duo Rhoda Ting and Mikkel Bojesen in Collingwood, before the royal couple hosts a reception in Melbourne&#8217;s Royal Botanic Gardens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">It is the Danish king and queen&#8217;s first official visit to Australia since <a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2024-01-15\/key-moments-from-denmark-frederik-mary-ascension\/103318954\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/103318954\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">King Frederik ascended to the Danish throne<\/a> in January 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a packed schedule of engagements yesterday, Danish King Frederik and Queen Mary will today open a renewable&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[28,27,26,10975,23977,31,23978,23980,23979],"class_list":{"0":"post-42388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denmark","8":"tag-danish-royals","9":"tag-danmark","10":"tag-denmark","11":"tag-king-frederik","12":"tag-melbourne-visit","13":"tag-queen-mary","14":"tag-royal-childrens-hospital","15":"tag-schedule","16":"tag-sofitel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116247940652025149","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42388","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=42388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}