I did but see her passing by

Danish lad Frederik became Crown Prince of Denmark at the age of four and heir apparent to the Danish throne. He was very well educated and worked quite a number of job, but never at McDonalds.

While attending the Sydney Olympics in 2000, at a bar he picked up Mary Donaldson, from the Australian state, Tasmania. They must have had a good time together, and married in 2004.

Fred's mum Marg abdicated in 2023 and Fred became King Frederik X of Denmark in 2024 and Australia's Mary became Queen of Denmark. Pretty cool, hey. Twenty plus years on, in spite of rumours of Frederik's dalliances, they still make a happy looking couple as they visit Australia. 

They have spent a couple of days in Melbourne, doing what royals do. 

I crossed the road to visit the cafe for a cup of coffee and two police on motorcycles were sitting on the side of the road. Yippee, they are looking out for bad drivers at the intersection. Nah, they moved forward into the intersection and police cars arrived, cleared the intersection of all traffic and any new traffic was stopped. Right, I thought as I sipped my double espresso, a VIP is coming through. It was blocked for quite some time, maybe five minutes, which allows a free run for a VIP car. Just as the motorcade arrived, maybe ten or more vehicles, it clicked in my mind who the VIP's were. The King and Queen of Denmark. 

I snapped away at the motorcade with my phone, not knowing any of what I was photographing, but by gosh, I got a snap of their car. A little research did not inform of what the number plate AA is about, but the coat of arms kind of gives it away. Unless it was decoy car, the royals were inside this one.

Well, don't I have such an exciting life! But the royals hidden behind darkly tinted glass as they raced by was nothing like seeing Queen Elizabeth leaving a tram to hop into a Range Rover to visit (state) Government House in 2011.