Tasmanian-born Crown Princess of Denmark is on her first official Australian visit in a decade.
She was met by Lord Mayor Clover Moore.When Danish Crown Princess Mary was planning her visit to Sydney, she had one request: to pop on a helmet and take to the city on two wheels.
Mary led the delegation from her adopted country to discuss Australia's "green transition" while visiting a number of Danish-led projects related to sustainable construction and transportation.Source:Ms Moore said she was thrilled to welcome the Tasmanian-born royal on her first official trip home in ten years.
"I think she was very excited to see the transformation in Sydney and I was very excited to show her," Ms Moore said. The Danish urban influence extends to Quay Quarter Towers, a 206-metre high building recently erected in the CBD.
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