Saturday 15 January 2011

Crown Princess Mary and Prince Charles send messages to the Queensland flood victims



HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark gave birth to two healthy children - soon called "Little Boy" and "Little Girl" - at Rigshospitalet on 8th January 2011.

TRH Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary left the clinic on 14th January and were greeted with cheering Royalists.

Australian media people asked the Australian born Danish Crown Princess about her reaction to the floods in Queensland. After noticing her concern, Channel 10 turned "to our Royal" and broadcast HRH Prince Charles' message to the Queensland flood victims.


The Prince of Wales said the floods in Australia were "almost impossible to imagine" as he made a donation to the relief efforts.

He also paid tribute to the work of the Emergency Services and the Armed Forces in Brisbane.

The private donation is to the Queensland Premier's Flood Relief Appeal.

Speaking at his Scottish residence, Birkhall, The Prince told the BBC: "So many of us here in this country wanted to offer our deepest condolences to the families of those who have lost their lives in this appalling tragedy. We’ve all been watching with mounting dismay and concern the appalling nature of these floods.

"I realise only too well that so much is dependant on the actions of the state, the emergency services, the armed forces, the Queensland Police, who in so many ways I know have made a fantastic difference to people's lives in these sort of disasters.

"I realise only too well - we all do - that the aftermath, the clean-up, the reconstruction, all this effort is going to be vast and I'm so glad to hear that the Queensland fund has been set up to which I'm only too happy and proud to contribute something.
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The donation follows one by the Queen a day before.

1 comment:

franklinese said...

H.R.H. Queen Elizabeth Time Lapse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmHWYgPZBVw