Queen Mary has quietly returned to Australia with King Frederik for an intensely personal reason, six months after the death of her beloved father.
The Australian-born royal and her husband made a discreet journey from Denmark to Hobart, Tasmania, where they attended a private memorial service for Professor John Donaldson on Wednesday.
Their visit was not accompanied by the fanfare usually associated with a royal arrival and was only confirmed when the Danish Royal House added the engagement to its official diary.
The brief entry revealed the King and Queen would ‘attend a private memorial service for the Queen’s father Mr John Donaldson
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