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All about Mary
Saturday, 26th November, 2011
HELLO THERE: Princess Mary stops to speak with three year-old Maya Johns after touching down in the city.
By Erica Visser
No one misses out with Mary. The Crown Princess of Denmark arrived at the Broken Hill RFDS base at precisely 10.25am yesterday where she was met by hundreds of exciited fans, many waving bouquets of flowers.
First up, Aboriginal Elder Maureen O’Donnell along with her granddaughter and Maari Ma worker Lisa Kickett, gave the Welcome to Country speech.
Princess Mary, wearing a gold, green, blue and beige patterned blouse and emerald green skirt then graciously greeted the crowd from behind a waist-high barrier.
Mary time
Friday, 25th November, 2011
Princess Mary walking
BH welcomes royalty
By Erica Visser
The city has been waiting for weeks and now the big day has finally arrived.
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark will step off an RAF plane onto Broken Hill turf today at just after 10am and be greeted by locals before a whirlwind tour of the base and a speedy luncheon in the RFDS hangar.
Kids get ‘once in a lifetime’ royal opportunity
Thursday, 24th November, 2011
READY TO ROLL: The Curren children (from left); Abbey (11), Samuel (7) and Riba (9) will perform for Princess Mary tomorrow.
Bright-eyed School of the Air students are tuning up for tomorrow’s royal performance in front of Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.
Sung to the tune of ‘Waltzing Matilda’, the SOTA school song has been practiced on-air for weeks by 50 students from stations surrounding Broken Hill.
Among the excited youngsters are Abbey Curren and her siblings Riba and Samuel who will journey from Wampo Station near Mungo for the royal event.
SOTA Principal Michael Fisher said the children were now ready for the big occasion.
Kitchen staff feeling the heat
Wednesday, 23rd November, 2011
BON APPETIT: Helping cook on the day will be (from left) Barrier Social Democratic Club apprentice Tammy-Lee Ali, TAFE Head Chef Lee Cecchin and Astra Hotel Head Chef Jack Attrill.
By Erica Visser
The Broken Hill Flying Doctor base has been working tirelessly for days to prepare for Crown Princess Mary’s Friday visit - and they are not the only ones.
TAFE Chef Lee Cecchin is slaving away in the kitchen to prepare a meal fit for royalty, and she said yesterday that she was about “a third of the way” through the preparations.
“There’s a lot of preparation involved, although it’s hard because we can’t pre-prepare food,” Ms Cecchin said.
RFDS readies for royals
Tuesday, 22nd November, 2011
TOURING: Prince Frederik of Denmark and Princess Mary of Denmark walk the gardens of Government House during their visit to Sydney yesterday. Staff at Broken Hill RFDS base are busily preparing for the couple’s upcoming visit.
By Erica Visser
Staff at the Flying Doctor’s Broken Hill Base are eagerly preparing for the arrival of Crown Princess Mary of Denmark on Friday morning.
The Princess is due to arrive at the city’s airport via a Royal Air Force jet at 10.20am where she will be met with a tight schedule.
She will firstly be greeted with an official welcome to country by Maureen O’Donnell and a range of local representatives.
