Queen Mary has been left visibly shaken after a motorised scooter ploughed through a crowd and knocked her to the ground during her royal visit to Greenland.
The 52-year-old Australian-born Queen of Denmark was greeting royal fans in the country’s capital Nuuk when she was hit by a scooter ridden by an elderly man.
Mary’s youngest children, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine, were just metres away when the monarch was knocked to the ground, horrifying onlookers.
King Frederik was also greeting fans nearby when the dark grey scooter struck his wife, causing her to lose her balance.
The popular queen cried out as she fell and looked frazzled after the incident, but managed to maintain her composure after regaining her feet.
Her security guards quickly leapt into action and stopped the scooter from moving any further.
The driver of the scooter appeared more shaken than the Queen following the incident, saying he ‘did not know what happened’.
He had meant to extend his arm toward Queen Mary, hoping she would take it, but hit the accelerator instead.
Queen Mary of Denmark was on a royal visit to Greenland when she was struck by a scooter while greeting the crowd
The Palace media team revealed the popular royal was not hurt during the incident and continued on with events as planned.
A spectator said the crowd was in shock following the incident.
‘I could see how much it hurt her, her eyes watered immediately. It must hurt to be hit at that speed. The police immediately barricaded and removed her from the situation,’ he said.
Both the police and palace security are satisfied with the elderly man’s explanation and consider the incident an accident.
But her fans, who both applaud her for being so close to the public and worry for her, had a lot to say.
‘Why was someone allowed to get so close on a motorised scooter?’ one woman demanded.
‘Very weak security. Lucky this just seemed to be an odd incident. Hopefully more sensible measures will be taken by the security team,’ slammed another.
The Queen didn’t let the incident impact the rest of the trip
King Frederik, Queen Mary and their youngest children Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine were visiting the country together
‘I know everyone wants to be close to her… but a bit of common sense please,’ pleaded a third.
Some people said she was ‘definitely injured’ in the incident but it keeping it private.
‘At least if she wasn’t sore then she would have been the next day,’ one fan said.
‘She is very good at present as if everything is wonderful, that’s her job,’ said another.
But others sympathised with the scooter user.
‘Actually, looks like a mobility scooter, not a recreational one. So the disabled person was there, like everyone else close by, as part of the gathered crowd,’ they said.
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