Danish Queen Mary Hit by E-Scooter While Greeting Fans, Post-PM Attack

Queen Mary of Denmark was knocked to the ground during a royal engagement this week when an electric scooter struck her as she was greeting well-wishers and fans in Nuuk, Greenland with her children Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine.

The electric scooter was being driven by an elderly man plowed through the crowd. It made her panic and lose balance and she fell to the ground briefly.

Her security team which was positioned nearby rushed to her aide. She was struck as her two children were stood yards away from her.

The Danish royal communications office confirmed the the royal was not injured.

The elderly man driving the scooter said he “did not know what happened” that caused the vehicle to go out of control.

“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,” an eyewitness said while speaking to Sky News Australia.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was attacked last month when a 39-year-old Polish man knocked her to the ground and left her with a minor whiplash injury.

The man, who was arrested immediately after the incident, has denied responsibility and says he has no recollection of what happened. He will remain in custody until July 4, a Copenhagen court ruled last month.

Frederiksen said the man approached her and uttered something incomprehensible, then hit her on the shoulder with a closed fist.

According to prosecutor Line Steffensen, the man was drunk and had stolen alcohol from a grocery store just prior to his encounter with the prime minister.

Steffensen said the man had been arrested on several occasions for shoplifting since moving to Denmark five years ago.