Denmark's Crown Princess Mary will attend two Alannah and Madeline Foundation events in Melbourne as part of her official visit to Australia in November. Tasmanian-born Princess Mary and her husband, Crown Prince Frederik, will attend a lunch supporting the foundation's eSmart cybersafe program and its Starry Starry Night gala ball.
Princess Mary is the international patron of the Alannah and Madeline Foundation, a charity aimed at protecting children from violence.
The November 26 events will fill the last day of the royal couple's week-long official Australian visit.
Alannah and Madeline Foundation chief executive Judith Slocombe said the foundation was honoured to have the royal couple attend their events.
"In her role as international patron, the Crown Princess was instrumental in helping to gain initial support for eSmart during her visit to Australia in 2008," Dr Slocombe said in a statement.
The eSmart program is a framework for helping schools manage cybersafety and deal with cyberbullying and has been tested in 159 schools.
The foundation is working with the Victorian and Queensland governments to install it in all government schools in those states.
Princess Mary has been the Alannah and Madeline Foundation international patron since 2005 and in 2008 attended a dinner to help raise money for the development of eSmart.
The foundation says key business leaders and philanthropists from around the country will join the royal couple for next month's eSmart lunch, while the Starry Starry Night ball is already sold out.
Princess Mary and Prince Frederik are visiting Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra as guests of the federal government from November 19 to 26, in their first official visit to Australia as a couple since 2005.
They will also lead a business delegation focused on green energy, sustainable living and food technologies during their visit, which the government says is an opportunity to enhance trade and business ties in these areas between Australia and Denmark.
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