Crown Prince of Denmark Turned Away From Australian Bar for Lack of ID

Crown Prince of Denmark Turned Away From Australian Bar for Lack of ID
No offense, your honor." Even after the bar verified the identities of the people in the prince’s entourage, Mr. Hogan said, they
were caught in a bind "because if we let him in, we do so in front of six police officers and we potentially break the law."
WATCH | The owner of Brisbane’s Jade Buddha Bar explains what it was like to turn away Prince Frederik
because he didn’t have ID!���� #sun7 pic.twitter.com/qcKYdozMqE The prince is no stranger to Australian bars: He met his Australian-born wife, Princess Mary, in a pub during the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
" she said, "But knowing that parents are more likely to have their child come home safe because they are there," she said in reference to the scanners, "is worth it." After a day of coverage, the story of the crown prince had drawn strong attention on social media in Australia.
that We will never truly know how many lives are saved and how many assaults we stop by having these scanners in place,
Speaking on the "Sunrise" television program Tuesday morning, Phil Hogan, co-owner of the bar, said
that when his security personnel were asked by the undercover officers whether they recognized the prince, they had a sheepish response: "No, not really.
22, 2017
SYDNEY, Australia — The story began with what sounded like a punchline: The crown prince of Denmark walked into a bar.
While the venue manager was frantically organizing cocktail servers to cater to the prince,
Mr. Hogan said, his highness walked directly up to the bar for his drink of choice.
In Queensland’s Parliament on Tuesday morning, Yvette D’Ath, Queensland’s attorney general and minister of justice, said
that about 1.4 million people had entered licensed venues with scanners and that banning orders involving 76 people had been found.