Don't Throw Flowers at Danish Wedding

[DC09]

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Throw your wishes and cheers at the royal couple as they ride through Copenhagen after Friday's wedding but don't hurl any flowers, police said Tuesday.

"A flower could be mistaken for a bomb and we don't want to cause any unnecessary scares," police spokesman Flemming Steen Munch told The Associated Press.

Police estimate that as many as 250,000 people will jam the Copenhagen city center and as many as 3,000 police officers — one-third of Denmark's police force — are expected to oversee security on Friday when Crown Prince Frederik and Australian Mary Donaldson are to be married.

After the ceremony, the couple will travel through downtown in a horse-drawn carriage.

Officers will line up along the route through the city. Police also called on people not to try to run after the procession.

Although the terror threat against Denmark, a key U.S.-ally in Iraq (news - web sites), is low, the wedding is surrounded by tight security.

Cars will be banned from downtown on Friday, the airspace over central Copenhagen will be closed and police will check everyone entering the city center with large bags, Munch said.

In mailed letters and on the Copenhagen police department's Web site, downtown residents have been asked to be vigilant and report anything suspicious. Police declined to say whether they had received any tips.

The list of the 800 royals and dignitaries invited to the wedding will not be released until the last minute by the palace.

However, Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan, Prince Edward — Queen Elizabeth's third son — and his wife Sophie, Australian Governor general Michael Jeffrey and Tasmanian Governor Richard Butler have said they plan to attend the ceremony at Copenhagen Lutheran cathedral and the following party to be held at Fredensborg Palace, 35 kilometers (20 miles) north of Copenhagen.

Donaldson, 32, and Frederik, 35, met during the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

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[RulerOfSquirrels]

"Look Bobby! A pretty flower!"

"AAH! Drop it and run Tommy, it's a bomb!"

"What?"

BOOM

Easily mistaken for each other, I'm sure.

Edited May 16, 2004 by RulerOfSquirrels

[doomgirl]

I single flower, I doubt it, a bunch of flowers, maybe

Edited May 17, 2004 by doomgirl