King Charles and Queen Camilla had an action-packed itinerary during their whirlwind visit to Australia in October 2024.
Despite their dozens of engagements stretched across Sydney and Canberra, they surprisingly still had time to make an impromptu appearance on one of Australia’s biggest reality television shows – Married at First Sight.
But it wasn’t pre-planned!
With the monarch engaged elsewhere, his wife of almost two decades headed to Green Square Library on October 22 that year to meet with local schoolchildren to discuss books and writing.
The royal also met with past participants of The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition and awarded certifications to current and past participants.
For security reasons, royal engagement dates, times, and locations were not made public until after they had occurred, meaning that when Her Majesty arrived in Green Square, many locals and passersby were taken by surprise—including the MAFS 2025 cast!
As they were preparing to film the final dinner party of the season in their apartments at OneGlobal Resorts in Green Square, they were interrupted by the sound of sirens from the royal motorcade that transported Queen Camilla.
Given Green Square Library is located right next door to their accommodation, the brides and grooms had a birds-eye view of all the action from their balconies.
Speaking with Yahoo Lifestyle at the time, an insider source revealed that while producers were unaware the Queen would be appearing when they did, they quickly sprung into action.
“All of the cast were filming on their iPhones and producers quickly repositioned the camera crew to get footage. They know it’d be ratings gold to try and feature a royal onto the show somehow.”
But curiously, Channel Nine opted not to include the footage of the royal encounter, with fan favourite bride Jamie Marinos later telling the same publication that seeing Queen Camilla in the flesh was one of the most “insane ” moments of her MAFS experience.
“It was on a dinner party day because we were getting ready and Dave wanted to have a shower, and I was like, ‘But the Queen is coming! Like, what are the chances?!” she recalled.
“We found out she was coming because we had like, cops and stuff, everyone blocking off the street, and I was like, ‘This is f****** nuts!’. Imagine having front-row seats to the Queen, like our balcony was literally facing her. It was crazy.”
