The frightening moment Queen Mary is hit by a scooter and thrown to the ground during a meet and greet with fans

Queen Mary has been near visibly shaken aft a motorised scooter ploughed done a crowd and knocked her to nan crushed during her royal sojourn to Greenland. 

The 52-year-old Australian-born Queen of Denmark was greeting royal fans successful nan country's superior Nuuk erstwhile she was deed by a scooter ridden by an aged man.

Mary's youngest children, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine, were conscionable metres distant erstwhile nan monarch was knocked to nan ground, horrifying onlookers. 

King Frederik was besides greeting fans adjacent erstwhile nan acheronian grey scooter struck his wife, causing her to suffer her balance.

The celebrated queen cried retired arsenic she fell and looked frazzled aft nan incident, but managed to support her composure aft regaining her feet. 

Her information guards quickly leapt into action and stopped nan scooter from moving immoderate further.

The driver of nan scooter appeared much shaken than nan Queen pursuing nan incident, saying he 'did not cognize what happened'.

The aged man said he had meant to widen his limb toward Queen Mary, hoping she would return it, but deed nan accelerator instead.

The Palace media squad confirmed Mary was not wounded during nan incident and  she was capable to proceed connected her planned schedule of events.

A spectator said nan crowd was successful daze pursuing nan incident.

'I could spot really overmuch it wounded her, her eyes watered immediately. It must wounded to beryllium deed astatine that speed. The constabulary instantly barricaded and removed her from nan situation,' he said.

Both nan constabulary and palace information are satisfied pinch nan aged man's mentation and see nan incident an accident. 

But her fans, who some applaud her for being truthful adjacent to nan nationalist and interest for her, had a batch to say.

'Why was personification allowed to get truthful adjacent connected a motorised scooter?' 1 female demanded.

'Very anemic security. Lucky this conscionable seemed to beryllium an overseas incident. Hopefully much sensible measures will beryllium taken by nan information team,' slammed another.

'I cognize everyone wants to beryllium adjacent to her... but a spot of communal consciousness please,' pleaded a third.

Some group said she was 'definitely injured' successful nan incident but it keeping it private.

'At slightest if she wasn't sore past she would person been nan adjacent day,' 1 instrumentality said.

'She is very bully astatine coming arsenic if everything is wonderful, that's her job,' said another.

But others sympathised pinch nan scooter user.

'Actually, looks for illustration a mobility scooter, not a recreational one. So nan abnormal personification was there, for illustration everyone other adjacent by, arsenic portion of nan gathered crowd,' they said.