Amsterdam looked wonderful on the occasion of the abdication of Queen Beatrix and the investiture of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands on 30 April 2013. I arrived in Amsterdam on the 29th and in the afternoon spent some time having a look at the area around the Royal Palace. The city looked very festive with […]
The Dutch royals had their last official engagements last week, and only Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien have been busy during the weekend. Queen Beatrix had her last engagement on 24 April 2013 and opened the Huygens exhibition in the “Grote Kerk” in The Hague. A highlight of the exhibition is a replica of the […]
On Thursday, 4 April 2013, The Prince of Orange likely paid his last visit to the Province of Groningen before becoming King of the Netherlands. Only one of the engagements on Thursday was announced beforehand. In the morning the Prince of Orange started at Stadskanaal where he visited the youth centre Jimmy’s. Young people actually […]
The Hague, 30 March 2001 The announcement Queen Beatrix: For me and my husband it is a great joy to announce the engagement of our son Willem-Alexander with Máxima Zorreguieta. We, as parents, are particularly happy with their decision to spend the rest of their lifes together. We have learned to know Máxima as an […]
Although everybody knew one day it would happen, it still came as quite a surprise. On Monday 28 January 2013 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced that she was to abdicate on 30 April 2013. Just after 5pm, I received the message that the Queen would hold a speech on television and that more information […]