Going through the old messages on this blog, I passed this one from early February 2013: celebrating 33 years as a royalty watcher. Since, 12 years have passed, so now it is 45 years. An unbelievably long time, although I hope that the next change of throne in the Netherlands is still years away. It […]
© RVD – Frank Ruiter 2021
Instead of enjoying her life as a student in Amsterdam, the security of the Princess of Orange, Catharina-Amalia, has been tightened considerably a few weeks ago. She appears in organized crime communications, that show there could be plans to attack or kidnap her. For the 18-year-old Amalia that means that plans to move to Amsterdam […]
© RVD – Frank Ruiter 2021
On Sunday 7 December 2003 at 5.01pm a Princess was born at the Bronovo Hospital in The Hague, The Netherlands. Originally the little Princess was only announced for January 2004, but being 52 cm tall and having a weight of 3,310 grams hardly anybody believed that she was born several weeks early. The name was […]