The Hague, 17 & 19 May 2001 The wedding interview With peacocks shouting in the background Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands and his fiancée Laurentien Brinkhorst gave an interview for the Dutch television in the garden of Palace Huis ten Bosch, the residence of Queen Beatrix. It was broadcasted on May 15th, 2001, two days […]
Abdication dinner at the Rijksmuseum
And what about the 29 April 2013, you’d say, when the royals had dinner at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam? Well, a friend and I simply arrived too late – which was our own fault – and found a spot behind other people. We just missed Queen Beatrix, the Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima of […]
Queen Beatrix to Abdicate
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 […]