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 […]
Some weeks ago I was asked by a publisher, whether I would like to write a book review about a new old book that has just been published. No problem I thought, but somehow in the past weeks I had too much books around me to read, too little time and somehow I didn’t manage […]
photo & copyright: Netty Leistra
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 […]
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 […]
Well, I am sure you all want to know whether I enjoyed the day of the abdication of Queen Beatrix and the investiture of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. To be honest, I envy all the people that were on the Dam square and on the other side of the palace. I already saw lovely […]
As I see ANP photos almost on a daily basis, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect of the exhibition “Onze Koningin 1980-2013” in the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam. To honour Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands 145 pictures were selected from the ANP database, showing 75 years of Queen Beatrix and 33 years of […]
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 […]
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 […]
On 15 March 2013 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands probably paid her last official visit as a Queen to my hometown Groningen, so there was no doubt about it that I would go and see her. She attended a jubilee concert of the Noord Nederlands Orkest in De Oosterpoort. During the season 2012/2013 the 150-year-old […]