The Netherlands

A look at Princess Margriet of the Netherlands on her 80th birthday

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19th January 2023
Margriet Francisca was born on 19 January 1943 in the Ottawa Civic Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, during the Second World War to then Princess Juliana (future Queen Juliana) and Prince Bernhard. Her family had fled the Netherlands after the Nazi invasion and had resided in Canada since June 1940. The maternity ward where she was born was temporarily declared, by the Canadian government…
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Princess Laurentien celebrates project milestone and looks to the future of children in the Ukraine war

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8th January 2023
Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands has celebrated a huge milestone for one of her most recent projects.  The Better Time Stories has reached its 10000th request since being launched in September of 2022, and the Princess shared her feelings on the number: “It touches me.”  Better Time Stories is an initiative launched for Ukrainian families that have been divided by the war. The…
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Countess Eloise to undertake make-up battle

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5th January 2023
Countess Eloise is poised to judge a Dutch make-up competition premiering later this month in the Netherlands. In Nikkie de Jager’s show, ‘Nikkie’s Make-Up Mansion’, ten young creative professionals who want to make a career in the make-up industry compete in a…
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King Willem-Alexander looks to the future and faces the past in Christmas Day speech

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26th December 2022
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands looked to the future and faced the past during his Christmas Day speech. The King of the Netherlands said: “The future is in good hands.” He praised the youth for their ideas, imagination and determination to leave the world better than they found it. He said they have a lot of resilience but stressed that they could not take on the world…
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Princess Margriet reopens important World War II museum

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2nd December 2022
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands has reopened an important historical museum in Amsterdam. The Dutch royal reopened the Dutch Resistance Museum on 1 December after a complete renovation took place on the permanent exhibit. The new features of the museum allow those with hearing and vision difficulties to learn about the Dutch resistance during the Second World War. Margriet was welcomed…
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