The Netherlands

The Dutch Royal Family return to work following​ the death of Princess Christina

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26th August 2019
The Dutch Royal Family has returned to work, with the first official engagement taking place since the death of Princess Christina earlier this month.Princess Beatrix attended the opening of the 79th session of the Institut de Droit International (IDI) in the Grand Courtroom of the Peace Palace.Beatrix, formerly Queen of the Netherlands, was the elder sister to Princess Christina who died…
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Princess Christina's coffin moved to mourning chapel

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20th August 2019
The coffin containing the remains of Princess Christina of the Netherlands – who died last week at the age of 72 – has been placed in the mourning chapel of the Fagel’s Garden Pavilion on the grounds of Noordeinde Palace.[getty src="1162848023" width="594" height="396"]The simple wooden coffin is decorated with her sunflowers – Princess Christina’s favourite…
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Princess Christina of the Netherlands has died at the age of 72

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16th August 2019
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander, Her Majesty Queen Máxima and Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands have announced that Her Royal Highness Princess Christina died earlier this morning at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague at the age of 72. Princess Christina is King Willem-Alexander’s aunt and Princess Beatrix’s sister. She had been suffering from bone cancer for…
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Royal Relations: how Elizabeth II is linked to King Willem-Alexander

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7th August 2019
Her Majesty The Queen is related to many of Europe’s sovereigns, not in the least because of Queen Victoria’s matchmaking but also because of another woman, Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau.Princess Carolina was born on28 February 1743 as the daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange and Anne, Princess Royal, the daughter of King George II and Caroline of Ansbach, after whom…
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