By the end of the Second World War, Queen
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands tried to make a deal with the Nazis
to save the Belgian royal family, according to newly published
diaries of her foreign minister. By March 1945, both Belgium and
the south of the Netherlands had been liberated by King Leopold III
of the Belgians and his family were being held captive in Austria
and it was feared that the…
It was as if it was meant to be, the rain
in Amersfoort stopped just long enough to allow the Dutch Royal
Family to meet everyone along the route. Afterwards, King
Willem-Alexander said, “We, and the sun, have had an amazing party!
I would like to come back, and often…
With the accession of Queen Beatrix of
the Netherlands in 1980, Queen’s Day truly became a day of
interacting with the public. Let’s take a look at some of the best
moments from Queen’s Day and King’s Day. Embed from Getty Images
Prince Claus, the…
Though Queen’s Day is now celebrated as
King’s Day in the Netherlands, the 2009 celebrations in Apeldoorn
will forever be marked by tragedy. De Naald by Brbbl – CC BY-SA 3.0
via Wikimedia Commons Ten years ago – on 30 April 2009 – Karst
Tates drove his black Suzuki Swift through a crowd of people who
had lined the streets to watch the Dutch Royal Family go by in a…
The city of Amersfoort is slowly turning
orange as it awaits the arrival of the Royal Family tomorrow for
King’s Day. Although the royals are not expected to arrive by
train, most of the public will be using public transport, and the
Amersfoort Central Station welcomes…
Royal Central takes a look at the
tradition of celebrating the monarch’s birthday that began as
Princess’s Day. In the 19th century, King William III of the
Netherlands faced quite a bit of unpopularity but his four-year-old
daughter Wilhelmina, his future…
The Royal House of the Netherlands
announced yesterday that Princess Margriet, a younger sister to
Princess Beatrix – the former Queen of the Netherlands – and aunt
to King Willem-Alexander, had been appointed an honorary chairman
of the Recommendation Committee of the Invictus Games The Hague
2020. The Princess will also be in attendance on 6 May at the
official kick-off meeting for…
Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven to celebrate 80th birthday with family and friends in Zeist
26th April 2019
Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven, the
husband of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, will celebrate his
80th birthday on 30 April with family and friends at Theater Figi
in Zeist. No information was provided by the Government Information
Service (RVD) in regards to those…
On Saturday 27 April, King
Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands celebrates his 52nd birthday.
The birthday of the monarch is called King’s Day and includes
several public celebrations with the Dutch Royal Family. The city
of Amersfoort is working fulltime on the…
The tenth anniversary of the Queen’s Day
attack in Apeldoorn will be remembered privately by family members
of the victims. It is currently not known if any members of the
Dutch Royal Family will attend. They did attend the first
anniversary of the attacks, and family members of the victims have
continued to meet each year privately. Ten years ago – on 30 April
2009 – Karst Tates…
