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 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…
Princess Beatrix officially opened a new
exhibition at the Paleis Het Loo on Tuesday, The Garden of Earthly
Worries. Designed by Daniel Libeskind, a Polish-American artist,
architect and designer, the exhibition consists of four sculptures.
“Conceived as a sculptural and…
Today, Princess Beatrix of the
Netherlands turns 81-years-old. So we are going to have a little
look at who she is and what has happened in her life so far.
Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard was born in 1938 in Soestdijk
Palace in Baarn, the Netherlands as the eldest child of
the future Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and her husband, Prince
Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. Princess Beatrix was soon…
Former Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok has
died at the age of 80. He had been ill with a heart condition for
quite some time. Wim Kok was Prime Minister from 1994 until 2002
under then Queen Beatrix. Before becoming Prime Minister, Wim Kok
was a trade union leader, leader of…
On Thursday, several royals and head of
states attended the state funeral for Kofi Annan in Accra, Ghana.
Kofi Annan was the Secretary-General of the United Nations, holding
the position from January 1997 to December 2006. Kofi Annan and
the UN received the Nobel Peace…
Princess Beatrix and Princess Mabel to attend funeral of Kofi Annan
7th September 2018
Princess Beatrix, the former Queen of the
Netherlands, and her daughter-in-law, Princess Mabel of Orange are
to attend the funeral of former Secretary-General of the United
Nations, Kofi Annan, who died on 18 August. Now it has been
announced that the former Queen of the Netherlands, Princess
Beatrix will attend the state funeral of Koffi Annan, and she will
be accompanied by her daughter-in-law…
This last week, Princess Beatrix opened
an exhibition of sculptures at House Doorn near Utrecht. The
exhibition is entitled “Resistance and Sadness in the picture” and
features work from Germany and the Netherlands – the former
representing links with World War I and…
Several new photographs were revealed
yesterday by the Royal House of the Netherlands ahead of Princess
Beatrix’s 80th birthday today. They were taken by Jeroen van
der Meyde who has snapped many images of the Dutch Royal Family in
the past. The seven pictures were…
How Princesses Beatrix and Margriet will celebrate their upcoming birthdays
14th January 2018
The Royal House of the Netherlands
recently announced how Princess Beatrix and Princess Margriet would
celebrate their upcoming birthdays. The former Queen of the
Netherlands, Princess Beatrix, will celebrate her 80th birthday on
31 January privately in the presence of family and friends.
Princess Margriet, who turns 75 on 19 January, will celebrate with
family and friends at the Orpheus Theatre…
