King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands have attended the National Remembrance of the Dead in the Amsterdam. The National Remembrance of the Dead takes places annually on 4 May. A little before 7 in the evening, the King and Queen walked across Dam square to the Nieuwe Kerk where an emotional service was held. Diederik van Vleuten gave the 4 May Address. Afterwards, they placed…
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…
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…
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…
