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The wedding of Willem-Alexander and Máxima – Pre-wedding activities photo & copyright: Netty Leistra
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The wedding of Willem-Alexander and Máxima – Pre-wedding activities

Last modified: 10 December 2012 The wedding interview, 18 January 2002 Walking through the park of Palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague Willem-Alexander Prince of Orange, his fiancée Máxima Zorreguieta and their interviewers Maartje van Weegen and Paul Witteman stopped near the pond where the prince asked his girlfriend to marry him. Willem-Alexander said […]

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She’s got the look – Victoria’s pre-wedding concert
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She’s got the look – Victoria’s pre-wedding concert

Unfortunately the weather on the day before the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling wasn’t as good as hoped. In the afternoon it started raining heavily. Happily it was getting better towards the evening. After a dinner at the Eric Ericsson-hall on Skeppsholmen there was a concert at Stockholms Konserthuset (concert […]

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Elisabeth in Concert – An Unforgettable Experience
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Elisabeth in Concert – An Unforgettable Experience

In the Spring of 1884 Empress Elisabeth of Austria, better known as Sisi, spent six weeks in the Netherlands for medical treatment. She also planned several visits to interesting places, like the Artis Zoo, the Rijksmuseum, the Dutch palaces. The Empress was on a private visit. King Willem III and Queen Emma were told of […]

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Queen Beatrix enjoys a concert in Groningen
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Queen Beatrix enjoys a concert in Groningen

On 15 March Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands probably paid her last official visit as a Queen to my hometown Groningen, so there was no doubt about it that I would go and see her. She attended a jubilee concert of the Noord Nederlands Orkest in De Oosterpoort. During the season 2012/2013 the 150-year-old orchestra […]

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The wedding of Victoria & Daniel – Pre-wedding events
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The wedding of Victoria & Daniel – Pre-wedding events

Last modified: 19 December 2011 Wednesday, 19 May 2010 Information Briefing at the Royal Mews in Stockholm on the preparations ahead of the cortège after the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling. Monday, 24 May 2010 Information briefing about the wedding preparations of the Swedish Royal Court at the Bernadotte Library of the […]

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