Re: The Dutch Monarchy Current Events

[PrincessOfPeace]

King Willem-Alexander given a tour in Ahoy through the decor of the Eurovision Song Contest that will take place on 18, 20 and 22 May.


Pics: Beelden | ANP Foto

[PrincessOfPeace]

Queen Maxima as the United Nations Secretary-Generals Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development talked to officials from Togo today, including Prime Minister Victoire Tomegah-Dogbe and other ministers.

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[PrincessOfPeace]

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima gave the go-ahead for the national opening of the Kings Games at Kindcentrum Vlinderslag.

Video: https://twitter.com/PackhamGown/status/1385525001353416708?s=20

Queen Maxima visited Veenendaal to talk about the consequences of the corona crisis for the labor market.

Pics: PPE Agency

[TLLK]

Another article from the Kings Games opening and the outfit is classic Maxima. The King wears his version of  what we lovingly refer to as "Ol Faithful" with his blue suit and an orange tie.  :windsor1: :Jen:

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands stuns in bright suit and floral coat | Daily Mail Online

[PrincessOfPeace]

Princess Margriet will announce the winners of the final of the Princess Christina Classical Competition tonight via a video recording. Just like last year, the final will be organized digitally this year because of the measures regarding the corona  virus.

https://twitter.com/koninklijkhuis/status/1385935770339393536?s=20

[TLLK]

Looks like King's Day will be a broadcast from Eindhoven this year. No big in person celebration.

[PrincessOfPeace]

UNSGSA Queen Maxima encourages transformational tech-driven change in the agricultural sector to facilitate financial inclusion and better livelihoods for smallholder farmers, particularly women, in these pre-recorded video remarks for the MercyCorps AgriFin Learning Event held on 26 April 2021.

UNSGSA Queen M?xima Remarks for MercyCorps AgriFin Learning Event - YouTube

[PrincessOfPeace]

The Dutch Royal Family just left Huis ten Bosch Palace to visit the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, to start the celebrations for King Willem-Alexander 54th birthday #koningsdag.

https://twitter.com/CoutureRoyals/status/1386946021914198016?s=20

Maxima of the Netherlands joins Dutch royal family to celebrate King's Day

[Macrobug67]

They have posted a virtual Kingsday agenda for ideas on how to celebrate at home. 
In Dutch but I ran it threw a translater - fun stuff.

And the girls are looking so grown up.  The youngest may be the tallest of them all in the end.  Wat doen op Koningsdag 2021? Hier je programma - ZoKiesJe.nl

https://twitter.com/koninklijkhuis/status/1386942496924708865/photo/1

[TLLK]

They have posted a virtual Kingsday agenda for ideas on how to celebrate at home. 
In Dutch but I ran it threw a translater - fun stuff.

And the girls are looking so grown up.  The youngest may be the tallest of them all in the end.  Wat doen op Koningsdag 2021? Hier je programma - ZoKiesJe.nl

https://twitter.com/koninklijkhuis/status/1386942496924708865/photo/1

Stunned to see the difference that one year has made for Arianne. She's no longer a little girl. I agree she might be the tallest sister in the end.

Dutch royals head to Eindhoven to celebrate scaled-down King?s Day ? Royal Central

King Willem-Alexander, Queen M?xima and their daughters, the Princess of Orange, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane, have left Paleis Huis ten Bosch to travel to Eindhoven to celebrate a scaled-down King?s Day. A photo was released in which the royals posed in front of the Palace.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the celebrations have been scaled down for the second year in a row. In 2019, Royal Central was able to report directly from the celebrations in Amersfoort. The King and his family will travel to the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, where they will take part in a special TV show, which will also be live-streamed, with the theme of ?getting to know each other.?

The public has been asked to stay at home and to keep all celebrations local. The lines in front of bakeries stretched around the block in some cases as people lined up to buy orange tompouce pastries.

Prime Minister Rutte congratulated King Willem-Alexander on his 54th birthday on Twitter. ?I wish him a beautiful and festive day with his family in Eindhoven. And I wish everyone in the Netherlands a subdued, safe but above all a happy #KingsDay!?

Unfortunately the King's approval rating remains low.

King?s Day survey shows King Willem-Alexander?s approval rating still low ? Royal Central

King Willem-Alexander may celebrate his 54th birthday today, but his approval rating is still recovering from his ill-timed holiday to Greece.

A survey held by Ipsos late last year showed a steep decline from 76% in April 2020 to just 47%. This figure has now risen slightly to 57%. This is still significantly lower than in previous years. Queen M?xima?s approval rating also suffered as a result of the holiday to Greece, and she has an approval rating of just 68%. Around 75% of those questioned also felt that the allowance for his eldest daughter Princess Amalia, which she will receive upon her 18th birthday in December, is much too high at 1,6 million euro.

The overall support for the monarchy is still greater than any support for a republic, but that too fell from 75% to 58%. Around 25% said that the Netherlands should become a republic, most of which were young people. The Dutch people are also critical of the role of the King and Queen during the pandemic. Almost 50% believed they were visible enough last year, but this has now gone down to 26%. Just 23% felt they were being supported by the King and Queen, and 40% believed that the King and Queen have no idea what is going in the society right now.

[Macrobug67]

Why on earth would an 18 year old, still at home, need 1.8 mill euros???   If she was setting up her own household and foundation, paying for staff etc, I could see it, sort of.  But if this is personal allowance, jeez.

[TudorQueen]

Why on earth would an 18 year old, still at home, need 1.8 mill euros???   If she was setting up her own household and foundation, paying for staff etc, I could see it, sort of.  But if this is personal allowance, jeez.

This coming year, when she hits 18, she will be given $111,000. But it has been clarified $20,000 will serve as an allowance while the other 91,000 are for expenses and and operations. And when she is increased over 1 million euros, she will get $300,000 income from that.

Dutch Princess Amalia?s 2021 allowance revealed ? Royal Central

I am not sure how much expense she will have for she won't have too much staff or engagements to fund while she is likely to be in college.


Some neat photos from king's day. Including two beautiful photos from the performance they viewed.

Het Koninklijk Huis added a new photo. - Het Koninklijk Huis
Het Koninklijk Huis added a new photo. - Het Koninklijk Huis
Het Koninklijk Huis added a new photo. - Het Koninklijk Huis

[Macrobug67]

That?s more reasonable.   Thanks :flower3:


But that begs the question: how much stock do we put in a poll that gets basic information that wrong and misleads the public?

[TudorQueen]

Photos from the evening event

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[PrincessOfPeace]

Princess Margriet visits the photo exhibition *Faces of Groesbeek* at the Canadian cemetery in Groesbeek. The photo exhibition provides photos of and information about the fallen a face to buried Canadian soldiers.

https://twitter.com/koninklijkhuis/status/1389246931675885569?s=20

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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima arrive at the Palace on Dam Square for the National Remembrance Day.

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[TLLK]

I'm very glad that these solemn remembrance events were able to take place yesterday. Typically May 5 is the celebration day when there are concerts and other events to remember the joy of liberation from the Nazis.  I know that the Netherlands has an especially close bond with Canada as that nation welcomed then Princess Juliana and her daughters as refugees during WWII with Princess Margriet being born in Canada. Also the country played a great role in liberating the kingdom too.  Ottawa receives an annual thank you gift of tulip bulbs from the Netherlands.

A gift of hundreds of Tulips brightens the days of residents and staff at two long-term care centres | News item | netherlandsandyou.nl

More on Remembrance Day.

King Willem-Alexander and Queen M?xima lead the nation in remembering the war dead ? Royal Central

[Curryong]

Yes the Canadians were there with the British in the liberation of the Netherlands. The Canadian combat in Europe in WW2 is too often forgotten.
The Nazis did dreadful things in the Netherlands, as they did in all the countries they occupied. Wrecking dykes causing farmlands to flood, and that last wretched winter of the war which caused terrible hunger due to no food supplies.

[TLLK]

Very true @Curryong. It's these significant and relatively recent events in our human history that I have serious concerns that they'll be too soon forgotten or ignored. I'm so happy that as a family we've been able to travel to Europe and to view not only beautiful castles and cathedrals, but the more solemn sites such as the D Day beaches and the various WWI and WWII memorials there so we can discuss this with our children.  They are in the unique position of having great-grandfathers who fought on both sides. My son had just finished his high school World History class so he was especially impressed by the sites in Normandy and you could see the challenges that the invading Allied forces had to face that day in June.

Just three years ago we were all sharing a cone of frites and were standing in a very bustling Dam Square. I was pointing out the various royal and national monuments to our kids. Had I not visited sites like this one, I would not have the same knowledge and connection to them.

[Curryong]

Yes, there is nothing like seeing all these sites, experiencing the ambience of different cities and countries for yourself, and if you can do it in a family party all the better. I remember two of my kids not really appreciating many of the things they saw at the time, but they did later when they were able to visit as young adults.

[Macrobug67]

Every year Ottawa has a tulip festival - its gorgeous and a photographers dream. 

It is a celebration of the gift of tulips made by the Dutch in thanks for both Canada?s part in the liberation of their country in WW2 and in hosting the royal family. 

About The Canadian Tulip Festival

The Canadian Tulip Festival was established to celebrate the historic Royal gift of tulips from the Dutch to Canadians immediately following the Second World War as a symbol of international friendship. The Festival preserves the memorable role of the Canadian troops in the liberation of the Netherlands and Europe, as well as commemorates the birth of Dutch Princess Margriet in Ottawa during World War II?the only royal personage ever born in Canada

Canadian Tulip Festival | Festival Canadien des tulipes

[PrincessOfPeace]

May 10, Queen Maxima attended the first day of the More Music in the Class Tour in the fortress Bourtange in Groningen.

https://www.instagram.com/p/COsXwedHtkm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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May 11, As part of the More Music in the Class Tour Queen Maxima paid a visit to the ECI Culture factory in Roermon.

Pics: PPE Agency

[Macrobug67]

Is that her daughter playing the clarinet?

[TLLK]

Is that her daughter playing the clarinet?

I don't think so. IMO Alexia's hair is darker.

More photos from the visit to Lisse.

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands attends open air concerts in Lisse | Daily Mail Online