Christening of Countess Zaria

[Empress]

This is a thread regarding the baptism/christening of Countess Zaria. Let's not turn this into a discussion of Protestantism vs. Catholicism. Nor should we turn this into a thread regarding the choices of Maxima regarding her faith, or what influence that might have on her children. There are other forums and threads for that. Let's stay on topic please.

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[Henri M.]

The pictures are free from copyrights and can be dowloaded freely at the official website of the Netherlands Royal House.
For giant picture 1 Het Koninklijk Huis (click on download foto)
For giant picture 2 Het Koninklijk Huis (click on download foto)

Here two normal sized ones (click double to expand):

Note:
- the grey/beige shoes of the Princess,
- the grey-beige dress of Countess Luana,
- the grey/beige tie of the Prince and
- the grey/beige bows on the baptismal gown of Countess Zaria!
- on the giant downloadpictures you can see an ancient silver dove (symbolizing the Holy Spirit) on Countess Zaria's gown, for centuries worn at all Orange-Nassau baptisms.





Sitting:
HM The Queen (mother of Prince Friso)
HRH Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau
Joanna Zaria Nicoline Milou Countess of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouw van Amsberg
HRH Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau née Wisse Smit
Luana Countess of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouw van Amsberg
Mrs. Florence Wisse Smit (mother of Princess Mabel)

Standing:
HRH Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme, Count de Bardi (cousin of Prince Friso)
Ms. María Luz Luano (friend of the parents)
HRH The Prince of Orange (brother of Prince Friso)
Ms. Nicoline Wisse Smit (sister of Princess Mabel)
Mr. Ruben Ameling (friend of the parents)

First Picture: taken in the Oranjesael of Huis ten Bosch
Second Picture: taken in the White Dining Chamber a.k.a. the Marot Chamber of Huis ten Bosch

[mathilde16]

Originally Posted by Henri M.

The pictures are free from copyrights and can be dowloaded freely at www.koninklijkhuis.nl

Here two big ones (click double to expand):

wow, they all looks beautiful!

[corazon]

luana is so so beautiful! at last with an adorable dress!!!!
luana was christeniced with the same dress than luana.

[ahtikavalentine]

I have a question. Is tomorrow the christening or it did happen??

[christinacg]

Great to see pictures of Luana and Zaria!

[crisiñaki]

the girls are sooooooooo cute, but the bows in Zaria's gown!!!
my God, Mabel needs professional help

[dazzling]

thank you for the pictures, Mabels two daughters are just adorable especially little Zaria. Mabel looks good in white/cream but not to sure what was going on with the hair. Happy for the family, the group picture is lovely. Hope to see some of Maxima

[princess leonor]

Thanks for the pictures! Zaria is so much more beautiful than her sister!!!

[MissSaga]

What a cute family. Both girls are precious. Am I the only one who thinks Zaria looks a lot like her father?
And oh well, I think it's cute that there are bows on Zaria's christening dress.

[Atene]

Zaria ( love that name) is so beautiful:)

[Lady Bluffton]

Hopefully this comment is still on topic, keeping in mind our good administrator's wishes.

How do you get baptized without being affiliated with a particular denomination? I'm sorry, but that's a new one for me.

Who will perform the baptism; shouldn't that determine "what kind" of baptism it is???

[Henri M.]

Originally Posted by Lady Bluffton

Hopefully this comment is still on topic, keeping in mind our good administrator's wishes.

How do you get baptized without being affiliated with a particular denomination? I'm sorry, but that's a new one for me.

Who will perform the baptism; shouldn't that determine "what kind" of baptism it is???

Anyone can perform a baptism. Any baptism in the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit is acknowledged by the major Christian Faiths.

What Prince Friso & Princess Mabel did, (and Prince Maurits and Princess Marilène) is that they gave their children a christian baptism but do not make them member of a certain denomination. Countess Luana and Countess Zaria will be raised and be learned the common Christian principles and morale and their parents hope that they will make their very own personal choice: for the Protestant Church, for the Roman-Catholic Church, for an Evangelical Church, whatever.

The Orange-Nassaus are flexible in that. During the Wedding of the Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima, Padre Rafael Braun, the roman-catholic family-priest of the Zorreguietas did the Readings in Spanish. On request of the bride the Ave Maria was sung by a soprano, and all that during a Protestant service.

The children of Prince Friso and Princess Mabel were baptized by Huub Oosterhuis, a former Catholic priest, a poet, a writer, a theologist and the pastor of the Amsterdam Students Ecclesia, which is a religious center for all students from all Christian denominations.

Huub Oosterhuis is very close to the Queen and her family: he guided Prince Claus in his last phase of life and he emotioned the Netherlands with a sublime tribute during the State Funeral.

[Her_Majesty]

The photos are really nice. The girls are so adorable! They turned into cute kids!
Zaria's Christening-dress is really beautiful!

[Sister Morphine]

Mabel needs some under-eye cream, some face powder and a hair brush. She literally looked like she rolled out of bed, threw something on and ran to church. She's a princess....she can afford a comb. I am thoroughly not impressed with her.

The kids look darling, although I'm tired of the bows motif popping up all the time. If ever there's a time when you don't need a dress covered in them, now would be a good one.

[amina1]

I agree with you MissSaga, Zaria looks a lot like her father! Her older sister is more blonder than her I guess she gets it from her mom. And yes her mom looks a bit tired, I don't think it's make-up thing to fix, not easy to manage with two young kids

[Sister Morphine]

Originally Posted by amina1

I agree with you MissSaga, Zaria looks a lot like her father! Her older sister is more blonder than her I guess she gets it from her mom. And yes her mom looks a bit tired, I don't think it's make-up thing to fix, not easy to manage with two young kids

I'm sure she is tired, but you can at least run a brush through your hair and put some powder on. That takes what, 5 minutes if that? She doesn't have to look like she's going to a ball or anything, but she could look a little more put together.

[Henri M.]

Originally Posted by Sister Morphine

Mabel needs some under-eye cream, some face powder and a hair brush. She literally looked like she rolled out of bed, threw something on and ran to church. She's a princess....she can afford a comb. I am thoroughly not impressed with her.

The kids look darling, although I'm tired of the bows motif popping up all the time. If ever there's a time when you don't need a dress covered in them, now would be a good one.

The mom works in Brussels (Belgium) as directer of the Open Society Institute. In her function she travels all around the globe.

The dad works in Delft (the Netherlands) as director of TNO Space. In his function he travels all around the globe.

The family lives in London (England)...

No wonder they are tired. They are world-commuters!

[Sister Morphine]

Originally Posted by Henri M.

The mom works in Brussels (Belgium) as directer of the Open Society Institute. In her function she travels all around the globe.

The dad works in Delft (the Netherlands) as director of TNO Aerospatial Research Centre.

The family lives in London (England)...

No wonder they are tired. They are world-commuters!

That's great, but that doesn't mean she can't brush her hair. It takes about as much time to brush your hair as it does to get dressed. If she can do one, she can do the other. I think if your child is being christened, you owe it to your guests to not look like you just woke up.

[amina1]

How come????
do they live in the same house and where, if they both have jobs in different countries