lucien
Majesty
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Wonderfull Ladies and great exhibition indeed iceflower!!!
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The elegant lady next to the Queen, with the silver chain, is the new Mayor of Maastricht. An iron fist in a velvet glove. She was one of the highest crimefighters (prosecutor-general) before she became appointed Mayor. The first one not belonging to any political party since the Reign of King Willem III. The Mayor's husband is a retired chief-surgeon, her grandfather was a mayor as well and her other grandfather an industrialist in Brabant. "Us knows us". See the Princess and the Mayor holding hands: picture.
In the Dutch system the Mayor -not elected but appointed by the Crown- has a sort "above the parties"-position. It is interesting that it took so long before finally somewhere an independent Mayor has been appointed and then -remarkably- not in a little municipality but in a city as Maastricht. Wonderful. Hope the dude who fainted when the Princess left the theatre is well.
And a wonderful classy lady at that. She used to be my boss before she became prosecutor-general. Most people here were very happy when she became mayor.
Has this been Princess Beatrix's first US trip since her abdication?
To nip gossip in the bud before it turns up here
apparently german magazine "Aktuelle" tried to come up with a new boyfriend for P.Beatrix, but no, it's not true:
'Nieuwe liefde' Beatrix verbijsterd|Prive| Telegraaf.nl
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(i thought it was a nice story, and pics aren't bad either)
The Princess had a polyclinic cataract operation on her left eye in a London clinic yesterday,and was dismissed from hospital shortly afterwards.
Doesn't Princess Mabel live London.