Queen Beatrix News Thread: Sept. 2002-Feb. 2005

[The Watcher]

HM Queen Beatrix at the European Parliament today, giving a speech.

Link to speech in...

- Nederlands
- English
- Deutsch
- Français

[bct88]

does anyone know where you can see a video of her giving the speach at the European Parliament?

[Marengo]

The Queen looks great!!!! And so chique!

[pdas1201]

Originally Posted by bct88

does anyone know where you can see a video of her giving the speach at the European Parliament?

Go to the website mentioned below, and click on 'De complete toespraak van koningin Beatrix', it will open a new window (buffer for a while, depending on your connection speed)..:)

http://www.nos.nl/nieuws/artikelen/2...akbeatrix.html

[HMQueenElizabethII]

I have heard that Queen Beatrix will pay her State Visit to Argentina in the end of this year.Is it right?When?

[DDD]

I don´t think it is planned for this year nor next year, I heard the queen doesn´t want to go to a foreign country next year, in her jubilee year. So that will be in 2006 i think

[Josefine]

what is the queens full name and where does the name come from?

[Dennism]

Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard. Wilhelmina is of course after her grandmother. Incidentally, Queen Juliana had Wilhelmina as one of her middle names as well. Armgard. Her father´s mother was Baroness Armgard von Sierstorpff-Cramm.

[Josefine]

but what about beatrix where does that name come from

[pdas1201]

Some pics from the speech during the EU parliament session

3) with EU Parliament President Josep Borrell

[alola]

She is fantastic QUEEN