Well here in Holland the press and general public was openly speculating about a marriage of the two. As I said, their pictures appeared in shopwindows and it was reported in several newspapers that an engagement was in the making.
In reality the dutch ambassadors were looking everywhere for suitable princes for Juliana, who had to be protestant and healthy (and preferably not german, as the Nazi thing was already going on). So an obvious choise were the swedish princes. Now the dutch ambassador in Stockholm didn't have encouraging reports to send to The Hague. He found the sons of the Crownprince, Princes Sigvard and Bertil not suitable due to their interest in cars and women, and not much else. Prince Lennart was sickly, so the ambassador thought not capaple of reproducing (in fact, the prince became obver 90, with a lot of children from 3 marriages). The only one left was Carl, who was slightly more intelligent then his cousins. I believe Wilhelmina and King Gustav V-Adolf had some contacts about the matter, but when the two met each other Juliana thought him immature and he had more interest in parties with other girls. According to the Dutch ambassador to London, Juliana didn't behave well towards him & showed more interest in the greek princes Paul and Peter (this was during the celebrations for the wedding of Marina of Greece and the Duke of Kent, I believe that Juliana came back to hear that her father had died).
It was popular here, not so much for the prince but because they wanted Juliana married
A note before the song: it was written by somebody from the working-class area in Amsterdam, the 'Jordaan'. This area was known for it's special way of celebrating, singing, making fun etc. Well, you get the style when you read it, don't take it to seriously
The song, seems strange(r) due to the translation:
O Juliaantje
I have read in the newspaper
That Juliaantje from our country
Will soon be engaged,
A swedish prince gave her a chance,
And she gave him 'sjans' (she flirted)
And promised her hand (in marriage).
Now we will get a party again
As never before
Now we are going 'pot verteren' (old fashioned expression to say you have fun, spend money, party etc etc).
O, people, what fun
That it may be a party like that
I will teach you how to drink.
O Juliaantje, what have you done now?
O Juliaantje, don't let him go
Don't let him slip, for sure
That it will be, Orange 'boven' (up, as in, they will celebrate the house of Orange).
O Juliaantje, what have you done now?
O Juliaantje, don't let him slip
Don't let him get away
But give him immediately
Oranjebitter (traditional drink, to celebrate the house of Orange), with a 'klont' (don't know what it is, probably something to eat with the drink).
And soon, just believe me
Juliaan will be in 'ondertrouw' (when you regester witht he city the intention and date when to get married).
Then she will go to the cityhall
And we will get a giant party
As we never had before
in honour of Juliaan.
And our entire Netherlands
Will put it's sorrows aside (JM: it was during the economical crisis).
You can see them party again,
If our Juliaan
Will get step in her marriageboat (expression to say gets married)
Then we can dance for a week.
We will get an Orange party here,
as we never had before,
in our House of Orange.
Whole our Holland will be one piece of joy,
you will only live for drink and beers,
in the Jordaan of Mokum (Mokum = Amsterdam, and Jordaan is an area there).
And all the time
You will here a drunken man
who says we will get one other 'graantje) (JM = graanjenever, traditional drink)
In honour of the Swede
I don't know what her lover is called
and another one in the honour of Juliaantje.