Queen Juliana's Family at Soestdijk

[Maxie]

Thanks for those Marengo, they are so great. One got to love the on were little Magriet is holding Churchill's hand. :)

[Marengo]

It is a rainy, boring saturdayafternoon here in Holland, so: here a set of pictures/postcards from www.hetgeheugenvannederland.nl

Beatrix, Bernhard and newborn Irene:

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Irene and Beatrix:

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Again, Irene and Beatrix:

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Juliana, Beatrix and Irene:

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Juliana, Irene, Bernhard and Beatrix:

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King Leopold III of the Belgians, Queen Wilhelmina, Crownprincess Juliana, Prince Bernhard, Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene:

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Juliana, Irene, Bernhard and Beatrix in The Hague, 1940. They did a tour through the city just a few days before the germans invaded the country (and were widely cheered of course). I believe the family moved from Soestdijk to Huis ten Bosch, The Hague in the winter of 1939/1940.

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Arrival of Juliana, Beatrix and Irene in Halifax, Canada (the boat is HMS Sumatra, which would sunk down in the Dutch East Indies later in the war).

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The first days Juliana and her daughters were guests at goverment house (?) of the Earl of Athlone and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.

[Pink Tulip]

What incredible photos Marengo. Thankyou!

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Pictures like these were thrown out of airplanes above the Netherlands the tekst : 'Untill soon, Juliana':

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And another one:

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During a radiospeech for the canadian radio Juliana said: Never speak to me of pity:

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Beatrix, Irene and Renee Roell at the beach in Canada:

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Wilhelmina paid tweo visits to Canada/US in the war. This picture was taken in Lee, USA, where Juliana rented a house for the summer (and Wilhelmina had the opportunity to meet Franklin Delano Roosevelt:

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Beatrix and Irene with the newborn Margriet Fransesca: