Prince Pieter-Christiaan, Princess Anita and family: News and Pictures, Part 1

[Alexandria]

Welcome to the first (of many!) News and Picture threads on Prince Pieter-Christiaan and Anita van Eijk.

A little bit about Anita, courtesy of the Benelux Royals MB:

Anita Theodora van Eijk is the second daughter of ir. (engineer) L.A. van Eijk and Mrs J.C.M. van Eijk-Steens. Anita van Eijk was born on 27 October 1969 at Neuchâtel (Switzerland). She has an elder sister Caroline; her younger brother died when she was sixteen. She followed secondary school in Singapore and the Netherlands. Anita van Eijk got her international Baccalaureate at the Rijnlands Lyceum in Oegstgeest. In 1990 she started studying English language and literature at the University of Leiden. After her propaedeutics she started the study communication science at the University of Amsterdam where she graduated in 1996. In 1997 Anita van Eijk started working for Bloomberg in Amsterdam and was sent to London where she worked at the department Sales/Marketing and TV production. In London she afterwards worked at Christie's at the marketing department and at JPMorgan in several management functions. Anita van Eijk now establishes herself in the Netherlands as self-employed person.

[Mandy]

Pictures from ANP

[kwanfan]

Has a date for the wedding been announced?

[Alexandria]

Originally Posted by kwanfan

Has a date for the wedding been announced?

I don't a specific date, but Pieter-Christiaan and Anita in August and Floris and Aimee in October.

See this thread for more wedding information: Engagements of Pieter-Christiaan and Floris: 25 February 2005

[Gabriella]

Great pictures Alexandria and Mandy. Thanks for posting.

Anita also has her own page up on the Dutch Royal Family's Website. There is really no information about her that we don't already know, but here it is if you are interested: http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/UK/roya...e/members.html

[Genevieve]

Where will the couple live after their wedding?

[Lyonnaise]

Caption:
ROTTERDAM, HOLLAND - MARCH 8: Prince Pieter-Christiaan Van Oranje of Holland is seen during the Nominations Announcement for the Laureus World Sports Awards in Portugal 2005 at the Rotterdam Town Hall on March 8, 2005 in Rotterdam, Holland. (Photo by Getty Images for Laureus)

[Tina]

02-01-78 Pieter-Christiaan - in Zell am See

http://www.anpfotoarchief.nl

[xxLindaxx]

More pics of Pieter-Christiaan and Anita:
http://fotosmulders.com/
click on 'trefwoord', type 'apeldoorn', choose fourth option and search!

[Tina]

HUWELIJK PRINS PIETER CHRISTIAAN MET MEVROUW ANITA VAN EIJK EN HUWELIJK PRINS FLORIS MET MEVROUW AIMEE SÖHNGEN

Zijne Hoogheid Prins Pieter-Christiaan zal op donderdag 25 augustus in Apeldoorn in het huwelijk treden met mevrouw Anita van Eijk. Het kerkelijk huwelijk zal plaatsvinden op zaterdag 27 augustus in Den Haag.

Zijne Hoogheid Prins Floris zal op donderdag 20 oktober in Naarden in het huwelijk treden met mevrouw Aimée Söhngen. Het kerkelijk huwelijk, dat eveneens in Naarden plaatsvindt, is op zaterdag 22 oktober.

[elenaris]

I love her smile! she seems really gentle and a nice person...
:)

[elenaris]

and smiling!

[Squidgy]

They do make such a sweet couple.

Here are some photos from June 3rd 2005 when they attended the premier of Cirque du Soleil in Rotterdam.

[Gabriella]

Thanks for the photos Squidgy. They do make a very sweet couple. I'm excited for their wedding (and Floris and Aimee's as well)!

[Tina]

http://www.petersmulders.nl/show.php...r%20christiaan

some more photos

petersmulders.nl

[LadyS]

Will Willem and Maxima attend the wedding?

Will there be any guests from the other European royual families?

[liv]

I´m really sure that WA and Maxima will attend the wedding.They are close family. I don´t think that other royal families will attend.

[Tina]

http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/content.jsp?objectid=9256

news from the offical website

[Gabriella]

Can someone translate that into English, please? It looks like the official schedule for their wedding day, is that correct?

[Tina]

Pieter-Christiaan

http://www.nu.nl/img.db?504749