Crown Princess Beatrix & Prince Claus 1966

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celebrations before the wedding

-Government Banquet at the Prinsenholf in Delft (5th March, 1966)

1) Princess Beatrix with her future husband Mr. Claus Von Amsberg

2) Queen Juliana and Prime Minister Joseph Cals

3) Princess Irene, Princess of Bourbon-Parma and Mr. A Vondeling, finance minister

4) Prince Claus feeding Princess Beatrix

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-Grand Gala at the Hilton

1) Princess Beatrix and her fiancee Mr. Claus Von Amsberg

2) Princess Beatrix sitting in the middle of Mr. Claus Von Amsberg and Grand Duke of Luxembourg

3-5) Princess Beatrix and Mr. Claus Von Amsberg Opening the ball

6) Princess Beatrix talking to her father King Bernhard

7) Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sofia, Prince and Princess of Asturias

8) Prince and Princess of Liege

9) Princess Irene of Greece

[Julia]

Beautiful photos of Beatrix and Claus! Thank you, pdas1201!

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-Royal Ball at the Palace (6th March, 1966)

1) Princess Beatrix entering the ball

2) Princess Margriet of Netherlands and her fiancee Mr. Pieter Van Vollenhoven

3) Queen Juliana and King Bernhard of Netherlands

4) Princess Sofia, Princess of Asturias

5) King Constantine and Queen Anne Marie of Greece

6) Princess Benedikte of Denmark

7) Queen Fabiola and King Baudoin of the Belgians

8) Princess Christina of Sweden

9) Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte of Luxembourg

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-Reception at the Amstel Hotel

1) (L-R) King Baudoin I of Belgians, Queen Fabiola and Mr. Claus Von Amsberg

2) Sir Angus Ogilvy, husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent and Queen Anne Marie of Greece

3) Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte of Luxembourg and Prince of Leige

4) Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sofia, Prince and Princess of Asturias

5) Princess Irene of Bourbon Parma talking to guests

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-Wedding Day (10th March, 1966)

1) Queen Juliana and Mrs. Von Amsberg


Cortege ride through Amsterdam

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1-2) Prince Claus helps Princess Beatrix off the cortege

3-4) Walk down the altar with her prince

The ceremony

5) Lovely Bride Beatrix

6) Prince Claus helping his bride, Princess Beatrix

7) "With this ring, I thee wed"

8) Prince Claus signing the marriage document while Princess Beatrix looks on

9) Listening to the hymns

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After the ceremony

1-2) Princess Beatrix walking with her Prince after the wedding

Waving from the Balcony

3-5) Newly wed couple waving

Official Portraits

[Alexandria]

What wonderful pictures pdas 1201! Are they from a commemorative book or magazine issue on the wedding or about the Queen or the couple?

[Josefine]

what great photos
i would love to see a guestlist
maybe there is a members of TRF that have a list

[Hannelore]

Thanks ever so much for the many beautiful pictures!!

I believe Beatrix designed her dress herself, does anyone know if this is correct?

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Originally Posted by Alexandria

What wonderful pictures pdas 1201! Are they from a commemorative book or magazine issue on the wedding or about the Queen or the couple?

Actually, I got it from the website www.angelfire.com/realm/beatrix1966/index.html

They have scanned the pictures there, so I must say it is there hard work and they receive all the credit for it. I am also sorry for not mentioning it before.

I posted the pictures last night and too tired to even know my name...lol..

Please check out the site, it has some wonderful information on Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus and some problems surrounding their wedding.

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Originally Posted by Josefine

what great photos
i would love to see a guestlist
maybe there is a members of TRF that have a list

This is an abridged version I believe, but so far I have the following guests:

1) Duchess Marina and Duke Michael of Kent (representing QEII)
2) Princess Alexandra of Kent and Sir Angus Ogilvy
3) King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium
4) King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
5) Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte of Luxembourg
6) Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sofia, Prince and Princess of Asturias
7) Prince Charles-Hughes and Princess of Irene of Bourbon Parma
8) Crown Prince Harald of Norway
9) Prince Karim Aga Khan
10) Princess Irene of Greece
11) Prince Charles of Luxembourg
12) Prince Armgard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
13) Greta Von Amsberg (mother of Prince Claus)
14) Princess Christina of Netherlands
15) Princess Benedikte of Denmark
16) Princess Christina of Sweden
17) Lady Christina von Amsberg (sister of Prince Claus)
18) Prince Albert and Princess Paola, Prince and Princess of Liege
19) Infanta Maria del Pilar of Spain
20) Princess Margaretha of Sweden and husband Mr. John Ambler
21) Princess Margriet of Netherlands and her fiancee Pieter van Vollenhoven
22) Prince Aschwin and Princess Simone of Lippe-Biesterfeld

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Engagement Pictures

Source: Worldroots

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Some more pics...

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Honeymoon

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More pics of the wedding...