Baptism of Princess Ariane: October 20th 2007

[Siepie]

Originally Posted by Marengo

In what way was it not your idea of a christening? It is very different from the ones I am used to as well, but the sermon was nice IMHO. The music was nice too, but very little religious hymns. And (related to this) it always stikes me as odd to do a baptism on a saturday, can´t think of anybody else who does/did that apart from our royals.

Nothing was wrong with the sermon or the church, its just that I felt that the childrens behaviour annoyed me every now and then and thats just not my idea of a christening, children running around, throwing with decorations..

[elenaris]

http://www.royalpress.nl/071020.html

[Vanesa]

Thank you for these last ones! The children looks adorable.

And Princess Maxima seems to have found HER hairdoss! Bravo!

Vanesa.

[auntie]

I rally think Maxima was a knockout, second only to Princess Annette, (pregnant for the 3rd time) Makeup and hair were impeccable for a change!
I observed on Friso and Mabels body language and facial expressions that there is some uneasyness, anyone know anything? Also their oldest daughter doesn't seem to be the happiest girl in the world, is she scared of crowds?

[crm2317]

I still can't see the service past the children entering. Really frustrating!

[lucien]

Doop Prinses Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Ines. Kloosterkerk Den Haag 20-10-2007

Courtesy Albert Nieboer.

[acdc1]

Does anyone have the video of Ariane's christening where in the kind of before-footage, it shows Willem-Alexander, Maxima, Amalia, and Alexia playing in the garden, the house, etc? I think it's the full christening. (P.S., if anyone knows the link to just the first video of them playing in the garden for W-A's birthday, could you PM me with the link?)