Willem-Alexander and Máxima News: Nov. 2004 - Jan. 2005

[susan alicia]

Originally Posted by pigzilla

Before jumping to conclusions that she may or may not be pregnant, why is it so impossible to believe that perhaps the press conference is the thank the Dutch people during their time of tragedy?

lets just wait and see, it has to be something else but I cannot think what.

the thanking will probably be done first and foremost by the queen.

the announcing of the expected birth of second child: if willem alexander has a single complaint it is that he does not want his life to be a docu-drama, so it would be easy for them to keep it within the family until next month.

[The Watcher]

Rvd: Maxima Is Pregnant !!!!

[susan alicia]

Originally Posted by Ennyllorac

Why would it be disrespectful? Life goes on and life is for the living. I think what is more important is how you treat someone when they are alive, not how you mourn.

mourning well is an essential part of healing and being able to get on and enjoy your life. It is not about how they treated bernhard during his life it is about their getting over their personal loss.

& it is important that they follow a certain protocol, one that we personally do not have to. Beatrix understands that and insists more on it than her mother did.

[susan alicia]

Originally Posted by The Watcher

Rvd: Maxima Is Pregnant !!!!

you are kidding.....

[xxLindaxx]

The Telegraaf says as wel she is pregnant:
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/1..._zwanger!.html

[susan alicia]

Originally Posted by xxLindaxx

The Telegraaf says as wel she is pregnant:
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/1..._zwanger!.html

yes
and the article says she has not yet passed the first 13 weeks of the pregnancy.

[The Watcher]

Originally Posted by The Watcher

Rvd: Maxima Is Pregnant !!!!

I heard it on the radio. They said the RVD confirmed the story. But I'm not sure the radio was right. Well, it is (almost) for sure that she is pregnant, government sources confirmed the pregnancy of Maxima, according de Telegraaf. :)

[Guess Who]

Thought would post some pic's of the couple

[carlota]

i don't think that would be disrispectful. if maxima's belly keeps growing what they can't do is hidding it.

[The Watcher]

It is up to the Queen to decide there will an announcement for Christmas or not. Of course princess Maxima has to be three months pregnant before they can announce it.

[Valentine]

They say that according to somes members of the government, Maxima is pregnant and expecting her second baby for the summer of 2005.

It not official yet, as she's not yet thirteen weeks pregnant, and we'll have to wait for the confirmation until then.

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Yes,it will be so nice if Princess Maxima be pregnant again.It can be a nice news for Dutch Royals after sadness of deaths of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard.

[xxLindaxx]

from the BRMB

The meeting with some members of the press (tomorrow) has been cancelled by WA & Maxima, who are both angry & annoyed by all these speculations Article (in Dutch) from AD:
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*Willem-Alexander en Máxima zijn boos
Van een onzer verslaggevers

Prins Willem-Alexander en prinses Máxima hebben een afspraak met journalisten voor morgen afgezegd na het bericht in de Telegraaf dat Máxima opnieuw in verwachting is. Het paar is boos op de krant en heeft geen zin in verdere vragen over een zwangerschap.

Willem-Alexander en Máxima zouden morgen een ontmoeting hebben met leden van de vereniging verslaggevers Koninklijk Huis. Bij een eerdere bijeenkomst in juni 2003 maakte Máxima zelf bekend dat ze zwanger was. Vroegtijdige berichtgeving ligt erg gevoelig bij het paar, omdat de eerste zwangerschap van Máxima niet zonder problemen verliep. Door een complicatie moest de prinses wekenlang het bed houden. Bovendien is de koninklijke familie nog in rouw wegens het overlijden van prins Bernhard.

[theprincess]

I hope she is pregnant again! It would be nice to see a little brother or sister for Princess Catherina-Amalia! Could someone translate the article please if they have time?

[xxLindaxx]

From the BRMB
Willem-Alexander and Máxima angry


By one of our reporters

Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima have cancelled a meeting with journalists which was scheduled for tomorrow, after the article in 'De Telegraaf' that Princess Máxima is in expectation again. The couple is annoyed on the newspaper and does not want any furtherer questions about a pregnancy.

Tomorrow Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima would have had a meeting with the club of Royal House-reporters. During an earlier meeting in June 2003, the Princess herself made known that she was in expectation. Premature publication is a sensitive topic for the couple because the first pregnancy of Princess Máxima did not went without problems. Due to a compliations the Princess was forced to stay in bed for weeks. And besides this all, the royal family is still in the mouring period for Prince Bernhard.

[The Watcher]

A other newspaper the 'Volkskrant' writes also that Maxima is pregnant, it seems they have their own sources. The 'Volkskrant' is a very very reliable source. So it seems Maxima is really pregnant, only not yet 13 weeks. The 'Volkskrant' writes that the second baby will arrive before July 2005. If everything goes well, Princess Margriet will have 5 grandchildren next year: Anna, Lucas, Isabella, Samuel and a baby of Marilene (begin June). And for Queen Beatrix also 5 grandchildren: Catharina-Amalia, Eloise, Claus-Casimir, the first baby for Mabel (April) and the second baby for Maxima (June).

[liv]

I have to say that can understand WA and Maxima´s reaction but on the other hand I think that it is only human. When people hear that there will be a press conference or a meeting with the press and they usually start thinking about what could be the reason for it.
I must admit that I also thought it might be a second pregnancy when I heard about the press conference because it was like the first pregnancy. But now it seems as it is a regular press meeting...

[susan alicia]

Originally Posted by The Watcher

A other newspaper the 'Volkskrant' writes also that Maxima is pregnant, it seems they have their own sources. The 'Volkskrant' is a very very reliable source. So it seems Maxima is really pregnant, only not yet 13 weeks. The 'Volkskrant' writes that the second baby will arrive before July 2005. If everything goes well, Princess Margriet will have 5 grandchildren next year: Anna, Lucas, Isabella, Samuel and a baby of Marilene (begin June). And for Queen Beatrix also 5 grandchildren: Catharina-Amalia, Eloise, Claus-Casimir, the first baby for Mabel (April) and the second baby for Maxima (June).

better source than the radio........
as I read in the newspapers this morning the rvd reacted to all questions of the press with "no comment".

[MoonlightRhapsody]

I think the whole fiasco is an overreaction on both sides. Overreaction by the media from the announcement of a press conference and overreaction from Maxima for cancelling the whole thing. I understand that the press can be tenacious when they catch wind of certain information, but it's not as if it's a bad type of information. News of a pregnancy is a happy occassion, that's why people want to know if someone is expecting. The impression I got from Maxima's reaction was that she cancelled the meeting with the media because they stole her thunder about surprising everyone with the news, if in fact it was a confirmation of a pregnancy. If she isn't pregnant, she shouldn't have cancelled the meeting and denied it outright.