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October 2006

October 2
Her Royal Highness Princess Laurentien speaks at the opening of the Foundation Read & Write, as one of the chairwomen.
Het Koninklijk Huis

October 4
Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet is present at the official opening of the Butterfly Pavillion in Artis, Amsterdam. In the new Butterfly Pavillion, there are around 1000 butterflies, in over 20 different species of butterfly
Het Koninklijk Huis

October 5
His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange gives the opening speech at the conference Reporting: A Measure or Sustainability, at the Okura Hotel in Amsterdam
Het Koninklijk Huis

October 6
Her Majesty the Queen announces the Royal Price for Painting 2006 at the Municipality Museum in the Hague. Four artists who win the Royal Price will each receive 6,000 Euros as a prize. Also, the Queen will open an exhibit on the winning paintings
Het Koninklijk Huis

October 7
Her Majesty the Queen is present at the conference of the Federation of Orange Associates in Markelo. The theme of this year's conference is "De Oranges in the Changing World"
Het Koninklijk Huis

October 8
Baptism of Her Excellency Countess Leonore, the youngest daughter of HRH Prince Constantijn & HRH Princess Laurentien, in the morning at the Chapel of Palace the Loo
Het Koninklijk Huis

October 11
Her Majesty The Queen received the Chair of the German Bundesrat and PM of Schleswig-Holstein,Mr.P.H.Carstensen at Noordeinde Palace,The Hague
Het Koninklijk Huis

October 11
Her Royal Highness Princess Máxima attended the congress of the Bank for International Settlements,Basel,Switserland.
Het Koninklijk Huis

October 13
Her Royal Highness Princess Máxima is present at the speech of Professor Doctor Halleh Ghorashi, at the University of Amsterdam
Het Koninklijk Huis

October 19
Her Royal Highness Princess Máxima is present at the distribution of Mosaic Subsidies to Immigrants who graduated in the Netherlands. Twenty-three students will recieve a 180,000 Euro subsidy to help their four-year promotion investigation
Het Koninklijk Huis

October 19
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Phillipe and Princess Mathilde of Belgium and Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima are present at the opening of the exhibition Rubens and Brueghel Together, at the Maurits House in the Hague
Het Koninklijk Huis

October 20
Professor Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven opens the restored Monumentally Modern Broerekerk in Bolsward. The Broerekerk, a monestary, is the oldest building in Bolsward, dating back to the 13th century, and largely destroyed in a fire in 1980
Het Koninklijk Huis

October 20
Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet opens the restored services centre in Tolkamer
Het Koninklijk Huis

October 21
Her Majesty the Queen, as protective woman, opens the 25th 'Jan Concrete Sprankelplek' in the Hague
Het Koninklijk Huis

October 23-28
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima participate in an official visit to Australia, on the invitation of His Excellency the Governor-General of Australia. The visit closes the celebration of 400 years bilateral realtions between the Netherlands and Australia. Their Royal Highnesses will visit Canberra, Uluru, Tasmania and Sydney

October 26
Her Majesty the Queen is present at a special synagogue service on the occassion of the 75 Year Society of Liberal-Religious Jews in the Netherlands, in Amsterdam
Het Koninklijk Huis

October 27
Prof.mr.Pieter van Vollenhoven will attend-and speech-(at)the Carnegie Hero Foundation,The Hague
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October 30-November 1
On an invitation from Her Majesty the Queen, Their Majesties King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan travel to the Netherlands for a State Visit.
The King and Queen of Jordan will visit the cities of Amsterdam and the Hague, and the province of Flevoland
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October 31-4
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima participate in an official visit to New Zealand, on the invitation of His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand. Their Royal Highnesses will visit Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch and Auckland
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