the godparents of Queen Beatrix are at least King Leopold III of the Belgians, Grand Duke Adolphe of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (brother of Princess Juliana's father) Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (cousin of Queen Wilhelmina) and the Countess de Kotzebue (related to Prince Bernhard)
GD Adolph was not a good choice and during & after WW2 the members of the dutch royal family broke all contacts with him, during the Olympics in Finland in 195? they even turned their backs towards him. They had a good reason to do so btw; One of Prince Berhards best friends Jhr. Roëll -husband of the nanny of Beatrix and father to Beatrix best friends Renée Smith-Roëll who is a godparent of Prince W-A- was arested by the Nazi's as he was in the resistance. Bernhard wrote his mother Armgard, who still lived in Germany and she made contact with Adolph who had a function in the Nazi-party. Adolphe refused to do anything and Jhr. Roëll was shot! The dutch royals also broke contacts with their Waldeck & Saxe-Coburg relations, which caused Pss Alice some pain (as her brother was the duke of Saxe-Coburg & a Nazi). I believe that the old wounds have healed a little as Prince Wittikinfd & his wife did attend the wedding of the crown prince on 02-02-02
Pss Victoria has at least Queen Beatrix as a godmother. The godmother of her father is Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. A while ago I asked the same question on the benelux royal MB, but I saved it on another computer, I will try to post it later on.
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