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 Newspaper the ‘Telegraaf‘ reports that Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau, 2nd son of Princess Margriet of The Netherlands, has been punished on sunday by the directors of the final races at the circuit of Zandvoort. The prince was suspended for the final race of the Tango Dutch GT4 Championship, in which he would participate together with Danny van Dongen in a Corvette C6.

The reason for this was an incident at the Dielcup, of saturday. When the prince came close to a curve, his car bumped the car of Liesette Braams, who ended next to the circuit, together with two other cars. The prince was shown the black flag and he was not allowed to participate in sunday’s race.

It isn’t the first time this season that this happened. The prince was not invited to the Dutch GT4-race in belgium because he didn’t behave correctly, in front of the eyes of the people who were in charge of the race.

Marengo Dutch Royals Horse Racing, Prince Bernhard van Vollenhoven

 Prince Bernhard, a nephew of Queen Beatrix, has undergone intestinal surgery to remove benign tissue in his bowel.

The surgery took place yesterday at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, and was performed by Dr WA Bemelmans. The RVD reported that the surgery went to plan, and the Prince is recovering. The Prince underwent a similar surgery in April last year, and is known to suffer from Crohn’s disease.

More information on Prince Bernhard can be found here.

JessRulz Dutch Royals Hospital, Prince Bernhard van Vollenhoven, Surgery

Today, March 2oth, several members of the Dutch Royal Family participated in the first day of Make A Difference Day in Holland. The royal family volunteer their time for this event every year, and it brings out the majority of members of the family.

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The Prince of Orange and his wife Princess Máxima were helping to fix the De Gagel playground in Utrecht, where the heir to the throne helped in rebuiliding the garden area, while Máxima put her painting skills to the test inside, helping other women paint a mural on the playground’s building. A video of the pair at the playground can be found here at koninklijkhuis.nl.

Prince Willem-Alexander’s first cousin, Prince Pieter-Christiaan was also out, with his wife Princess Anita at Sciandri Sport Management in Almere, which was hosting a sports clinic. The pair played badminton, football and handball with the children during the clinic.

Prince Bernhard and Princess Annette volunteered at the Fawaka Project Centre for young care takers in Dokkum, where they cooked meals for the care staff, patients and their families. Bernhard manned the bar, while Annette served the food.

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And Prince Floris and his pregnant wife Princess Aimée were out earlier this evening, taking part in a voluntary training session with the Rozenburg Fire Department.

Tomorrow, March 21st; will see Queen Beatrix visit the blind, Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien will volunteer at the Kico centre, and Pieter van Vollenhoven will volunteer with the voluntary traffic controllers of Limburg-Noord.

The thread for MADD 2009 can be found here.

JessRulz Dutch Royals Make A Difference Day, Prince Bernhard van Vollenhoven, Prince Floris, Prince of Orange, Prince Pieter-Christiaan, Prince Willem-Alexander, Princess Aimée, Princess Anita, Princess Annette, Princess Máxima