Dutch Royals Attend Remembrance Day
On May 4th and 5th, members of the Dutch Royal Family attended the Remembrance and Liberation Day commemorations.
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima, on Tuesday May 4th, Remembrance Day, attended the national commemoration held at the Dam Square where took place the wreath-laying ceremony at the National Monument at the presence of Prime Minister Rutte and members of the government. During the ceremony a two-minute silence was held on Dam Square for everyone who died in World War II.
On the same day, Princess Margriet, along with Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven and Prince Pieter Christiaan, marked the Remembrance Day at the Grebbeberg Military Field of Honor in Rhenen.
Following the Coronavirus outbreak the commemorations of Remembrance Day took place without the public.
Filed under The NetherlandsKoning Willem-Alexander, Koningin Máxima en @minpres Rutte zijn aanwezig bij de Nationale Herdenking op de Dam in Amsterdam. André van Duin houdt hier een toespraak. Het Koninklijk Paar legt een krans bij het Nationaal Monument. https://t.co/HPapY97gwt pic.twitter.com/3ook0EBlsz
— Koninklijk Huis (@koninklijkhuis) May 4, 2021
Tagged King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands, Pieter van Vollenhoven, Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.
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