Abdication of Queen Beatrix & Inauguration of Willem-Alexander: Suggestions & Musings

[Marengo]

Originally Posted by Her_Majesty

Is it known how the new Dutch Euro Cent will look like?

I think they haven't shown the design yet. The newspapers said it would be presented after the abdication. They did make a special edition 2-euros coin with both Beatrix and WA. They did the same on the 2 1/2 guilder coin for Beatrix and Juliana.

WA & Beatrix: http://www.knm.nl/CmsData/FCKUploads...tret-groot.jpg

Beatrix & Juliana: http://www.herdenkingsmunt.nl/CmsDat.../dubbelkop.jpg

[kathia_sophia]

I hope they announce the guestlist soon, can't wait anymore. I guess I'm too impatient now, but its mostly because its kinda "killing" me for not knowing who will attend and making constant guesses. They could end this torture now. Please...Only 2 weeks left...

[tommy100]

Originally Posted by Marengo

I suppose that she will be referred to as Queen Beatrix only after her death again, so let's hope that we can enjoy Princess Beatrix as long as possible.

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The New Republican society started an initiative to collect 40.000 signatures to start a debate in parlament about the salary of the new king. If a çitizens initiative has 40.000 signatures, parlament will need to discuss the matter there.

They compare the salary of the queen at present (€ 825.000,-) to the salaries of president Obama ($ 400.000,-), bundespresident Gauck (€ 199.000,-) and king Juan Carlos (€ 150.000,-) and add that all three of them do pay tax while the Dutch monarch does not.

Republikeinen willen debat over salaris koning - Binnenland - VK

Will 'Princess Beatrix' get an allowance after she abdicates? If so does anyone know how much?

[Marengo]

She will receive € 1.288.730,-. Of this part € 431.794,- will be for private use, the rest for staff and other material costs.

[stephanievl]

Philippe and Mathilde will be present.
Inhuldigingsplechtigheid van Koning Willem-Alexander

[An Ard Ri]

Originally Posted by tommy100

Will 'Princess Beatrix' get an allowance after she abdicates? If so does anyone know how much?

Yes thats a very good question and I was wondering about that also,thanks to Marengo for answering this above .

[lucien]

Originally Posted by An Ard Ri

Yes thats a very good question and I was wondering about that also,thanks to Marengo for answering this above .

Yes she will.In fact both TM and the former Monarch will get an allowance.
The next who will get an allowance once she will reach the age of 18 is
Princess Amalia,as of april 30th HRH The Princess of Orange.And only them.

[lucien]

Meanwhile it was announced that Dutch astronaut André Kuijpers will be one of the two Herauts der Wapenen and as such he will accompany the King to the Nieuwe Kerk,and immediatly after the Oath and the swearing in by the Members of Parliament will proclaim;"De Koning is ingehuldigd" iow;"The King is Inaugurated".

One of two Koningen der Wapenen,or Herauten, as the other will be General Peter van Uhm,former Commander of the Forces and Adjutant Extraordinair to HM The Queen.The day after Peter van Uhm became Commander of the Forces his son Dennis was killed in Afghanistan,so joy turned into mourning yet he remained staidfast.An extraordinary man indeed,and not without reason HM choose him as her Adjutant and that the new Monarch also chooses to honour him.

[principessa]

Does anyone know, why not monarchs but heirs are attending the inauguration?

[lucien]

Originally Posted by principessa

Does anyone know, why not monarchs but heirs are attending the inauguration?

As was explained several times already,but pages multiply so easily and fast & nothing that was written before is read again.....grin...the reason for this is that New Monarchs first have to visit their longer Reigning "Collegues",thus the Heirs & spares and their spouses or specific other are invited instead,always.

The Koningstientje,the new 10 Euro Kings Coin:

PPE Agency

And ofcourse the worthwhile exhibition at the Prinsenhof,Delft,the last Residence of the Patriae Patria,Prince Willem I of Orange Nassau,and venue of his murder by order of the mental Philip II of Spain.

"From Willem to Willem"

PPE Agency

And more:As I said,the Prinsenhof is the venue for the murder of prince Willem I,The Taciturn,the holes in the wall are the proof of the murder:

PPE Agency

courtesy PPE

Oh nice!Press Agencies and VorstenRoyale report that TIH Crown Prince Naruhito and Crowen Princess Masako will be in attendance!That would indeed be marvellous for Princess Masako!..if the IHA lets her...Her parents will be in attendance as well as her father works in The Hagueas a judge for the ICC

[Marengo]

The NOS also reports that Naruhito ánd Masako will attend. So that is something to look forward to. Their source is 'various Japanese media'.

I expected that they would send prince Akishino and his wife. He has been here several times and is the honorairy chairman of the Japan-Netherlands society.

Edit: ANP mentions th television station NHK as source. The tv station says that in Amsterdam it will be decided which function she feels well enough to attend.

http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4492/Neder...msterdam.dhtml

I believe that princess Masako was also supposed to attend the Stockholm wedding (she was on the official guest list that was published a few days before), but in the end she was unable to and her husband went alone to Sweden.

[Noor Mariam]

Please, is already available the TV link to watch the live broadcast of the inauguration next April 30 ??

[An Ard Ri]

Originally Posted by lucien

And ofcourse the worthwhile exhibition at the Prinsenhof,Delft,the last Residence of the Patriae Patria,Prince Willem I of Orange Nassau,and venue of his murder by order of the mental Philip II of Spain.

"From Willem to Willem"

PPE Agency

And more:As I said,the Prinsenhof is the venue for the murder of prince Willem I,The Taciturn,the holes in the wall are the proof of the murder:

PPE Agency

courtesy PPE

Now that's an exhibition I'd really like to see!

Here's a bit more on it

William to William - This is the official site of the city of Delft for residents, tourists and business.

[ricarda]

The "Confirmed Guests" thread is closed, so I put this info here:
It is now confirmed that the CP couple of Denmark will attend 29-30 April.

[cmbruno]

Originally Posted by lucien

Oh nice!Press Agencies and VorstenRoyale report that TIH Crown Prince Naruhito and Crowen Princess Masako will be in attendance!That would indeed be marvellous for Princess Masako!..if the IHA lets her...Her parents will be in attendance as well as her father works in The Hagueas a judge for the ICC

I hope Princess Masako will be able to come and attend the cerimonies. I think it would do her immensely good.

[cdm]

So of all the European royal families we only don't know yet if the British and the Luxembourgs are coming?

Does anyone know if the princely families of Monaco and Liechtenstein will be represented?
Was Monaco represented in 1980?

[lucien]

Originally Posted by cdm

So of all the European royal families we only don't know yet if the British and the Luxembourgs are coming?

Does anyone know if the princely families of Monaco and Liechtenstein will be represented?
Was Monaco represented in 1980?

No,there wasn't any representation from there,from Monaco,the children were too small to come and ofcourse Rainier and Gracia Patricia were Reigning and thus not invited so Monaco was represented by a Consul-General at most,From Liechtenstein I'm not sure if Hans-Adam was there at the time.They always were a bit under the royal radar at the time...

But Alois could be in attendance this time, yes.

And Wyevale,no,it isn't known yet no who will represent the UK.

[wyevale]

I understand that TRH the Earl and Countess of Wessex will not be attending . Is it known yet, who will be representing the United Kingdom ?

[Lumutqueen]

Originally Posted by wyevale

I understand that TRH the Earl and Countess of Wessex will not be attending . Is it known yet, who will be representing the United Kingdom ?

There has been no announcement made yet.

[Marengo]

The German toy manufacturer 'Playmobil' has two new dolls: Willem-Alexander and Máxima. They will only be for sale in the Netherlands:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...19015988_o.jpg