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" Majesty,
It is with great joy that I welcome you and Queen Silvia here tonight.
This is not your first visit to this country,we already have met many times before both here and (in Sweden-).
It is a pleasure all the more to welcome you again today on this State Visit.
I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate You both,as well as my Godchild,Princess Victoria,with her
engagement and I wish her a very happy future.
What goes for our families,also goes for our countries.We are no strangers to eachother.Quite contrary.Swedes
and Dutch meet one another in many gremia,think the same on many issues and work in good and pleasant cooperation in many fields."
To be honest...it's a bit of a long speech really,at least for now,if you don't mind...  |
Thanks for your work Lucien, 
Now the Speech is aviable in English
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04-22-2009, 08:26 AM
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After a lecture , a Belgian Colonel said that King Baudouin was wearing the day of his wedding the Charles III Order of Spain. He confirmed that never Baudouin or Albert II were the collar of the first Order of Belgium :the Leopold's Order.
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04-22-2009, 08:48 AM
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Visit to Mauritshuis in The Hague. The Royals had a lunch at the Trevezaal
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04-22-2009, 09:03 AM
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Queen Silvia at the Keukenhof,the annual national flower show,with Princess Maxima.
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04-22-2009, 09:26 AM
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Swedish Royals On State Visit To Netherlands - Day 2
Sweden's Queen Silvia, and Netherlands' Princess Maxima take a tour of seasonal flower park De Keukenhof in the town of Lisse in the heart of the bulb growing district of the Netherlands, Wednesday April 22, 2009.
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04-22-2009, 10:23 AM
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HM The King met with the President,and members,of the International Court of Justice,The Hague this morning.
The current President of the ICJ is the father of HIH Crown Princess Masako of Japan,His Excellency mr.Hisashi Owada:
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04-22-2009, 10:29 AM
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Great speech....I could have saved myself the trouble... 
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04-22-2009, 11:49 AM
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This afternoon TM visit the University of Leiden,once founded by Prince Willem the Silent on february 8th 1575,
and a wellknown place of study,headaches and a-sweating for many of our Royals... ..Among them Queen Beatrix,
she studied Law here and Alexander who studied History,Constantijn who studied Civil Law,Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven
who met eachother in the University life here btw.And the then Princess Juliana who had two blissfull years from her golden cage here in the 1920's.
The sons of King Willem III studied here too.
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04-22-2009, 11:58 AM
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04-22-2009, 12:46 PM
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Swedish Royals State Visit To Netherlands
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CP Maxima's gala gown is beautiful. Seems to have weakened.
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04-22-2009, 12:55 PM
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Anyone who has the speech of the King (in English) from the state banquet?
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04-22-2009, 01:18 PM
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Swedish queen Silvia visits with Dutch princess Maxima the flower exhibition Keukenhof in Lisse, Wednesday 22 April. Swedish king Carl Gustaf and queen Silvia pay a state visit to The Netherlands from Tuesday 21 until Thursday 23 April.
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Prince Willem Alexander gave his wife Princess Maxima some flowers during a visit at the University in Leiden, Netherlands, Wednesday April 22, 2009. 
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Prince Willem Alexander and Princess Maxima of The Netherlands together with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden during a visit at the University in Leiden, Netherlands, Wednesday April 22, 2009. King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife Queen Silvia are in the Netherlands for a three-day official state visit.
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Troonopvolgers!: Willem-Alexander en Máxima in Den Haag.
Maxima looks very happy, as usual!
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The flower park is just extraordinary!!! I have never been to the Netherlands. What a great thing to do with the visiting Queen. Maxima looks incredible!!
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04-22-2009, 01:50 PM
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I agree. It was fortunate that the visit coincided with the park in full bloom.
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04-22-2009, 01:54 PM
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it's great to see maxima accompaining queen silvia during the visit. i think she (maxima) looked great again, i loved the headpiece, although it seems to be a little misplaced, hence why it didn't look as nice as it would have. it would have shown in all its splendour with a hair updo.
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What a wonderful visit so far.
Can't wait to see the events for the rest of the week.
Beautiful outfits on both sides.
Thank you everyone for the links and pictures.
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This truly is a joyful picture. Love it!
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04-22-2009, 03:48 PM
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Quote:
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The flower park is just extraordinary!!! I have never been to the Netherlands. What a great thing to do with the visiting Queen. Maxima looks incredible!!
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