Dutch State Visit to Latvia: May 22-24, 2006

[Maxie]

HM Queen Beatrix will visit Latvia from 22 May to 24 May 2006. The programm will take place in the capital Riga and the city of Liepaja.

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Remember to give credit were credit is due.

 

[Maxie]

Schedule of the visit (from www.koninklijkhuis.nl) in a very bad translation (by Maxie):

Monday 22th of May: Riga

- Arrival at the airport of Riga.
- Welcome at the presedential palace
- Official picture, signing of the guestbook, followed by a tête-à-tête
- Ceremony at the monument of Freedom
- Visit to the chairman of the Saeima (parlement)
- Visit to the town hall for a presentation on city development
- Visit to the museum of Occupation
- State banquet, offered by the president in Melngalvju nam (Blackheads House)

Tuesday 23th of May: Riga


- Presentation by member of the Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies
- Visit to the University of Latvia for a presentation on the Human Development Report and handig-over of a book about the bilateral relations between the Netherlands and Latvia.
- Theme related lunch with presentation by the members of the Strategic Analysis Commision with as main theme the reintegration in Europe.
- City walk through the old part of Riga with a visit to the cathedral
- Reception of the Dutch community in Riga
- Concert of the Concertgebouw Orechestra, offered by the Queen to the Latvian authorities.


Wednesday 24th of May: Liepaja

-Arrival at the airport of Liepaja.
-Tour trough Karosta, a area with detoriated villas from the 19th century and partly detoriated flats from the Soviet era.
-Briefing about the economical and planological develepments of the city.
-Tour through the harbour.
-Walk through the centre of Liepaja.
-Concert in the Liepaja Latvian Society House
-Visit to the Holy Trinity church
-Depart at the airport of Liepaja

 

[liv]

So the Queen will travel alone,or will she be accompanied by WA and Maxima?

 

[Maxie]

This time the Queen will travel alone. Normally W-A and Maxima only accompany her at state visits outside Europe.

 

[Her_Majesty]

I really hope for some nice new hats of the Queen.
I'm really looking forward to some new pictures.
It's sad that WA and Maxima aren't joining her...

 

[fanletizia]

Queen Beatrix arrives to Latvia

from terra

 

[Maxie]

Oh God, the dead bird. She wore that hat at a Prinsjesdag some years ago. I definitely don't like it...

 

[fanletizia]

Images from PPE

 

[GrandDuchess]

The flower bouquets that Queen Beatrix and President Vaira Vike Freiberga got are really beautiful, but if I may say so - neither of the otherwise two fantastic ladies are not exactly dressed in their best. Queen Beatrix wears that quite terrible "bird feathers hat" and the shoulder pads seem to be in place, and the cut of the President's suit doesn't really fit her.

 

[purple_platinum]

That's a really interesting hat of Beatrix's. She certainly shows some fashion style there. The colour chosen by the Latvian president is really girly, and she probably try to balance the Queen's fashion sense. I agree, they both could do better choice with their outfits.

 

[Her_Majesty]

She loves those feather hats I don't really like it. Too much feathers.
But her outfit looks good

 

[fanletizia]

Visit to the museum of Occupation and some pics of "Koningin Beatrix is maandag in de hoofdstad Riga aan een drie dagen durend staatsbezoek aan Letland begonnen"


from anp

 

[Kelly]

Well I must say her image improved during this museum visit.

 

[Her_Majesty]

I agree with you kelly!
She looked much better during the museum visit.
I like her wearing pink and light colours.
Her Hat also looked much better.

 

[Marengo]

I don't like feathery hats, but IMO Queen Beatrix (and Queen Fabiola) can pull them of...but nobody else I believe HM used this one at Prinsjesdag 2004 already. She definately looked better during the second visit.
Good to see that the minister of foreign affairs is sticking to her, so she has some company I like the necklaces of the Queen, they are formal enough, but more 'flamboyant' then the traditional pearl necklace.
Also good to see president Vaira Vibeke Freiberga, I realy like her!

 

[Maxie]

Luckily HM lost the feathers somewhere during the day. The other outfits were much better, I especially liked the pinkish one.

I've got some pics of the state banquet (picture press europe) and the unbelievable has happened: Beatrix is wearing the tiara of the Sapphire parure! Great!

 

[Maxie]

And some more pictures of the arrival at Riga and the ceremony at the monument (also from picture press europe)...

 

[Maxie]

And some pics of the rest of the day (picture press europe)...

 

[popy]

I had never seen that tiara, and HM looks spectacular with it

 

[mybags]

I'm glad Beatrix is finally wearing a decent gem. Wow....

 

[Saragli]

She finally brought out the good jewelry. But why is she not wearing any orders? She looks plain without them.

 

[JohnRaven]

Orders

I think because it's a black tie, not full gala.

 

[Australian]

Queen Beatrix always seems to be genuinley happy to be wherever she has to go. Nearly every photo i have seen of her she is always smiling and you can tell it's not fake. However, i think that hat she is wearing, the one that looks like she has a fro could have been left at home.

 

[Pink Tulip]

Oh God, the dead bird. She wore that hat at a Prinsjesdag some years ago. I definitely don't like it...

I almost fell off my chair laughing when i read that Maxie!

I love Beatrix's formal dress and tiara, I think she looks really stunning. Does anyone have a close-up photo of the tiara?

 

[Marengo]

Finally a decent Whopper tiara on HM!!!!! It looks great on her, and finally she is not able to hide it in her coiffure completely, Queen Emma must be smiling at her geat-granddaughter from above ! The dress looks good on her as well IMO. Here two HQ pictures Tamara made at the GREMB:

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f50/Jan-Maarten/beatrix9xz.jpg

Tamara's originals are much bigger and can be found in this link: http://members3.boardhost.com/Oranjes/msg/1148333395.html (which will disappear after a few days).

 

[Maxie]

I almost fell off my chair laughing when i read that Maxie!

Just make sure you don't hurt yourself.
Thanks for a link to the pics, Marengo! They're great! (As is everything that's coming from Tamara, I guess I have to thank her too!)

 

[royalgertjan]

Queen Beatrix is wearing very beautiful jewels!!

 

[Maxie]

I found some more pics of yesterday (while waiting for new pictures) on profimedia.cz!

 

[fanletizia]

More images of the gala dinne, from anp

 

[Her_Majesty]

I'm so glad she wore this tiara!
It's definitelely one of her best ones!
It looks so much better then all the small Tiaras (that get lost in her hair). (maybe she had a look at this Forum )
I like the gown the wore.
well done

does anyone have this picture without watermarks?
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=244807&d=1148376499
ANP