Princess Margriet & Pieter van Vollenhoven's Golden Wedding: January 10, 2017

[melina premiere]

A very happy and lovely couple who is very near of Princess Beatrix, they half her when she was queen and when Claus was ill.and her sons were too young to attend the public events.

I found a video about the christening of Constantin and Berhnard, they were christened the same day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRmhj9V_CHA#t=2.830916

[crm2317]

I wonder why Bernhard uses the surname van Oranje on Instagram and not van Vollenhoven

[Marengo]

Prince Maurits mentioned that they learned from they father to persist and not give up. WHile their mother raised them with the idea of always being there for another person.

Prince Floris hoped that his parents would work less, so they will ahve more time for other things and each other.

[Tatiana Maria]

I would like to thank everyone who has provided information, links and videos.

Originally Posted by crm2317

I wonder why Bernhard uses the surname van Oranje on Instagram and not van Vollenhoven

Princess Margriet's sons use "van Oranje" because their full surname is "van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven", and in the Netherlands the custom is to use the first segment of an overlong name.

[Somebody]

5 years later a celebration in Austria was planned. However, this celebration has been cancelled/postponed due to Covid-19 according to Pieter van Vollenhoven himself. See this post with various pictures of the couple on royalblog.

[Tatiana Maria]

How are the couple connected to Austria?

[Marengo]

I believe that they have a chalet there in Leogang / Saalfelden-Wiesing, close to Zell am See. They celebrated their copper wedding in Austria too.