Princess Margriet & Prof Pieter van Vollenhoven, Current Events 3 (Dec 2008-Mar 2018)

[Turkish Delight]

Princess Margriet
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[lucien]

Originally Posted by iceflower

Princess Margriet attended the opening of the new building of
the GGD ( Area Health Authority) in Breda, February 5, 2009:


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PPE Agency

courtesy PPE/ v/d Werf.

[lucien]

Pieter van Vollenhoven,chair of the transport safety and security board,is at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to
keep in touch with anything related due to the aircraft disaster here.

Contrary to the announcement in the agenda,Pieter will not open the MOTORFair Utrecht tonight,but will remain
at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.More in the `News `section.

http://www.royalimages.nl/search.pp?...=9261050&pos=1

courtesy Marcel Antonisse.

[iceflower]

27-02-2009 Baarn : Bookpresentation of 'Paleis Soestdijk -'Drie
eeuwen huis van Oranje'' ( Three centuries of the House of Orange)
with Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven at the Palace Soestdijk in Baarn.


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[Turkish Delight]

ANP Beeldbank

[Marengo]

Pieter van Vollenhoven appeared in the news-programme NOVA yesterday evening, in his capacity as chairman of the national safety commission. The topic was the aircraft of Turkish Airways that crashed near Schiphol airport of course, he/the commission will know more on wednesday when more research has been done in France.

[Marengo]

Originally Posted by iceflower

27-02-2009 Baarn : Bookpresentation of 'Paleis Soestdijk -'Drie
eeuwen huis van Oranje'' ( Three centuries of the House of Orange)
with Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven at the Palace Soestdijk in Baarn.


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Prof. Pieter said that it was the first time he visited the palace since the RF took away most of their possessions. He also commented on the present debate on a new function for the palace: 'I doubt that she [Queen Juliana] would have liked it'.

[Marengo]

As i wrote on the blog:

Prof. Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven, bother-in-law of Dutch queen Beatrix, today announced that a faulty altitude meter probably is the cause of the crash of an airplane of Turkish Airways near Schiphol Airport one week ago. Nine people, including the three pilots, were killed when the Boeing 737-800 ploughed into a muddy field last Wednesday. Around 80 people got wounded, 28 of which are still in the hospital.

Pieter van Vollenhoven said that the counsil had decided to release the investigation’s preliminary findings as a ‘warning to Boeing’, to review the use of this altitude meter in combination with an automatic pilot. Further investigation will now focus on the altitude meter and the link with the automatic pilot system and the throttle. It will also look at two previous incidents involving altitude meters.

Van Vollenhoven is the chairman of the National Safety Council, which does research after the causes of the crash. While the plane flew on an altitude of 1950 ft. the meter showed the altitude as -8 ft. This led the engine to as if it was landing and shut down. The Boeing then dropped below the speed necessary to stay in the air. Once the crew realised what had happened, it was too late to recover. Eye-witnesses said the plane appeared to ‘drop like a stone’.

[Marengo]

From our blog:

Prof. Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven, brother-in-law of queen Beatrix, attended the memorial service that was organized in a hangar in Schiphol-East for the victims of the plane crash with a plane of Turkish Airways, ten days ago. During this crash nine people lost their lives and 80 people got injured.
Apart from Pieter van Vollenhoven the mayor of Haarlemmermeer, the Dutch ministers of Internal Affairs and Justice , the Turkish ambassador and his wife and 600 victims of the crash and their relatives attended the service. The queen was represented by an advisor.

And some pictures: ANP Beeldbank

[iceflower]

18-03-2009 Arnhem : Pieter van Vollenhoven attended the award
ceremony of the juryprize of ''Gelders Newsphoto 2008'' at the
Provinciehouse in Arnhem. Pieter van Vollenhoven is chairman of
the jury.

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[lucien]

Originally Posted by iceflower

18-03-2009 Arnhem : Pieter van Vollenhoven attended the award
ceremony of the juryprize of ''Gelders Newsphoto 2008'' at the
Provinciehouse in Arnhem. Pieter van Vollenhoven is chairman of
the jury.

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Pieter handed-out the "Gelders Nieuwsfoto Award" at the Provinciehuis,Arnhem.

PPE Agency

courtesy Prov Gelderland.

**I know the captions,as often,says "attended" while it is that specific member of the RF that opens or hands out whatever it is,
but it is as it is,they deliver great pics and lousy captions,our friends at ppe)

[iceflower]

Again we have the special word "attended", lucien

26-03-2009 Groningen Princess Margriet attended the symposium “75
Year Fighting against Blindness in The Netherlands” of the ANVBB in
Martiniplaza in Groningen. With this meeting, eye care organizations
want to pay attention to unnecessary blindness in The Netherlands.

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[Maura724]

Thanks, iceflower! It seems like we haven't seen much of Margriet lately. She looks lovely.

[Marengo]

I believe the princess is very busy behind the screens with her work for the red cross, or so we could see in the interview with her last year. Now the new princesses came into the royal family there are less public events that she needs to go to and HRH can focus more on the thing that is closest to her heart: healthcare/ the red cross. I believe that in that interview the remark was made that one of the princess' children told them that while most older people actually would start doing less, their agenda just gets busier and busier.

[lucien]

The Princess attended the work conference on Care in Friesland,Abe Lenstra Stadium,Heerenveen today.

[lucien]

Pieter van Vollenhoven,ambassador,will attend the celebration of the International Year of Astronomy
tonight at NEMO science center,Amsterdam.
Pieter had a planetoide circling the planet Mars named after him last week.

One in what will undoubtebly be a row of gifts and programmes for the man who will turn 70 on april 30th.
If one,it is he who absolutely so deserves all the honours and attention for over 4 decades of undivided attention,
and sacrifice,for us all in so many fields.
The UN proclaimed 2009 to be the International Year of Astronomy.

[iceflower]

04-04-2009 UVA Pieter van Vollenhoven received the official document
of the International Astronomische Unie with the planet and a picture
of the planetoide 12170 ''Van Vollenhoven'' which has been namend
after Pieter van Vollenhoven.
The planet ''Van Vollenhoven is a rock mini planet with a diameter of
several miles which turns around the sun in a line between the planets
Mars and Jupiter.

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[Marengo]

Pieter van Vollenhoven started a train simulator in Amersfoort on Monday.

Nieuwsberichten Royalblog.nl: Mr Pieter kruipt in de treinsimulator

[iceflower]

Originally Posted by Marengo

Pieter van Vollenhoven started a train simulator in Amersfoort on Monday.

Nieuwsberichten Royalblog.nl: Mr Pieter kruipt in de treinsimulator

Here's another nice pic of that :

06-04-2009 Amersfoort :Pieter van Vollenhoven with president-directeur Bert
Meerstadt in the Sprinter-simulator in the Simulatorcentre of the Dutch Railway
Company.

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[lucien]

The Republic of South Korea bestowed the Teaguk Order of Merit (The Order of the National Crest) to HRH Princess Margriet for her work and contribution to the International Red Cross/Red Crescent while she was Chair of the Standing Commission of the IRC.

HRH received the Order on thursday in The Hague from Mrs.Han,spouse of the South-Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-soo,
and former vice-president of the South-Korean Red Cross.