thank you for the pictures, patrick...
they are lovely..
it's great we can see some photos (really good ones too!) when there are so little coverage at all from the photo agencies.
I have no clue why there are more pictures now, but the Queen was receiving a book which contained all the official speeches she held the last 25 years.
H.M. Queen Beatrix open exhibition Dec. 13 2005 about ''Indonesian'': the discovery of the past.
at the Nieuwe Kerk ( New Church ) near Dam square
city of Amsterdam.
Great picures, the exhibition is actually 5 minutes walking fro my place, so maybe I will have a look at some point.
A nice idea to honour our ties with the former dutch Indies like this, I still remember an indonesian choir singing for Queen Juliana at her funeral, which was moving.
Queen Beatrix, center, sing a christmas carrol during the 50th anniversary celebration of Candles evening or 'Kaarsjesavond' at the historic market square in Gouda, the Netherlands, Tuesday Dec. 13, 2005. During Candles evening all the historic houses around the square are lit by candles
December 13, 2005
Queen Beatrix of Holland, the Netherlands with the opening of "Indonesia Expositie" in the new church in Amsterdam
(from seegerpress)
it's a bittersweet seeing all the Indonesian items, but it brings tears to me as the fact, the items (like stone statue, cow statue called 'lembu nani', etc) were probably taken from Indonesia, my country, during Dutch occupation.
they're now dutch properties though... :( :o
i saw some items that were displayed at amsterdam were also displayed in Jakarta during Indonesian-Dutch Bilateral Cultural Exhibition several months ago.
Queen Beatrix, center, sing a christmas carrol during the 50th anniversary celebration of Candles evening or 'Kaarsjesavond' at the historic market square in Gouda, the Netherlands, Tuesday Dec. 13, 2005. During Candles evening all the historic houses around the square are lit by candles
from polfoto
I love her cape/wrap. it's gorgeous. so perfect for the occasion and so befitting for a queen.
i just heard that the queen will have her surgery befor the end of the year and that is why she can not attend the newyears eve reception at the palace. Princess maxima en prince willem alexander will be the hosts for that party.
Today the Queen will attend an interreligious meeting in Utrecht, with the prince of Orange and Princess Maxima, later this day she will be present at the 'koninkrijksconcert' in Dordrecht.
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