Queen Beatrix, Current Events 4 (June 2007 - November 2008)

[lucien]

HM will pay a State Visit to Estonia from may 14th till may 16th.

HM will pay a State Visit to Lithuania in june.

Late april HM will receive HE President Lula da Silva of Brazil and Mrs. da Silva for a State Visit.

Later this year,probably in the fall/winter,HM will receive HE the president of Indonesia for a State Visit.
The visit was postponed last year due to Garuda Indonesia,the national airline,being on the blacklist of the EU thus not allowed to fly over/land in Europe.That problem might be solved this summer,so the president can come over on his own national carrier.

[lucien]

Today,march 10th,marks the wedding day of Her Majesty and Prince Claus in 1966.

Royal Weddings Message Board: March 10, 1966 / Beatrix & Claus

Courtesy Marianne,BRMB.

[lucien]

HM opens the new senior citizens home/care center for the elderly of indonesian/moluccan descent "Rumah Kita" at Wageningen today.

[lucien]

HM will pay a State Visit to the Republic of Lithuania from june 24th till 26th.
http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/content.jsp/objectid=24636

[lucien]

Originally Posted by lucien

HM opens the new senior citizens home/care center for the elderly of indonesian/moluccan descent "Rumah Kita" at Wageningen today.

PPE Agency

Courtesy PPE/ v/d Werf.

[LadyCat]

Another Queen I have a soft spot for. She is so animated and lovely! This photo is my favorite. It looks like she just plopped down at the table for a friendly chat, photographers be damned!

[DNF] Fotoarchief Denieuwsfoto


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[lucien]

HM will attend the hand-out of the "Geuzenpenning" today to mr.Martti Ahtisaari,former President of Finland,Vlaardingen.

[Marengo]

Originally Posted by lucien

PPE Agency

Courtesy PPE/ v/d Werf.

I never knew that Wageningen had many residents who originally come from the Dutch East Indies. I thought only The Hague had a large Indonisian community (The Hague sometimes was called 'the widow of The Indies') . HM has always showed a special interest in this group I think, even using a traditional Moluk christmas song at the end of her christmas speech a few years ago.

[lucien]

Originally Posted by Marengo

I never knew that Wageningen had many residents who originally come from the Dutch East Indies. I thought only The Hague had a large Indonisian community (The Hague sometimes was called 'the widow of The Indies') . HM has always showed a special interest in this group I think, even using a traditional Moluk christmas song at the end of her christmas speech a few years ago.

Oh yes,it certainly had that feel of tempo doeloe for a long time,loved it,and the "rijsttafel" even more....

There are large communities in other parts of The Netherlands,Wageningen,obviously,around Den Bosch/Bois le Duc
and the southern part of Limburg as well as in the province of Drenthe.

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[lucien]

Originally Posted by lucien

HM will attend the hand-out of the "Geuzenpenning" today to mr.Martti Ahtisaari,former President of Finland,Vlaardingen.

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courtesy RVD.

[lucien]

HM opened "CORPUS" today,a journey through the human body where you can see hear and feel how the human body works and the role healthy food and exercise play in your life/body.
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PPE Agency

Courtesy PPE/ v/d Werf.

CORPUS 'reis door de mens'

[Marengo]

Well, this surely gives funny pictures, like this one and this one, HM in a giant mouth! The fist pictures made it to the cover of the 'Leidsch Dagblad btw.
The building looks intresting too, though it is immidiately next to the A44, and in an area that doesn't have much going for it, just small businesses and some leaking pre-fab student buildings (which looks more like a militairy kazerne than anything else).

And on another note, HM is wearing one fine hat, not as heavy as usual.

It should be an interesting museum though, probably mostly used by schoolchildren on their 'schoolreisje'.

[lucien]

The ambassador of the United States to The Netherlands,Mr.Roland Arnall,passed away - aged 68 - very sudden in the US today,
according to a spokesman of the US embassy in The Hague today.

Ambassador Arnall suddenly quitte his post last month,and officially resigned on march 7th,due to the severe illness of his eldest son
who suffers from Hodgkin and whom he wanted to support,and returned to Los Angeles immediatly then.

[Marengo]

HM The Queen received some late support from the Orange associations about her christmas speech. In the preface of a guide for members of the association they say that the Queen as head of state has to look out for the interests of all the Dutch citizens, and she is above the political parties.

[lucien]

HM was on a working visit today to Bonded Labour in The Netherlands,Amsterdam.

BLiTN supports victims of human trafficking in The Netherlands.
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[lucien]

A court in the city of Dordrecht ruled that a 45 year old man is sentenced to 4 months in prison for insulting Her Majesty.

He is also guilty of insulting police officers and members of the Salvation Army.

Last year,while drunk,he had the umptiest "contact" with both police and salvation army while he treatened and
said he hoped to blast "a bullet through HM ********head".

He was not found guilty for treatening HM due to his "constitution",i.e.,drunk as a skunk,at the time.

Courtesy HJA and his Royalblog:

http://www.royalblog.nl/

Btw,many interesting articles again,in english,under news summary.

[lucien]

HM has send a congratulations telegram to the Dutch Union for Hearing Disabilities,NVVS,due to their 100 year jubilee.

[lucien]

HM opened the new venue of the Tragel Foundation day-care center "the Labyrinth",Clinge,the Province of Zeeland today.

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[lucien]

HM opened the new HQ of the Dutch secret service,AIVD,Zoetermeer yesterday.

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Courtesy PPE/B Boukes/wfa

On monday april 7th HM will receive the new Belgian PM Yves Leterme in audience.

[Marengo]

HM received the Belgian Prime Minister, Mr. Yves Leterme at Noordeinde Palace.

Picture of the two with Princess Amalia on the background

The Queen seems to have a problem with her ankle

Close Up of HM