Queen Beatrix, Current Events 6 (August 2010 - April 2013)

[lucien]

HM visited the Military Revalidation Center (MRC) Aardenburg in Doorn today.She met with employees
as well as patients,military who returned wounded from Afghanistan,their recovery and plans for the future.

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/koninklijkhui...u/0/6vO46wKI0R+

[iceflower]

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Here are some pics of the visit to the Military Rehabilitation Centre (MRC)
Aardenburg in Doorn Queen Beatrix has made yesterday:


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[lucien]

HM received His Excellency Mr.Minoru Shibuya,the ambassador of His Majesty The Emperor of Japan in a farewell audience this morning.

Huis ten Bosch Palace,september 16th.

[lucien]

HM The Queen will present the Royal Award for Free Painters at the Royal Palace,Amsterdam,friday october 8th.
This,if any event,is among the most favorite by HM,an accomplished artist herself.

This Royal Award for Free Painters award was instituted by King Willem III in 1871.

And,thank goodness the Award ceremony is back where it belongs,the Royal Palace Amsterdam as it was for years
in The Hague due to our magnificent Palace here being renovated.
The exhibition of the Free Painters works opens on saturday october 9th for the general public untill november 7th.

[iceflower]

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On September 22, Queen Beatrix presented the Medal of Honor for Art and
Science in the Family Order of Orange to the musician and conductor Frans
Bruggen at the Palace Huis ten Bosch.

Mr. Bruggen is a famous recorder player, an expert in the performance of
eighteenth century music.


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[lucien]

HM will attend the 10th Remembrance meeting for the victims of senseless violence organised by the Remembrance Day for Victims of Violence Foundation,Doetinchem this morning.

It is the day we here remember the "useless violence" and its victims.Murdered in the streets for the silliest reasons,and perpetrators almost always getting away with nearly zero punishment.The Dutch judicial system is an absolute farce and I am all for Capital punishment as nothing else scares the next nut off.Its really way too idiotic to see what the judges rule these days.And then Dutch prisons.They are like holiday homes with flatscreen tv and all kinds of goodies that makes me want them to return to water and bread.Medieval?The twits that commit these crimes,THAT is medieval and should be punished accordingly.

Not that it shows much...,but I think this particular subject gets me going as my own grandfather was shot on the street while having a walk on august 30th 1968.I never forget,nor forgive.The guy got away with 2 years in a mental institution,from my tax money,and after that period was allowed weekends home..........and then one sunday,I never forget,he came to our house requesting or he was allowed to take care of my grandfathers vault.Really....ofcourse he wasn't......As if that is normal.It is not,and it should be dealt with severely.It's also the silliest of things to organize yet another silent walk instead of preventing these things from happening.

Dag Herdenken Geweldslachtoffers

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Queen Beatrix attended the 10th memorial service of the foundation
Commemorating Victims of Violence at the Metzo College in Doetinchem,
September 25:


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[lucien]

HM hosted a farewell lunch for HE the ambassador of Switserland,D.M.Alder.

Huis ten Bosch Palace,september 22nd

[lucien]

HM attended the opening of the National Alzheimer Center at the VU University Hospital,Amsterdam this afternoon.

Alzheimercentrum VUmc Amsterdam

http://www.ppe-agency.com/show.php?z...10%20Amsterdam

courtesy ppe

[lucien]

HM will hand-out the Remembrance Medal for Peace Operations to military during a ceremony
at the Brabant Halls,'s-Hertogenbosch / Bois-le-Duc,today.

Almost 1800 military will receive their Medal for their work in bloody Uruzgan and Kandahar,Afghanistan.

Besides HM The Queen,the Minister of Defence and the Commander of the Dutch Forces,General Peter Uhm
and representatives of the different branches of the Forces will hand-out the Medals.

General Peter Uhm lost his son,Luitenant Dennis van Uhm in Afghanistan the day after he was installed as
Commander of the Dutch Forces as he hit a raodside bomb and died with his buddy Mark Schouwink.

[iceflower]

Queen Beatrix swore in Eugene Holiday as Governor of St. Maarten and Frits
Goedgedrag as Governor of Curaçao on September 30, 2010. The swearing
in took place at Palace Huis ten Bosch in the presence of the wives of the
governors.
The appointments go into effect on October 10 when the Netherlands Antilles
is officially dismantled and Curaçao and St. Maarten become separate countries
within the Kingdom. The swearing in is historical, because St. Maarten never
had its own governor.


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And today's event:


Queen Beatrix attended the ceremonial presentation of the 1800 commemorative
medals to soldiers of the Task Force Oeroezgan at the Bossche Brabanthallen in
’s-Hertogenbosch, October 1st.
Nearly 1,800 soldiers received a commemorative medal for their efforts during the
ISAF mission in the Afghan provinces of Uruzgan and Kandahar.


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[White Princess]

The Queen is working so hard this year. I guess she isn't considering abdication.

[iceflower]

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Queen Beatrix attended the opening of the international Metropolis conference
at the World Forum Convention Center in Den Haag on October 5, 2010.

Theme of the conference is 'Justice and Migration: Paradoxes of Belonging'.
Metropolis is engaged worldwide in the political policies of migration and
diversity, by encouraging and financing research and organizing conferences
in different cities.


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[Marengo]

Yesterday evening HM. received the 'informateur', Ivo Opstelten. He adviced the Queen that a workable coaltion was found. After that the Queen received VVD chairman Marc Rutte, to ask him to start the formation of a government. Rutte thinks he will be ready on thursday and he & the new government will be with HM of the steps of Huis ten Bosch palace.

[lucien]

HM will hand-out the Royal Awards for Free Painting at the Royal Palace,Amsterdam today.
This Award,instituted by HM King Willem III in 1871,is among the haydays for HM,herself an accomplished artist.

[Marengo]

Pictures & a video of the event by AT5:

Koningin Beatrix reikt de kunstprijzen uit - AT5 Nieuws

The work of these artists are on display in the palace for the next weeks, and the palace is still open to the public.

[Marika86]

Queen Beatrix presents on Friday October 8th the Royal Award for Free Painting 2010 in the Royal Palace at the Dam Square in Amsterdam

Belga picture gallery:

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[lucien]

HM The Queen presented Her new Government at the steps of the Palace at 13.15PM today,thursday october 14th.

http://www.anp-photo.com/search.pp?p...40007987&pos=1

courtesy Marcel Antonisse

[Marika86]

The Hague Queen Beatrix with the new cabinet at the stairs of Palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague. October 14, 2010

PPE Agency The

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Queen Beatrix listens to new Prime Minister Mark Rutte as they pose for a
family photo during the presentation of the country's new Cabinet in Den
Haag, October 14, 2010.


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