King Willem-Alexander, Current Events Part 2 (October 2017- November 2020)

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Here's a few more photos of H.M.King Willem-Alexander with the French President Emmanuel Macron at the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague.

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King Willem-Alexander opened the exhibition "Van Gogh & Japan" at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam today, March 22:


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King Willem-Alexander received the Party Leader of the Party for the Animals and the Minister of Infrastructure and Public Works at Palace Noordeinde today, March 26:


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King Willem-Alexander opened the expansion of Nestlé's baby food factory in Nunspeet today, March 28:


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King Willem-Alexander at the opening today of the Groene Loper. This is the area around and on top of the new A2 tunnel in Maastricht.

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Here are some more photos and a video:



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** limburger.nl: Video: Koning in Maastricht voor opening tunnelgebied **

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King Willem-Alexander made a working visit to Eindhoven Air Base and opened the new Indoor Fresh Compost Factory of CNC Raw Materials in Milsbeek today, April 13.


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King Willem-Alexander received the Party Leader of the Party for the Animals and the Minister of Infrastructure and Public Works at Palace Noordeinde today, March 26:


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Here's an interesting question for royalty geeks: what protection is there in your country for members of the local royal family that are insulted by the public? According to this article in the NY Times, insulting the King of the Netherlands will now be at par with insulting a member of the police force, as all are equal before the law.

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Originally Posted by gerry

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Here's an interesting question for royalty geeks: what protection is there in your country for members of the local royal family that are insulted by the public? According to this article in the NY Times, insulting the King of the Netherlands will now be at par with insulting a member of the police force, as all are equal before the law.

The original idea by D66, the progressive liberal party which initiated this Bill, was to equal insults to the King with that of every Dutchman, as all are equal in the eyes of the law.

For other parties this was too simplistic. The King is not equal to you and me. He is the head of state, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We can not expect the King to jump on his bike and go to the police station to lay down a complaint.

D66 sensed that their Bill would be torpedoed in the Chamber. So they changed: insulting the King is equal to insulting a judge, a mayor, a policeman, etc. In these cases it is the State which initiates prosecution and the penalties are higher.

This was not the aim of D66 but effectively they have given the King a better protection now. Prosecution on base of the article Crimen Laesae Maiestatis immediately causes uproar because it is felt as too heavy and undermining Freedoms. It is felt as using Thai practice in the Netherlands.

By filing the King under an article which is enforced dozens of times per year and which has a lot of jurisprudence ( = the history of verdicts and appeals of this law), this effectively means that a Public Prosecutor has a better instrument now to protect the High Office of the head of state.

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King Willem-Alexander opened the exhibition "Jews and The House of Orange, 400 eventful years" at the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam today, April 17:


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King Willem-Alexander is making a working visit to the Police Academy today for a brief introduction to educational practice

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Thank you! Here are a few more photos of his visit:


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King Willem-Alexander was present at the celebration of the 200 years of the Society of Benevolence in Frederiksoord today, April 20:


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King Willem-Alexander attended the celebration marking the 50th anniversary of Amnesty International Netherlands in Amsterdam today, April 21:



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King Willem-Alexander opens the exhibition Willem in the National Military Museum in Soest today

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Here are some more photos of today's exhibition opening:


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Here are some more photos of today's exhibition opening:


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So Prince Jaime was also present.

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Thanks a lot for mentioning that!

Today, April 25, King Willem-Alexander received the new Ambassador of Thailand and swore in a new member of the state council.


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King Willem-Alexander receives the European Councils of State, led by Vice-President Piet-Hein Donner at Noordeinde Palace on 14 May

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Right after his return from Luxembourg today, May 25, King Willem-Alexander drove to Groningen to open the retrospective exhibition "Avant-garde in Groningen. De Ploeg 1918-1928" at the Groninger Museum:


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