King Willem-Alexander, Current Events Part 3 (December 2020- present)

[Duc_et_Pair]

Originally Posted by Marengo

What a dreary background Noordeinde is. The usual clown shoes of Hugo de Jonge are msising as well, so did not provide any colour either.

Is it known is Micky (Monique) Adriaanssens (minister of Economic affairs) is related to Yolande Adriaanssens, former girlfriend of the King. They have the same last name, a name which is not that common, they are close in age and they were both raised in Hilversum.

A frosty Noordeinde indeed is a gloomy backdrop. It helps when it is sunny and the trees are green. It would also have helped when there were flowers in vases lining the stairs, but it is freezing now.


Same backside on a more sunny day:


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[Stefan]

Originally Posted by Duc_et_Pair

A frosty Noordeinde indeed is a gloomy backdrop. It helps when it is sunny and the trees are green. It would also have helped when there were flowers in vases lining the stairs, but it is freezing now.


Same backside on a more sunny day:


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Didn't that usually take place at Huis ten Bosch under Queen Beatrix?

[Somebody]

Originally Posted by Stefan

Didn't that usually take place at Huis ten Bosch under Queen Beatrix?

Yes, see the explanation in my previous post.

[Duc_et_Pair]

What I do not understand: the ministers arrive in the palace, dressed in jacquet.

The group picture on the stairs however all is in normal suit-and-tie.

Does this mean all ministers change clothes inside the palace before the group picture? That really would be a theatre and I am surprised no any minister said: "What a nonsense, I am not in for dress up and dress down!"

The King and the ministers inside the palace, in jacquet.

The King and the ministers outside the palace, in suit-and-tie.

[Somebody]

Yes, they change clothes inside. Previously the men would also wear jacquet on the group picture but apparently the queen (not sure whether it is Juliana or Beatrix, most likely Juliana) requested that they wear a day suit as she didn't want to take a picture surrounded by 'undertakers'.

Willem-Alexander brought back the 'jacquet' but the tenue de ville remained for the group picture (which is also what they wear the rest of the day when they go to their ministries and for the subsequent first official government meeting - so, they would change in any case whether it would be before or after the picture).

[Duc_et_Pair]

Very strange. Alike a group of sportmates in a dressroom or so? Or are they given guestrooms to "make themselves decent"?

[SLV]

It was on nos.nl today.
They change in a room together.
And it was Juliana who insisted on a normal suit instead of jacquet.

[Duc_et_Pair]

Originally Posted by SLV

It was on nos.nl today.
They change in a room together.
And it was Juliana who insisted on a normal suit instead of jacquet.

It is interesting that King Willem-Alexander insisted on jacquet which was not at all the dresscode under his mother and grandmother.

The group picture with the monarch was also a new invention under Juliana. Before the ministers would eventually pose without the monarch, outside the palace or in the Trêves Chamber at the Inner Court complex.


The last Cabinet posing without the Queen was wearing jacquet: the Cabinet De Jong (1967-1971)

The first Cabinet to pose with the Queen was also the first not wearing jacquet: the Cabinet Biesheuvel (1971-1973)

What surprises me with the ministers wearing jacquet was not the dress code per se, but that they changed inside to pose with another attire. The King included (he really needs another tailor btw, those flapping pantalons are a disgrace).

[Marengo]

I suppose a difference is as well that the installation is now televised, so perhaps that also played a factor in upgrading the dresscode; to give it more cachet.

he really needs another tailor btw, those flapping pantalons are a disgrace

Not only the clothes but also the hair and beard looked disheveled. He looked messy compared to the ministers.

[iceflower]

King Willem-Alexander held his first weekly meeting with Prime Minister Rutte after the Rutte IV Cabinet was sworn in, at Huis ten Bosch Palace today, January 17. "The King and Prime Minister meet almost every Monday. In these conversations, the King is kept informed of current government policy":


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[eya]

King Willem-Alexander receives Minister Hugo De Jonge At Palace Huis Ten Bosch today 17 January

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[iceflower]

King Willem-Alexander met Hanke Bruins Slot (CDA) Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, at Huis ten Bosch Palace today, January 19:


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[Duc_et_Pair]

In some (social) media there is critic on the King having a nouveaux riche taste in interior and not having an ancestral portrait but a picture of his ladies. But he is in the best tradition. In a famous TV-interview a frustrated Queen Juliana vented her frustration: "I - am - not - conservative ! I have always loathed everything which was conservative and oldfashioned !"

Queen Juliana simply had a brand new 1940's-1950's family house installed inside the 17th Soestdijk Palace, complete with windows sinking in the floor, a private cinema in the palace, a modern family diner room (for that era, that was) or a typical 1940-1950's style private hallway.

In comparison the King's private study has an ancestral portrait and classic paintings depicting birds, with velvet on the walls. Yes, some salons, like the one with the King and Queen's DNA look quite drastic. But that part was completely ravaged in WWII (the park was used as a launch site by the Nazis for V1 and V2 missiles) so the former interior in that salon was not older than the 1980's (the previous restoration) same salon under Queen Beatrix.

[eya]

King Willem-Alexander during a meeting with State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen of Kingdom Relations and Digitization at Huis ten Bosch palace in The Hague.

https://www.ppe-agency.com/show.php?...-01-2022%20The


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[Duc_et_Pair]

You can see that Huis ten Bosch is a 17th C palace: no hallways. One hops from salon to salon. On the picture one can see that the King's private cabinet is next to the "DNA salon". So the King greets guests in the DNA salon and invites them into his cabinet next door.

[eya]

The Buddy to Buddy Foundation wins the Brouwer Confidential Prize 2022 from the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW).
King Willem-Alexander attends the digital Brouwer conference as patron this year, which is about Citizenship and Government Policy.⁣

https://www.instagram.com/p/CZIE9qxspkg/

[iceflower]

King Willem-Alexander had a meeting with the Minister for Defence Kajsa Ollongren at Palace Huis ten Bosch today, January 25:


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[Duc_et_Pair]

Originally Posted by iceflower

King Willem-Alexander had a meeting with the Minister for Defence Kajsa Ollongren at Palace Huis ten Bosch today, January 25:


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The high- and wellborn Jonkvrouw Karin Hildur ("Kajsa") Ollongren belongs to the Nobility of the Netherlands. Her father Jonkheer Prof. Dr. Alexander Ollongren became incorporated into the Nobility by Royal Decree of 8 november 2002, Number 99.003623.

The Ollongren family could prove that they belonged to the Rittarhuset (Swedish Nobility) since 1625 and since they are Dutch nationals, requested incorporation indeed.

[iceflower]

Today, January 26, King Willem-Alexander has received the Ambassadors of Cuba, Algeria and Kosovo and he swore in new members for the Supreme Court and the Council of State:


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In the afternoon King Willem-Alexander attended the opening of the largest sea lock in the world, the IJmuiden sea lock, in IJmuiden:


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[iceflower]

King Willem-Alexander received the Minister for Nature and Nitrogen Policy Christianne van der Wal-Zeggelink at Palace Huis ten Bosch today, January 27:


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Afterwards he received the Minister of Finance Sigrid Kaag:


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