Prince Willem-Alexander's 40th Birthday Celebrations: August 31-September 2, 2007

[acdc1]

So Edward and Sophie, Fred and Mary, Felipe and Letizia, is it both Infanta Cristina and Inaki, or just Inaki, since it said the Duke of Palma, Victoria, and it didn't specify which Jordanian royals were there?

I know there's tons more there, these are just what I could remember.

[catango]

They don't say Duke of Palma, but Duke of PARMA.

[Henri M.]

Originally Posted by acdc1

So Edward and Sophie, Fred and Mary, Felipe and Letizia, is it both Infanta Cristina and Inaki, or just Inaki, since it said the Duke of Palma, Victoria, and it didn't specify which Jordanian royals were there?

I know there's tons more there, these are just what I could remember.

ANP only named the Prince and Princess of Asturias. The Duke and Duchess of Palma de Mallorca are not mentioned (yet). And the names of the Jordan royal family were not specified, bu I think Prince Hassan and Princess Sarvath as well as Prince Hamzah and his wife Princess Noor. They are very close to the Oranges.

The Duke of Parma and Piacenza is Prince Charles-Hughues de Bourbon de Parme, an uncle to The Prince of Orange.

[acdc1]

Oh, I don't have my glasses on or contacts in. I must have mistaken the r for an L! You have to admit, they are similar words.

[Aurora810]

I hate being so skeptical but it's just how I am sometimes. That is quite the list of well-known royals and for them to all get into the Netherlands without any press attention, well I just find it all hard to believe. And with so many well knowns present why the secrecy? I would like to soon see some proof that all these people are really there and not just some list.

[Henri M.]

Originally Posted by Aurora810

I hate being so skeptical but it's just how I am sometimes. That is quite the list of well-known royals and for them to all get into the Netherlands without any press attention, well I just find it all hard to believe. And with so many well knowns present why the secrecy? I would like to soon see some proof that all these people are really there and not just some list.

In an hour we well see the pictures on television and on this forum.

[lucien]

Originally Posted by Henri M.

In an hour we well see the pictures on television and on this forum.

Add the four sons of HRH Princess Margriet and dear Prof.Pieter.

HH Prince Maurits
HH Princess Marilène

HHPrince Bernhard
HH Princess Annette

HH Prince Pieter-Christiaan
HH Princess Anita

HH Prince Floris
HH Princess Aimée

[Aurora810]

Please no one take this the wrong way. But I don't even need to see the other European royals. I mean it's nice and all and I'll be checking out those photos. But I love the Dutch RF so much that it is enough of treat to just see their whole complete family.

[Henri M.]

Originally Posted by Aurora810

I hate being so skeptical but it's just how I am sometimes. That is quite the list of well-known royals and for them to all get into the Netherlands without any press attention, well I just find it all hard to believe. And with so many well knowns present why the secrecy? I would like to soon see some proof that all these people are really there and not just some list.

Despite clashes with the gossip press, the authorities and the established media in general are very servile to the wishes of the Orange-Nassaus. When the guests arrive on a military base and are transported by the Royal Mews, protected by the Royal Marechaussee, have bodyguards by the Royal- and Diplomatic Protection Service and drive through the large -secured- Crown Domains to the Palace, it is able to remain unseen indeed. And if they are helicptered, it is even better for their privacy.

[lucien]

Originally Posted by Henri M.

Despite clashes with the gossip press, the authorities and the established media in general are very servile to the wishes of the Orange-Nassaus. When the guests arrive on a military base and are transported by the Royal Mews, protected by the Royal Marechaussee, have bodyguards by the Royal- and Diplomatic Protection Service and drive through the large -secured- Crown Domains to the Palace, it is able to remain unseen indeed. And if they are helicptered, it is even better for their privacy.

You're right,there is that discretion when it counts,you'd never know they'd arrived untill there's a photo-shoot.Allthough,the "Jordan's" parked their aircraft in "my backyard" again.

[Stefan]

Overzicht Koninklijke en Vorstelijke gasten op verjaarsontvangst Prins van Oranje, 1 september 2007

Zijne Koninklijke Hoogheid de Prins van Oranje viert zaterdag 1 september zijn verjaarsfeest op Paleis het Loo te Apeldoorn.

Naast vrienden en familie zijn ook leden van buitenlandse Koninklijke en Vorstenhuizen aanwezig bij de viering van zijn verjaardag.
Op de verjaarsontvangst van de Prins worden de volgende leden van de Nederlandse Koninklijke Familie verwacht:



Hare Majesteit de Koningin
Prinses Máxima der Nederlanden
Prins Friso & Prinses Mabel van Oranje-Nassau
Prins Constantijn & Prinses Laurentien der Nederlanden
Prins Carlos de Bourbon de Parme
Prinses Margarita de Bourbon de Parme
Prins Jaime de Bourbon de Parme
Prinses Carolina de Bourbon de Parme
Prinses Margriet der Nederlanden en professor mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven
Prins Maurits en Prinses Marilène van Oranje-Nassau
Prins Bernhard en Prinses Annette van Oranje-Nassau
Prins Pieter-Christiaan en Prinses Anita van Oranje-Nassau
Prins Floris en Prinses Aimée van Oranje-Nassau
Aanwezige leden regerende Koninklijke en Vorstelijke Families zijn:


België Prins Filip en Prinses Mathilde van België, hertog en hertogin
van Brabant
Jordanië Prins Hassan bin Talal en Prinses Sarvath El Hassan bin Talal
Prinses Badiya bint El Hassan en de heer K.E. Blair
Prince Rashid bint El Hassan
Prinses Sumaya bint El Hassan en de heer Nasser Judeh
Liechtenstein Erfprins Alois en erfprinses Sophie
Luxemburg Erfgroothertog Guillaume
Noorwegen Kroonprins Haakon en Kroonprinses Mette-Marit
Spanje Prins Felipe en Prinses Letizia, Prins en Prinses van Asturië
Prinses Cristina of Spain en Iñaki Urdangarin, hertog van
Palma de Mallorca
Zweden Kroonprinses Victoria van Zweden
Verenigd Koninkrijk Prins Edward en Prinses Sophie, graaf en gravin van Wessex
Ook aanwezig zijn:


Prins Kyril en Prinses Rosario van Preslav (Bulgarije)
Prins Kardam en Prinses Miriam van Tirnovo (Bulgarije)
Aartshertog Carl Christian van Habsburg-Lotharingen en Aartshertogin Marie-Astrid van Habsburg-Lotharingen
1 september 2007



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[acdc1]

When are they releasing pictures of it? And, BTW, when was W-A's real birthday?

[Aurora810]

Originally Posted by Henri M.

Despite clashes with the gossip press, the authorities and the established media in general are very servile to the wishes of the Orange-Nassaus. When the guests arrive on a military base and are transported by the Royal Mews, protected by the Royal Marechaussee, have bodyguards by the Royal- and Diplomatic Protection Service and drive through the large -secured- Crown Domains to the Palace, it is able to remain unseen indeed. And if they are helicptered, it is even better for their privacy.

I understand where there's a will there's a way. I guess I'm just thinking that if you are going to invite such big name crowned royals then why all the secrecy? There's never this much secrecy for a christening. What you have described is extra pressure and stress for the Netherlands special services. I understand their right to privacy but at the same time I just find it hard to believe that so many well knowns could gather in one place and not be seen.
Don't get me wrong they have their right to privacy and I'm not objecting to that, I'm just saying that in the age that we all live in I find it hard to believe that no pics have escaped and that they found it so necessary to be secretive. I guess I would expect this from a few other royal houses but not from the Dutch.

[rockon210]

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[Princess Maxima]

Originally Posted by Stefan

Overzicht Koninklijke en Vorstelijke gasten op verjaarsontvangst Prins van Oranje, 1 september 2007

So finally Mary&Frederik are not in the list...

[Princess Robijn]

Máxima is wearing a bright pink dress, mm someting white/creme..

[Mandrake]

Just saw them on the news.
WA and Maxima and children arrived in a caleche, and looked gorgeous!

[Paty]

The are any tv online?

[Aurora810]

Originally Posted by acdc1

When are they releasing pictures of it? And, BTW, when was W-A's real birthday?

They should release some pics very soon. The prince's birthday was on April 27th. The celebrations have been delayed partly b/c of Ariane's birth and then probably b/c of summer vacations and such.

[Princess Robijn]

Originally Posted by Paty

The are any tv online?

Yes, we saw them taking the grouppicture. (I didn't know, so that's all I saw.)