King Willem-Alexander, Current Events 3: Dec 2020- Aug 2023


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I like it that the King always chooses another setting. The DNA Salon, the Chinese Salon, the 17th C vestibule etc. His mother Queen Beatrix always and ever used exactly the same setting, seated at a table in the White Dining Salon, facing a Christmas tree outside on the cour.
 
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At least there was a Christmas in view this year, my favourite Christmas Message by the king was a few years back with the Fireplace and garlands.

The Messages were always a little more Festive looking during the reign of his mother.
 
King Willem-Alexander opened the multifunctional accommodation (MFA) De Beuk in De Krim, municipality of Hardenberg this afternoon, January 18:


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Today, February 15, King Willem-Alexander received the Ambassadors of Japan, Turkey and Bahrain, afterwards he swore in new members of the State Council:


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King Willem-Alexander attended the last day of the ABN AMRO Open tennis tournament and viewed the exhibition commemorating 50 years of the ABN AMRO Open today, February 19:


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King Willem-Alexander attended the last day of the ABN AMRO Open tennis tournament and viewed the exhibition commemorating 50 years of the ABN AMRO Open today, February 19:


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King Willem-Alexander appeared to enjoy the final match very much from looking at the pictures and videos (from tennis broadcasting channels). He was sitting next to Richard Krajicek (former Dutch tennis player), Ahoy director Jolanda Jansen and mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb. They mentioned that The King was very observant about the tennis match.

The King had announced his visit weeks before the jubilee edition. Prior to the final, the King visited an exhibition with highlights from the history of the 500 tournament. And during the final, the King had the best place at the very front of the track, in row 1, with Richard Krajicek, Ahoy director Jolanda Jansen and mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb next to him. "It's a real honor to sit next to him and really fun," says Krajicek.

The full Ahoy was presented with a beautiful and long final of no less than two and a half hours. Sinner opened very strong in the first set (7-5), but then looked a bit tired because of the many matches in recent weeks. Too tired to make it really difficult for the tough Russian, winner of the US Open in 2021. King Willem-Alexander also saw this. "Yes, the King really understands tennis and observes very sharply," laughs Krajicek. "He was the first to see that Sinner was no longer able to walk between the points."
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King Willem-Alexander sees Medvedev win anniversary edition of ABN AMRO Open and 'observes very closely'
Tournament director Richard Krajicek beamed on the center court of Rotterdam Ahoy on Sunday after the final of the ABN AMRO Open between Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner (5-7, 6-2, 6-2). The impressive winner's ring at 2023 bears the name of former world number one Medvedev. The fiftieth edition of the ABN AMRO Open was a great success for several reasons. The field of participants was beautiful, a lot of tennis fans came to Rotterdam, singer Davina Michelle gave a spectacular performance and on the final day, King Willem-Alexander was the attention spectator in the sold-out Ahoy.
https://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/1615...bn-amro-open-winnen-en-observeert-heel-scherp [Article in Dutch (Google Translated to English)]
 
"The winners ring" is a translation error. Meant is the boarding around the first floor tribune, a ring around the court which displays all winners of this tournament: Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker, Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors, Björn Borg, Arthur Ashe and name them all in 50 editions of this tennis tournament.
 
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Kin Willem-Alexander visited Dutch soldiers who are part of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence in Pabrade, Lithuania today, February 21.

Afterwards he was received by Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda at the Presidential Palace in Vilnius:


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King Willem-Alexander paid a working visit to the Dutch Healthcare Authority (NZa) in Utrecht today, March 14:


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And he paid a visit to the National Criminal Investigation Service in Driebergen:


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King Willem-Alexander is currently on a two day visit to the United Nations in New York to attend the UN 2023 water conference:

Yesterday, March 21, he held a speech at the 'Plenary Session, High-level Panel on Water and Disasters':


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Today, March 22, King Willem-Alexander held a speech at the official opening ceremony:


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King Willem-Alexander attended "Skills The Finals", the annual Dutch Championship for professional competitions in secondary vocational education, in Amsterdam today, March 24:


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Today, March 28, King Willem-Alexander paid a working visit to the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee and met the "Forensic Investigation Team that has investigated possible war crimes in Ukraine, the Special Security Missions Brigade (BSB) and the Criminal Investigation Brigade":


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King Willem-Alexander received the Ambassadors of Portugal and Turkmenistan and swore in new Ambassadors today, March 29:


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Later he attended the celebration of 75 years of police volunteers in Utrecht:


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Yesterday evening, April 3, King Willem-Alexander attended an iftar meal at a community center in Rijswijk:


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Today, April 4, King Willem-Alexander visited the site of a train accident that happened around 4:30 this morning near Voorschoten.
An employee died and 19 (serious) injuries were reported.


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Looking at the images it is a miracle that not more people have died. The King praised the aid workers and said they were doing 'fantastic work'.
 
Apparently there will be 10 episodes.

It will be interesting to listen to. Though I am sure there will be criticism as the presentor is not a journalist.

I am still of a time when interviews were sparse and when they happened millions of people would be watching. Although we can praise the attempt at openess I am not sure if the monarchy benifits from these kind of things. There seems to be a bit of an inflation in regards to how special it is to actually hear the RF.
 
There will indeed be 10 episodes. One for every year of his kingship. A 1 min trailer of the podcast has been released (including of course a fragment in which he talks about the trip to Greece but also one in which he references losing a brother - which seems to be something that helps him connect to other people with a somewhat similar experience). The release is scheduled for tomorrow.
 
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I listened to the first episode and I enjoyed it. It is nice that the King can give his version fo things too (f.e. the 2014 meeting with Putin in Sotchi). It is always easy to critisize so it is good to hear the other side.
 
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