Life in Pictures: Crown Prince Willem-Alexander

[The Watcher]

Because he will be once King, I thought it would be nice to post some pictures of prince Willem-Alexander from his birth until his life before Maxima.

So today in the TRF-archives: Crownprince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands

 

[Bubbette]

Wow Catharine Amalia so strongly resembles him!

 

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Willem-Alexander as little boy

 

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part 2: little boy

 

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part 3: little boy

 

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part 4: little/big boy

 

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part 5: big boy, student/in the army

 

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Part 6: student/in the army

 

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part 7: student/in the army

 

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part 8: student and older

 

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part 9: older and older

 

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part 10: older and older

 

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part 11: older and older

 

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part 12 (last): older and older

 

[pdas1201]

Excellent!!! The watcher We all certainly appreciate the amount of time and energy you have put into this thread.

Willem Alexander has certainly turned out to be a wonderful young man, a credit to his family. Inspite of the unsurmountable losses he has faced, losing his father, grandparents. He has moved on with grace and dignity, much like his mother.

 

[The Watcher]

Excellent!!! The watcher We all certainly appreciate the amount of time and energy you have put into this thread.

Willem Alexander has certainly turned out to be a wonderful young man, a credit to his family. Inspite of the unsurmountable losses he has faced, losing his father, grandparents. He has moved on with grace and dignity, much like his mother.

You're welcome!

 

[Gabriella]

Great thread The Watcher. I second what pdas1201 said! I certainly do appreciate the amount of time it takes to round up those photos and to post them!

 

[corazon]

Amalia is really like him!

 

[Ennyllorac]

The Watcher, great job! Thank you for your contributions. I am sure it was very time consuming to find all these pictures.

 

[Gabriella]

I'm bumping this thread back up, so that others who may never of seen this thread can appreciate it.

 

[Josefine]

thank you so much for those photos

 

[SpiffyBallerina]

Hi The Watcher!
I was wondering how you got those great pictures of Beatrix and W-A from ANP. When I do a search there, it only shows the most recent 200 pictures, and I want the old ones!
Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated!

 

[The Watcher]

Hi The Watcher!
I was wondering how you got those great pictures of Beatrix and W-A from ANP. When I do a search there, it only shows the most recent 200 pictures, and I want the old ones!
Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated!

You can search Willem-Alexander and a year. He was born in 1967, so when you want baby pictures, you search: Willem-Alexander 1967

You can also use an other part of the ANP-site, the Photo Archive: http://www.anpfotoarchief.nl
When you search here: Willem Alexander (so not Willem-Alexander), you can find a lot of old pictures.

 

[princess olga]

Wonderful pictures, The Watcher! Thanks for posting!
I grew up in the Netherlands, am a bit yonger than him, so we all came across pictures of Alexander from time to time, but I had forgotten how cute he was as a boy and how handsome he was particularly during his early to mid twenties. As an infant he was absolutely gorgeous, much better looking than his own daughter Amalia (who I'm glad to see is turning into a very cute little kid, seems to be past the 'ugly duckling infant' phase)

Alex's brothers were very handsome too, Friso in particular.

 

[SpiffyBallerina]

You can search Willem-Alexander and a year. He was born in 1967, so when you want baby pictures, you search: Willem-Alexander 1967

You can also use an other part of the ANP-site, the Photo Archive: http://www.anpfotoarchief.nl
When you search here: Willem Alexander (so not Willem-Alexander), you can find a lot of old pictures.

Thanks for your help!!!

 

[Paula**]

I mean no offence, he was so cute what happened to him?

 

[Princess_Beatrix]

I read once that the evening Alexander was born the Queen gave a State Banquet to a Royal Guest.
And this was the only event she ever missed, just because of baby Alexander's birth.
I love that Story.
Does anyone know which State Guest it was?

here's a picture of the event
http://s2.supload.com/image.php?get=gala.jpg

source: Beeldbank

 

[California Girl]

I mean no offence, he was so cute what happened to him?

I wonder if his smoking habit has aged him prematurely. Also, he's a fair-skinned person, so if you spend too much time out in the sun, you're likely to damage your skin. BTW, isn't he taking steroid therapy for an illness? That would explain the his his "puffy" appearance.

 

[Kelly]

What is he taking steroids for?

 

[Princess_Beatrix]

Here are some pics I found of little-cute Alexander.
He has been amazingly cute when he was a child.

http://s2.supload.com/image.php?get=alexlech.jpg ---> with his parents in Lech

http://s2.supload.com/image.php?get=doopfriso-20060402085222.jpg---> very cute holding the hands of his parents

and last:
http://s2.supload.com/image.php?get=frisofamily.jpg ---> smiling happily

source: Beeldbank