Prince Floris, Princess Aimée and Family, Current Events Part 1 (February 2005 - )

[Alexandria]

Welcome to the first thread for News and Pictures of Prince Floris and Aimée Söhngen, who will be married this October.

A bit about Aimée, courtesy of the Benelux Royals MB:

Aimée Leonie Allegonde Marie Söhngen was born on 18 October 1977 in
Amsterdam and is the eldest daughter of Mr J.H.M. Söhngen and Mrs E.L.F.M. Söhngen-Stammeijer. She has a younger brother Hans, and sister Magali, and was raised in Bussum and Naarden. In 1996 she received her gymnasium diploma at the Willem de Zwijger College in Bussum. She graduated at the University of Leiden in 2002 in business law. After her study she started working for Fortis Bank as management trainee. In the meantime she is projectmanager at Fortis Bank.

 

[Mandy]

Pictures from ANP

 

[Dennism]

Great photos, Alexandria and Mandy. I like that 4th photo from ANP where Aimée has that funny look on her face.

 

[Marengo]

the interior of the city hall

 

[Gabriella]

Aimee also has her own page in English up on the Dutch Royal Family Website for anyone who is interested. Currently it doesn't have much more info on it than we already know, but here it is if you would like a look: http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/UK/royal_house/members.html

 

[Marengo]

And enjoy it while it lasts because she will not be there for long. After her marriage Prince Floris (and Prince PC) are no longer members of the royal house, and I think that their profiles will be erased, like they have done with that of Prince Johan-Friso.

 

[Gabriella]

Will Floris and Peter-Christiaan and their wives not be members of the royal household until the ascention of the throne by Willem-Alexander like Maurits and Bernhard are? Is this because the royal house is too large or because neither Floris nor Peter-Christiaan asked for permission?

 

[Marengo]

They will not ask permission to the goverment for their marriages, so they will automatically lose their membership of the royal house. They explained that the situation now was totally different from when their elder brothers married. When Maurits and Bernhard jr. married none of the sons of the queen were married. I think it is a wise decission as an extensive Royal House can only give problems (In the Netherlands the goverment is responsable for all actions of the members of the Royal House). Maurits and Bernhard will remain members of the Royal House untill Willem-Aexander becomes king. (note that the Royal HOUSE and the Royal FAMILY are two completely different things).

 

[Alexandria]

They will not ask permission to the goverment for their marriages, so they will automatically lose their membership of the royal house. They explained that the situation now was totally different from when their elder brothers married. When Maurits and Bernhard jr. married none of the sons of the queen were married. I think it is a wise decission as an extensive Royal House can only give problems (In the Netherlands the goverment is responsable for all actions of the members of the Royal House). Maurits and Bernhard will remain members of the Royal House untill Willem-Aexander becomes king. (note that the Royal HOUSE and the Royal FAMILY are two completely different things).

Post-marriage will Floris and Pieter-Christiaan still remain Princes in title?

And upon the accenssion of Willem, will Marilene and Annette still be called Princesses?

 

[Marengo]

That is still to be disided. but Iassume that they, like Prince Johan-Friso will remain princes of Orange-Nassau. Maurits, Marilene, Bernhard and Anette will remain Princes of Orange-Nassau after Beatrix' abdication, but they will not be members of the royal house anymore.

 

[Julia]

Question (perhaps it's already been answered): will Aimée and Anita be princesses?

 

[misshelen]

Pictures from Aimée and Floris April 29th 2004, Birthday Party Pieter van Vollenhoven

 

[misshelen]

Aimée and Floris May 20 2004 Amsterdam

 

[misshelen]

Aimée and Floris baptism Amalia June 2004

 

[misshelen]

Summerholiday 2004 Italy

 

[misshelen]

more holidaypics..

 

[sara1981]

when both will get married?

Sara Boyce

 

[Warren]

when both will get married?

Sara Boyce

Sara

they are getting married in October.

 

[Genevieve]

Where will the couple live after they are married?

 

[misshelen]

More pictures:

1: aimée with Prince Maurits and kisses Prince Bernard
2: Floris and Aimée at baptism Amalia
3: Floris and Aimée

 

[Tina]

Floris - 1978

1978-04-30 - Floris - Queensday - Paleis Soestdijk

http://www.anpfotoarchief.nl

 

[xxLindaxx]

more pics of Floris and Aimée:
http://fotosmulders.com/
click on 'trefwoord', type 'apeldoorn', choose fourth option and search!

 

[agisele]

aimee looks like such a sweet tempered girl, i love the wonderful vibe that i get from her pictures. i just wish that prince floris was more involved in the happenings of the royal family, so that we could see more pictures of aimee after her marriage to floris.

 

[xxLindaxx]

aimee looks like such a sweet tempered girl, i love the wonderful vibe that i get from her pictures. i just wish that prince floris was more involved in the happenings of the royal family, so that we could see more pictures of aimee after her marriage to floris.

Yes it's a pitty that we wouldn't see Aimée much...

 

[liv]

Do you think their marriage will be broadcasted on TV?

 

[xxLindaxx]

yes I think so... because the marriages of prince Maurits and prince Bernhard Jr. are also broadcasted.

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

It's so great.

 

[Alexandria]

Do you think their marriage will be broadcasted on TV?

I don't think so. Neither asked for government permission to marry meaning that they won't be part of the royal family after their marriages. I also got the sense that Pieter-Christiaan and Floris want to keep their wedding low-key and relatively private.

yes I think so... because the marriages of prince Maurits and prince Bernhard Jr. are also broadcasted.

The weddings of Maurits and Bernhard Jr. were different. Firstly, they both married before any of the Queen's sons did, creating a bit of royal wedding fanfare. Secondly, both of Margriet's oldest sons asked for government permission meaning that their wives carry titles and that they are still considered part of the royal family even after their marriages.

The weddings of Pieter-Christiaan and Floris can't even be compared to Johan-Friso's, who, while he did not ask for permission from the government, he is the reigning monarch's son, which carries a bit more cache than being the reigning monarch's nephew.

 

[MoonlightRhapsody]

Did Prince Floris and Prince Pieter-Christian even want to ask the government for permission? Or was it just taken for granted that now that the line of succession has grown that they would have been automatically been taken out of the royal family regardless of their marriages?

I thought that regardless of whether or not they ask for permission from the governement that their wives could be addressed by their titles? Even Prince Johan Friso's wife Mabel can be called Princess Mabel since her husband is still Prince of Orange-Nassau. Wouldn't Aimee and Anita both be able to use the title 'princess' after their marriages?

 

[Alexandria]

Did Prince Floris and Prince Pieter-Christian even want to ask the government for permission? Or was it just taken for granted that now that the line of succession has grown that they would have been automatically been taken out of the royal family regardless of their marriages?

I don't know if either Pieter-Christiaan or Floris wanted to ask permission. It seemed to me that it was sort of "presented" to them that the royal family should be kept small, so no need for either of them to ask permission to marry.

In a way, as you point out, it would've been unnecessary as the line of succession is now Willem, Amalia, Baby X, Constantijn, Eloise, Casimir. But of course when Maurits and Bernhard Jr. married the line was simply Willem, Johan-Friso, Constantijn, Margriet, etc.