Princess Beatrix, Current Events Part 2 (May 2020 - Present)

[iceflower]

Princess Beatrix has thanked all well-wishers for the birthday greetings for her 87th birthday on January 31:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1886440555158163639

 

[iceflower]

This afternoon, February 7, Princess Beatrix attended the Dies Natalis celebration on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of Leiden University in the Pieterskerk in Leiden:


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[Marengo]

Lovely to see Pss Beatrix but IMO it would have been nice if the King had been there too for this milestone. The university was founded by William of Orange ánd the King, his mother and his grandmother have studied here too.

 

[An Ard Ri]

A really nice crowd out to greet the former Monarch who is looking as lovely and professional as ever!

 

[iceflower]

Princess Beatrix attended the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the association De Zaansche Molen in Zaandam today, March 14:

Prinses Beatrix viert 100-jarig jubileum Zaansche Molen - De Orkaan

Prinses Beatrix was op bezoek op de Zaanse Schans in Zaandam voor de feestelijke viering van het 100-jarig jubileum van Vereniging De Zaansche Molen. De prinses werd op een groene loper bij de poort van het museum warm ontvangen in het zonnetje. De 96-jarige Ada mocht een bos bloemen aan Prinses...

www.deorkaan.nl

Prinses Beatrix geniet in de Zaanstreek: "Ik ben dol op molens geworden"

De prinses geniet van het Hollandse molenlandschap.

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Bezoek prinses Beatrix zorgt voor drukte bij Zaanse Schans

Prinses Beatrix bezoekt Zaanse Schans voor 100-jarig jubileum van Vereniging De Zaansche Molen. Koninklijke Erepenning uitgereikt en ontmoeting met molenaars.

www.nhnieuws.nl

https://twitter.com/x/status/1900586267886203047

 

[iceflower]

This afternoon, April 10, Princess Beatrix presented the Jantje Beton Prize to the most play-friendly municipality in the Netherlands during a ceremony in Gouda. Breda has won:


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[tommy100]

Apologies if this has been posted already, but it was a rare case of European royalty making the UK news media.

Uden Town Hall in the Netherlands apparently accidentally threw out a print of Andy Warhol's famous portrait of Beatrix from his 'Reigning Queen's' series. It was worth around €15,000 / £12,000.

Town hall accidentally bins Andy Warhol print of former queen of Netherlands

Missing artworks, valued at £19k, thought to have been taken by rubbish vans and incinerated during renovations in Dutch town of Uden

www.telegraph.co.uk

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[Tatiana Maria]

Apologies if this has been posted already, but it was a rare case of European royalty making the UK news media.

Uden Town Hall in the Netherlands apparently accidentally threw out a print of Andy Warhol's famous portrait of Beatrix from his 'Reigning Queen's' series. It was worth around €15,000 / £12,000.

Town hall accidentally bins Andy Warhol print of former queen of Netherlands

Missing artworks, valued at £19k, thought to have been taken by rubbish vans and incinerated during renovations in Dutch town of Uden

www.telegraph.co.uk

Archive version:

Town hall in Uden Netherlands accidentally bins Andy Warhol print of …

archived 25 Apr 2025 21:34:16 UTC

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Oops.

The silkscreen print of Queen Beatrix was among 45 artworks likely to have been thrown away during renovations of Uden town hall in the Netherlands in 2023.

Maashorst municipality officials confirmed on Thursday that the missing artworks, valued at €22,000 (£18,700), were likely disposed of in council rubbish vans and incinerated at a local waste centre, an investigation by the Dutch municipalities found.

Future Maashorst municipality press bulletin: SUPER EFFICIENT MUNICIPAL WASTE DISPOSAL DEPARTMENT PROCESSES €22,000 IN ADDITIONAL MATERIAL AT NO EXTRA COST TO TAXPAYERS

The case comes months after another incident involving Warhol’s works in the Netherlands, when thieves attempted to steal four prints from the same “Reigning Queens” series from a gallery in North Brabant province.

I like the unintended implication that the thieves might have been more careful...

 

[Somebody]

This piece was one of 46 that accidentally ended up in the dump most likely in September or October 2023 after a merge of multiple municipalities resulting in lots of art needing to find a new destination. When the combined municipality started looking for the art works and couldn’t find them, the hired an investigation company to look into the issue. They recently concluded that ‘accidentally ended up in the bin’ was the most likely scenario.

 

[iceflower]

As Patron Princess Beatrix visited the mill De Onderneming on National Mill Day, marking the 50th anniversary of the Guild of Frisian Mounders, this afternoon, May 10:


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https://twitter.com/x/status/1921248962557747563

 

[iceflower]

Princess Beatrix as Patron visited the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution for its 200th anniversary today, May 14:


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https://twitter.com/x/status/1922665121366561276

 

[An Ard Ri]

Bravo Princess Beatrix!
photos from the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue anniversary.
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[iceflower]

Princess Beatrix inaugurated the biennial sculpture exhibition ARTZUID in Amsterdam today, May 20.

It's titled Enlightenment and is dedicated to Amsterdam's 750th anniversary (October 2025):


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[An Ard Ri]

Here are a few more photos from the exhibition ARTZUID in Amsterdam.
Beatrix is now using two walking sticks and needs some assistance too.

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[Marengo]

The teenagers of the Ignatius Gymnasium on the bench must have been surprised, seeing the princess walking there on the Apollolaan. The teenagers were excited to see the princess surely, but also said that now they had a great excuse to arrive late in class.

She met some younger children too. She asked them if they had seen the sculptures already: 'yes a long time ago, when I was still little' responded one, to which the Princess had to laugh. She was accompanied by, among others, an aide-de-campe, the alderman for Education Marjolein Moorman, lady-in-waiting Pien (Josefien) van Karnebeek-Zaaijer (with hat), a niece by marriage of her own former lady-in-waiting Ietje (Maria Paulina) van Karnebeek-van Lede. Among those invited was a friend from her university days ánd former lady-in-waiting Miente (Marie Julie) Boellaard-Stheemann,

 

[iceflower]

She asked them if they had seen the sculptures already: 'yes a long time ago, when I was still little' responded one, to which the Princess had to laugh.

That's great! Fresh, involuntary humour at its best

Here's an additional video:

 

[Somebody]

Here are a few more photos from the exhibition ARTZUID in Amsterdam.
Beatrix is now using two walking sticks and needs some assistance too.

PPE Agency

Two hiking poles is much more stable - especially with knee problems - than one walking stick which makes you lean in on one side, so I am glad she started using them on public engagements as well.

 

[kalnel]

If you look at the video of this event, she only uses two poles when she's on uneven ground outdoors walking around the exhibitions. At around 12:11, as she enters the building, an aide takes the poles and hands her a single cane. I didn't see any point where she needs any assistance, apart from swapping the poles, cane, and flowers.

 

[An Ard Ri]

If you look at the video of this event, she only uses two poles when she's on uneven ground outdoors walking around the exhibitions. At around 12:11, as she enters the building, an aide takes the poles and hands her a single cane. I didn't see any point where she needs any assistance, apart from swapping the poles, cane, and flowers.

Beatrix is being helped here

 

[kalnel]

Beatrix is being helped here

If you watch the video from the reverse angle, she's not actually being helped. The woman just put her arm out.

 

[iceflower]

This evening, June 19, Princess Beatrix attended the performance "Wings of Time" in Den Haag by the Norwegian National Ballet in tribute to the lifework of choreographer Jiří Kylián:


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[iceflower]

Princess Beatrix attended the 60th anniversary of the Horse Riding for the Disabled Foundation (SPG) at the Madurodam Riding School in Den Haag today, July 5.


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