Princess Margriet of The Netherlands and Pieter van Vollenhoven: January 10, 1967

[Duc_et_Pair]

The argument that a wedding to a Dutch commoner would endear the Royal House more is hard to prove. No any royal was more met with genuine love and admiration as Juliana, as royal as possible from both maternal and paternal sides. No consort was more popular (and therefore his fall was harder) than Bernhard zur Lippe-Biesterfeld. It was exactly the groom in question, Pieter van Vollenhoven, who had to fight hard to be taken au sérieux by his fellow commoner countrymen who seemed to treat him alike his own parents: "Know your place!"

 

[CyrilVladisla]

The fabric of Princess Margriet's gown was embroidered with daisies of all shapes and sizes. Daisies were in Margriet's bouquet. That is quite a lot of daisies!

 

[Blog Real]

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[Prinsara]

They look ridiculously 60's and ridiculously happy. So, how did the princess meet the future-professor?

(Also, so ALL FOUR sisters had controversial marriages? Wow. Well, they are their parents' daughters...)

 

[Skippy]

They look ridiculously 60's and ridiculously happy. So, how did the princess meet the future-professor?

(Also, so ALL FOUR sisters had controversial marriages? Wow. Well, they are their parents' daughters...)

They met at Leiden University.

Controversial marriages not per se, but three engagement announcements were, yes.

Beatrix to Claus von Amsberg, a German.
Irene to Carlos Hugo de Bourbon de Parme, the whole throne of Spain thing.
Margriet to Pieter van Vollenhoven, a commoner.
I'm not sure whether Christina's announcement was seen as controversial because it was to Jorge Guillermo.