Queen Beatrix

[Lucien]

Ruby Peacock tiara with the necklace of the Mellerio ruby parure and earjewellery:

http://www.ppe-agency.com/preview.php?start=15&id=30678&zoektype=2&search=22-04-2009%20Contra

Today TM concluded the State Visit in the city of Groningn,HM Queen Beatrix acompanied them.

http://www.royalimages.nl/search.pp?mailingid=13356&flush=1

courtesy royalimages.

Visit to the city of Groningen and farewell ceremony ar Groningen airport:

http://www.ppe-agency.com/show.php?zoektype=2&search=23-04-2009%20Groningen

courtesy ppe.

Nice coverage of the State Visit:

http://player.omroep.nl/?aflID=9389071

[Kimberly]

Oh God, this is awful
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1175433/Four-cheering-spectators-killed-speeding-driver-makes-assassination-attempt-Dutch-queen.html

[Lucien]

HM The Queen,accompanied by TRH The Prince of Orange and Princess Maxima will attend the National Service of Remembrance
at the Nieuwe Kerk,Amsterdam  after which Her Majesty and His Royal Highness The Prince of Orange will lay a wreath at the
National Monument at Dam Square,monday may 4th.

May 4th is our National Day of Remembrance of the dead of WW II and all wars and missions afterwards,both military and civilians.
HM insists on attending,as do TRH,it was unclear untill shortly if the ceremonies could go on as planned in light of a tightened security.

On tuesday may 5th we celebrate Liberation Day,everything will go on as planned.HM will attend the Liberation concert on the
Amstel river here in Amsterdam in the evening.

http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/content.jsp?objectid=28886

Prof.Pieter van Vollenhoven will attend the Remembrance ceremony at the Military Field of Honour at the Grebbeberg,Rhenen.
He will attend the Liberation Day festivities in Wageningen,the place the germans surrendered on may 5th 1945.

http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/content.jsp?objectid=29109


Resilience is one of our greatests assets,always has been,and resilience we will show .       

[Lucien]

HM attended the opening of the exhibition on " Calvijn/Calvin and us " yesterday evening at the Grote Kerk,Dordrecht.
The same church was the venue where Willem I of Orange Nassau aka Willem the Silent,Patrae Patria,converted to protestantism.

http://www.ppe-agency.com/show.php?zoektype=2&search=07-05-2009%20Dordrecht

courtesy ppe

http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/content.jsp?objectid=28869

[Lucien]

HM attended the opening of the art exhibition " Open Source " at Amsterdam Bijlmer last saturday.
it is back to business as usual,with her usual smile,and as usual,mingling with the public again:

http://www.ppe-agency.com/show.php?zoektype=2&search=09-05-2009%20Amsterdam

courtesy ppe