In loving memory
Today,november 28th,is the 50th anniversary of the death of Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie,Queen of The Netherlands,
Princess of Orange Nassau,Princess of Luxembourg,Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Schwerin,Duchess of Limburg etc etc etc.
August 31st 1880 - November 28th 1962
From 1890 ( upon the death of her father King Willem III under the Regency of her mother,Queen Emma until 1898) to 1948
Queen.Known again as Princess Wilhelmina since her Abdication until her death,then known again as Queen Wilhelmina.
Her wish,she felt the "title" of Queen Mother was her mother Emma only,and,modest as she could be,she preferred the title Princess.
Her granddaughter Princess Margriet opened an exhibition on her grandmother on her life after 1948 at Het Loo Palace,
the favorite home of Queen Wilhelmina and where she retreated after 1948.
http://www.ppe-agency.com/show.php?zoektype=2&search=27-11-2012%20Apeldoorncourtesy ppe
