2010-30-04: Queensday in Holland

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Holland celebrating QUEENSDAY!

Above: The Dutch Flag ,

Above Townhouse in Holland with Dutch flag

Of course we are hoping for a BLUE sky,
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Holland is every year celebrating Queensday on April 30th

This year Queen Beatrix was visiting Zeeland in the South of Holland.
Look for the activities where the queen is visiting on April 30th ,and follow the walking-route here http://www.koninginnestad.nl at Middelburg/Holland

The Dutch ORANGE ROYAL FAMILY,

Above: Left to right,grandchild of Queen, The Queen of Holland Queen Beatrix, Daughter in Law (máximá) with her daughter,The Oldest son of Queen Beatrix , he will be soon the King of Holland: Prince Willem van Oranje

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Quess what we are Dutch people are going to do?

Of course we are all Celebrating Queensday: by wearing Orange clothes and caps, we drink Orange coloured drinks, organise braderies and other happy festivities/music and more. Mostly all Dutch citizens are free from their work , its a national Holiday.Happy Queensday!
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Wishing you a good day week or weekend

Thank you for your comments

Today its "State Opening of Parliament-Day" or "Prinsjesdag"

State Opening of Parliament (Dutch: Prinsjesdag)

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.< - The Dutch Queen 'Beatrix'.

On Prinsjesdag, the Queen of Holland (Queen Beatrix) delivers her Speech from the Throne to a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives. The speech sets out the government's plans for the coming year. Article 65 of the Constitution refers to the Speech from the Throne as follows: “A statement of the policy to be pursued by the government shall be given by or on behalf of the King before a joint session of the two Houses of the States General that shall be held every year on the third Tuesday in September or on such earlier date as may be prescribed by Act of Parliament.”

The "Golden koets" _ De "Gouden Koets"

Dutch "State Opening of Parliament-Day" a day celebrated on the 3th tuesday of September- All Dutch people know why..../ Het Nederlandse 'Prinsjesdag' wordt gevierd op de 3e dinsdag in september...

Map of Route to the Binnenhof, Route naar het Binnenhof

The Queen and her staff are driving today in THE HAGUE from Palace Noordeinde via Lange Voorhout to the Binnenhof.... where the Queen is reading the speech...
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De Koninklijke stoet rijdt van het Paleis Noordeinde, via het Lange Voorhout naar het Binnenhof, alwaar de koningin de speech voorleest.

At the end of the Celebration-day , the Queens family is waving to the waiting and interested people... from their balcony./ Aan het einde van de feestelijke dag wuift de familie, vanaf hun balkon, naar de wachtende mensen.

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Happy -Fijne Prinsjesdag!

Queen of Holland, 70Th Birthday today...

The DUTCH ROYAL HOUSE OF THE NETHERLANDS

Above BEATRIX is born , 70 years ago

Above Queen Beatrix today on the age of 70,

Queen Beatrix her Youth:

Born as Princess Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard.

Princess of the Netherlands,

Princess of Orange-Nassau and Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld,

Princess Beatrix was born on 31 January 1938 at Soestdijk Palace in Baarn.
She was the first child of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard.

Her younger sister, Princess Irene, was born in 1939. When war broke out in May 1940, the family left for the United Kingdom. A month later, Princess Beatrix and her younger sister fled with their mother to Ottawa in Canada, where Princess Margriet was born in 1943. Prince Bernhard remained in London with Queen Wilhelmina during the war. The family set foot on Dutch soil again on 2 August 1945. Princess Christina was born at Soestdijk Palace in 1947. Go to the Queenshouse website to see more portraits of the royal Dutch Queenshouse.. All photography and text are made by (c) RVD holland

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Above: leftthe queen with her grandchildren right the queen

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Zij was het eerste kind van Prinses Juliana en Prins Bernhard.
Beatrix is geboren als Prinses der Nederlanden, Prinses van Oranje-Nassau en Prinses van Lippe-Biesterfeld. In 1939 krijgt ze een zusje, Prinses Irene. Als de oorlog in mei 1940 uitbreekt wijkt het gezin uit naar Engeland.
Prinses Beatrix, haar moeder en zusje moeten voor hun veiligheid na een maand uitwijken naar Ottawa in Canada. Daar wordt in 1943 Prinses Margriet geboren. Prins Bernhard blijft tijdens de oorlog in Londen bij Koningin Wilhelmina. Op 2 augustus 1945 zet het gezin weer voet op Nederlandse bodem. In 1947 wordt Prinses Christina op Paleis Soestdijk geboren....Hier meer foto's en portretten van het Nederlandsche Koningshuis Alle foto's en tekst zijn gemaakt door (c) RVD Nederland.

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And the others such as my Aunt T. and my friend M. who are also celebrating their birthdays today, Have a HAPPY BIRTHDAY today!!!

en anderen/bekenden zoals mij Tante T. en mijn vriendin M. die vandaag ook jarig zijn, wens ik een hele fijne verjaardag !!!