Prinsjesdag 2017

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, accompanied by Queen Máxima, Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien, gave the annual Prinsjesdag (Prince’s Day or Budget Day) speech to the Dutch Parliament to outline the government’s agenda for the coming session on September 19th in the Hague. 

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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima rode in the Class Carriage (instead of the usual Gold Carriage which is still being repaired) from Noordeinde Palace to the Ridderzaal (Hall of Knights), followed by Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien in another carriage. Upon arrival, the King and Queen were welcomed by officials before making their way to the Hall, where the King Willem-Alexander delivered his annual Budget Speech to the Parliament (read HERE), outlining the government’s agenda for the coming session. Afterwards, the couples returned in the carriage to Noordeinde Palace, where they waved from the balcony with Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien.

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King Willem-Alexander wore Morning Dress with the miniature pin of the Military William Order, the highest honour of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Queen Maxima wore a grey brocade Natan gown and coordinating pillbox hat with Queen Wilhelmina’s diamond trellis necklace, Queen Juliana’s briolette aquamarine and diamond earrings, a brooch composed of a large pear-drop aquamarine suspended from the upper section of a recently debuted stomacher, diamond bracelets, and the sash and star of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, her highest Dutch honour.

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Prince Constantijn wore morning dress with the miniature pin of the Order of the Netherlands Lion. Princess Laurentien wore a green-gold Hardies Couture gown and matching Eudia Turban with statment earrings, a diamond brooch, and the sash and star of the Order of the House of Orange, her highest Dutch honour.

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