Spanish State Visit to the Netherlands, 1980

Queen Juliana (wearing the Rose Cut Diamond Bandeau and the Order of Charles III) and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands host a State Banquet in honour of King Juan Carlos of Spain (in the Order of the Netherlands Lion) and Queen Sofia of Spain (in the Spanish Floral Tiara) at the Royal Palace of Amsterdam on this day in 1980. Crown Princess Beatrix (wearing Queen Emma’s Diamond Tiara), Princess Claus, Princess Margriet (in the Ears of Wheat Tiara), and Pieter von Vollenhoven were also present at the last State Banquet of Queen Juliana’s reign, who abdicated the following month.