Queen Juliana's Inauguration Gala at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam in 1948 https://t.co/G2m3ABnssM pic.twitter.com/8dB8MX7NQH

— The Royal Watcher (@saadsalman719) November 23, 2020

70 years ago: Queen Juliana’s inauguration. Back: Aschwin of Lippe, Gustaf of Sweden, Earl of Athlone, Axel of Denmark, Olav of Norway, George of Greece, Jean of Luxembourg. Front: Countess of Athlone, Märtha of Norway, Louise of Sweden, Margaret of the UK, Margaretha of Denmark. pic.twitter.com/WBTOA8MTnq

— RoyalArjan (@RoyalArjan) September 6, 2018

Foreign Royal Guests attend a glittering Gala ‘Sports Fantasy’ showcase at the Olympic Stadium followed by a Banquet at the Royal Palace of Amsterdam on this day in 1948, during the festivities marking the Inauguration of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. Queen Juliana (in the Mellerio Ruby Tiara) and Prince Bernhard were pictured with Queen Elisabeth of Belgium (wearing her Diamond Bandeau) Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf (wearing the Order of the Netherlands Lion) and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden (in the Baden Fringe Tiara), Crown Prince Olav (wearing the Order of the Netherlands Lion) and Crown Princess Martha of Norway (in the Emerald Parure Tiara), Princess Margaret (wearing Queen Mary’s Lozange Bandeau and the Order of the Netherlands Lion), the Earl of Athlone (in the Order of the Netherlands Lion) and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (wearing her Diamond Palmette Tiara and the Royal Victorian Order), and Prince Axel (in the Order of the Netherlands Lion) and Princess Margretha of Denmark (wearing the Khedive of Egypt Tiara and the Order of Saints Olga and Sophia), Prince George of Greece (in the Order of the Netherlands Lion), and Prince Aschwin of Lippe.

A glittering Gala Performance was held the following evening!