Royal Friends and Relatives from around the World gather to attend a Dinner and Ball at the Royal Palace of Amsterdam in honour of the Wedding of Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Maxima Zorreguieta and the 64th Birthday of Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands.
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Royal Guests included Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (wearing Queen Alexandrine’s Sapphire Parure), Queen Sonja of Norway (in Queen Alexandra’s Diamond Chandelier Earrings), Queen Sofia of Spain (wearing her Wedding Necklace), King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden, King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, King Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium, Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg…
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… Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte of Luxembourg, the Duke of Brabant and Princess Mathilde of Belgium (in her Laurel Wreath Necklace), Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Princess Märtha Louise and Ari Behn of Norway, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Carl Philip, and Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan, Crown Prince Pavlos, Crown Princess Marie-Chantal (wearing her Diamond Earrings), and Prince Nikolaos of Greece, Princess Benedikte of Denmark and Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Crown Prince Felipe and Infanta Cristina of Spain, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, and the Prince of Hannover and Princess Caroline of Monaco.
#RoyalFlashback | Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Maxima Zorreguieta dance during a Ball at the Royal Palace of Amsterdam #OnThisDay in 2002, to celebrate their forthcoming Wedding: https://t.co/2A5C4y8hby pic.twitter.com/lIPOdch8n1
— The Royal Watcher (@saadsalman719) January 31, 2021
#RoyalFlashback | Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Maxima Zorreguieta dance during a Ball at the Royal Palace of Amsterdam #OnThisDay in 2002, to celebrate their forthcoming Wedding: https://t.co/2A5C4y8hby pic.twitter.com/lIPOdch8n1
— The Royal Watcher (@saadsalman719) January 31, 2021
Gosh! How impossibly young everyone looked! And how many of the attendees are no longer with us, either because they have passed away or because they have retired. The great thing, however, is that King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima seem as happy together now as they were then!