Queen Juliana’s 30th Anniversary Gala, 1967

Queen Juliana (wearing the Dutch Diamond Bandeau) and Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands hosted a splendid 30th Wedding Anniversary Gala at the Hotel Gooiland on this day in 1967, to mark their 30th Wedding Anniversary in the midst of the series of celebrations for the Wedding of their third daughter Princess Margriet, from whom a Gala Dinner had been hosted by the Dutch Government days previously.

The Queen and Prince were joined by Princess Beatrix (in Queen Emma’s Diamond Tiara) and Prince Claus, Princess Margriet (wearing the Antique Pearl Tiara) and  Pieter van Vollenhoven, Princess Irene (wearing the Ruby Peacock Tiara and her Ruby Earrings), and Princess Christina (in the Laurel Wreath Tiara).

The Royal Guests and Relatives that had arrived in The Netherlands for the wedding also joined the Dutch Royal Family for the Gala, including Crown Princess Margrethe (wearing the Alexandrine Drop Tiara and Connaught Pearl Brooch) and Prince Henrik of Denmark, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (cousin of Queen Juliana, wearing her Diamond Palmette Tiara), and Prince Aschwin of Lippe-Biesterfeld (brother of Prince Bernhard)

Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard’s Silver Anniversary in 1962

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