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Funeral of Prince Claus. Claus suffered various health problems, such as depression, cancer and Parkinson's disease. He died of complications of pneumonia and Parkinson's at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam on 6 October 2002 after a long illness, aged 76. [4] He died less than four months after the birth of his first grandchild.
The Prince Claus Fund was established in 1996, named in honor of Prince Claus of the Netherlands. It receives an annual subsidy from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs . The Fund has presented the international Prince Claus Awards annually since 1997.
In 1981, Prince Claus of the Netherlands became the organization's patron, and attended ten ceremonies at which windmills were reopened; [7] at his death in 2002 the 12 windmills owned and operated by the organization had their sails set in the "mourning position," [8] [9] with the lowest sail fixed and set slightly to the right. [10]
She has a seat on the board of governors of the chair on the Management of Diversity and Integration at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; she (along with her husband) is a patron of the Orange Fund (established to promote social welfare and cohesion in the Netherlands); and she also chairs the Board of Trustees of the Prince Claus Chair in ...
Prince Willem-Alexander (left) at age 14 and his brother Friso in 1982. Willem-Alexander was born on 27 April 1967 at the Utrecht University Hospital (now known as the University Medical Center Utrecht) in Utrecht. He is the first child of Princess Beatrix (later Queen) and Prince Claus, [5] and the first grandchild of Queen Juliana and Prince ...
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The 2008 jury of the Prince Claus Fund describes the photo series as intense, cru, powerful and poetic. [1] [7] In 2005. Uchechukwu received the Élan Price on the African Photography Encounters in Mali for his work Fire, Flesh and Blood. [6] [1] In 2008 he was honored with a Prince Claus Award from the Netherlands. [1]
The award ceremonies of the Erasmus Prize, of the Silver Carnation, of the Royal Awards for Modern Painting, and of the Prince Claus Awards are also held in the palace. [1] The balcony of the Royal Palace was used during the investiture of Queen Beatrix in 1980, where her mother Juliana announced the new queen to the people. [5]