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Juliana (Dutch pronunciation: [jyliˈjaːnaː] ⓘ; Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980. Juliana was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin .
In 1896 the Firm of van Kempen & Begeer wrote about resetting the jewels of the Crown ("juweelen der kroon"). Queen Juliana gave a selection of her formal jewelry to the new Foundation Regalia of the House of Orange-Nassau, instituted on 27 July 1963. In 1968 a Foundation "Kroongoederen van het Huis van Oranje-Nassau" was instituted.
Queen Juliana sold the remaining royal palaces and put the cultural assets (paintings, antiques, books, etc.) into non-personal trusts. The crown jewels, comprising the crown, orb and sceptre, Sword of State, royal banner, and ermine mantle have been placed in the Crown Property Trust. The trust also holds the items used on ceremonial occasions ...
The Dutch Star Tiara made its debut in 2002, when Queen Máxima, then Máxima Zorreguieta, married King Willem Alexander (then the Crown Prince). Willem-Alexander and Máxima on their wedding day ...
Princess Beatrix wore a lavender gown and Queen Emma's small diamond tiara. [6] On 8 March, Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard hosted a white tie pre-wedding dinner at the Hilton Amsterdam followed by a ball at the Royal Palace of Amsterdam attended by the foreign royal guests. Princess Beatrix wore a white and blue embroidered gown with the ...
Beatrix was born during the reign of her maternal grandmother, Queen Wilhelmina, and became heiress presumptive upon the accession of her mother, Queen Juliana, in 1948. Beatrix attended a public primary school in Canada during World War II , and then finished her primary and secondary education in the Netherlands in the post-war period.
Queen Juliana accouncing her intent to abdicate. Following a reign of 31 years which began with the abdication of her mother Queen Wilhelmina in 1948, Queen Juliana, in a television and radio address to the nation on 31 January 1980, announced her intent to abdicate the throne in favour of her eldest daughter, Beatrix, in accordance with the precedence set by her mother.
Princess Christina of the Netherlands (Maria Christina; 18 February 1947 – 16 August 2019) [1] [2] was the youngest of four daughters of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. She taught singing in New York and was a long-term supporter of the Youth Music Foundation in the Netherlands.