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Queen Juliana – The twilight years (Part five)

Wednesday, 6 May 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part four here. The day before her official abdication, Juliana looked back on her reign with the words, “Life is beautiful but hard.” The following day, Juliana signed her abdication and her daughter became Queen Beatrix. Like her mother before her, Juliana returned to using the style and title of Her Royal Highness Princess [read more]

Queen Juliana: – Mother & Queen (Part four)

Tuesday, 5 May 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part three here. Juliana had been dreading wearing the crown, and she thought it a huge sacrifice. Her first act as Queen was to present her mother with the Military Order of William, the oldest and highest honour of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, for her actions during the Second World War. On 27 [read more]

Queen Juliana – Queen-in-waiting (Part three)

Sunday, 3 May 2020, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Read part two here. On 10 July 1936, the dashing Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld proposed to Princess Juliana and after some consideration, she accepted him. The engagement was meant to remain a secret for three months, but the news leaked, and so it was officially announced on 8 September. Bernhard endeared himself to the public [read more]

Queen Wilhelmina returns home from exile

Saturday, 2 May 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Queen Wilhelmina had been forced to flee after the German invasion in 1940, and she spent most of her time in exile in England with her government. By March 1945 – the war was still going on in the northern parts of the country – Wilhelmina wanted nothing more than to return home. During a [read more]

Queen Juliana – The Youth of Princess Juliana (Part two)

Friday, 1 May 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. After the birth of Princess Juliana, Queen Wilhelmina would suffer two further miscarriages. Juliana would remain their only child and thus heiress to the throne. Juliana spent her childhood between three royal palaces: The Loo Palace in Apeldoorn, Noordeinde Palace and Huis ten Bosch in The Hague. A small classroom with [read more]

Queen Juliana – The birth of a Princess (Part one)

Thursday, 30 April 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

At the end of 1908, it was announced that Queen Wilhelmina was again pregnant. By then, she had suffered two miscarriages and the stillbirth of a son. There were immediately several concerns. What would happen if Wilhelmina died in childbirth? Who would act as regent for the minor child? There were only two obvious candidates: [read more]