Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands arrived in Zeewolde this afternoon to inaugurate the Wind Farm Zuidlob.
Per RVD:
“The Wind Farm Zuidlob consists of 36 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 122 megawatts, which provides approximately 88,000 households with electricity. This makes Zuidlob one of the largest onshore Wind Farms in the Netherlands.”
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On Wednesday, September 11, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, in her capacity as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development and the Honorary Patron for the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion, gave a keynote speech during the opening of the 2013 Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) Global Policy Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The two-day conference, held under the theme Driving Policies for Optimal Impact, participants will “…have the opportunity to exchange knowledge and experiences, and work together in taking the financial inclusion agenda forward…” notes the official website for AFI.
On the morning of Tuesday, September 10, 2013, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands visited the Stichting Jarige Job in Rotterdam.
According to RVD, Stichting Jarige Job, a participant in the Oranje Fonds Groeiprogramma, creates birthday packages and sends them to children from poor families. Inside each of the packages there are streamers, treats, a cake and of course presents.
During his visit His Majesty met with representatives and volunteers of Stichting Jarige Job and toured the packaging facility.
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On Monday, September 9, 2013, Her Royal Highness Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands arrived at the Efteling in Kaatsheuvel to attend the opening of the 9th Edition of Alfabetisering Week (Literacy Week).
The lovely princess is Chairman of the Stichting Lezen & Schrijven (Reading and Writing Foundation).
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On Sunday, September 8, 2013, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands received the Olympic Gold Order from International Olympic Committee President, Mr. Jacques Rogge, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Please click here to read an article about today’s presentation of the Olympic Gold Order to His Majesty from the newspaper, Washington Post.
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On the evening of September 5, 2013, Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands attended the opening of the 18th Edition of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Gergiev Festival in De Doelen in Rotterdam, and to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Mr. Valery Gergiev’s debut with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
According to RVD, the three-day festival will play various works by three Russian composers: Mr. Sergei Prokofiev, Mr. Igor Stravinsky and Mr. Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky.
For more information about the Rotterdam Philharmonic Gergiev Festival please click here.
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On Thursday, September 5, 2013, Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arrived at the Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn where His Majesty was presented with the first copy of the book, Droomboek.
The aim of the book is to “…inspire each other and the new king. The Nationaal Comité Inhuldiging asked everyone [the Dutch people], young and old, to share their dreams for the future of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.”
Thereafter, Their Majesties opened the new outdoor exhibition entitled, Dromen op Paleis Het Loo: Wandel Door de Dromen Voor de Koning, at the Paleis Het Loo. According to the Nationaal Comité Inhuldiging visitors who wish to view this special exhibition will walk:
“…along the avenue that leads from the royal stables to the palace. Towering arches with flags display a selection of the poems from the Droomboek. Visitors can stroll under the arches and admire over 120 dreams from the book, expressed in wishes, poems, drawings and paintings.”
For more information about Droomboek as well as the outdoor exhibition, Dromen op Paleis Het Loo: Wandel Door de Dromen Voor de Koning, please click here.
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The Royal Correspondent 