On March 27, 2013, Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands was in Amsterdam to open Artis in Bloei on the “…occasion of the 175th anniversary of the Artis Zoo.”
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On March 27, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands participated in the “…decoration of the ‘Kosovo 1999’ banner ceremony of the Royal Air Force held at the Koninklijke Militaire Academie in Breda. The banner decoration was added because of the substantial contribution of the Royal Air Force at the NATO campaign against the military presence in Kosovo.”
On March 25, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands held an audience with the President of the Bundesrat and the Minster-President of the State of Baden-Wurttemberg, Mr. Winfried Kretschmann, held at Paleis Huis ten Bosch in Den Haag.
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On March 25, 2013, Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands was in Amsterdam to officially open the Drostenburg “…a new building of the Mytylschool and the Noteboomschool in Amsterdam. The Drostenburg is a school for education and revalidation for students with physical or multiple disabilities or chronic.”
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On March 22, 2013, Her Majesty Queen attended the opening of a the exhibition entitled, Frans Hals: Eye to Eye with Rembrandt, Rubens and Titian, held at the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem.
Per the official website of the Frans Hals Museum:
“The exhibition, which marks the 100th anniversary of the Frans Hals Museum, displays works by the artist Frans Hals amidst paintings by such famous predecessors as Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens, Van Dyck and Jordaens.
This extraordinary confrontation of old masters is essential to the understanding of seventeenth-century art. Famous painters often produced their works in response to one another, seeking to outdo the other artist and create something exceptional. The best way to assess the results of their efforts is to look at comparable works side by side. Visitors can see for themselves the artistic challenges Hals must have faced and what makes him unique.
The paintings come from some of the world’s greatest museums, among them the National Gallery in London, the Prado in Madrid and the Louvre in Paris, and from various private collections.”
Frans Hals: Faced with Rembrandt, Rubens and Titian will be open to the public beginning on March 23 – July 28, 2013. For more information about the exhibition please click here.
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On March 22, 2013, His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje, in his capacity as Chairman of the Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation of the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UNSGAB), participated in the opening of the 2013 International World Water Day held at the Water Forum in Den Haag.
According to RVD, the theme of this year’s event is International Water Cooperation, and during the opening the future king of the Netherlands gave an important speech about — you guessed it — the importance of water and water sanitation.
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On March 21, 2013, Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, in her capacity as Special Advocate of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the field of Inclusive Finance for Development, arrived in Rome, Italy for a two-day visit.
According to RVD, the purpose of Princess Maxima’s visit is to:
“…talk with senior officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Program (WFP).
On Thursday, Princess Maxima gave an opening speech at an interactive meeting with the organizations and permanent representatives of the FAO, IFAD and WFP. The theme of the meeting was: ‘Inclusive Finance, Challenges and Opportunities for the Rome-based food organizations.’ The princess’s speech [focused on] the importance of good access to financial services for agricultural development and poverty reduction in rural areas…”
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