His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje was at the National Sports Center Papendal in Arnhem on March 8, 2012 to participate in the 2012 Olympic Flame Conference.

Attendees at today’s event included the Chairman of the Olympic Flame, Camiel Eurlings, as well as representatives from various sports federations and associations, business leaders, and local government leaders.

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Source and photo courtesy of: RVD

Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands attended the Women TOP Society Breakfast held at De Witte in Den Haag on March 8, 2012.

According to RVD, today’s event was organized by Stichting Talent naar de Top (Talent to the Top Foundation):

The Foundation focuses on facilitating and encouraging government, businesses, and women leaders to promote as well as recruit women for various job positions…

To learn more about today’s event please click here. (in Dutch)

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Source: RVD/Het Koninklijk Huis

Their Royal Highnesses Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands were in Den Haag this evening to attend a gala dinner for the Stichting Instandhouding Nieuwspoort held in the Knights Hall.  Also in attendance were Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as well as dozens of local dignitaries, company CEOs, and members of various social organizations.

During tonight’s gala dinner there was a lecture given by the United Kingdom’s Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Nick Clegg.

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Source: Het Koninklijk Huis

It was recently announced that Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands will attend the opening of the 2012 Floriade World Horticultural Expo (FWHE) on April 4, 2012 in Venlo.

According to the official website for the FWHE this event:

… is held in the Netherlands every ten years since 1960 and always at a different location in the Netherlands. From 5 April until 7 October 2012, the sixth edition of Floriade will be organised in Venlo in central-eastern Netherlands. The central theme of Floriade 2012, ‘Be part of the theatre in nature, get closer to the quality of life’, has been translated into five core sub-themes, which will be portrayed via five themed zones on the park.  The five core sub-themes at Floriade will cover the different aspects of the relationship between the consumer and the horticultural sector.

For more information please visit the official website for the 2012 Floriade World Horticultural Expo here. 

Today, March 7, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix was in Soesterberg where she opened the “…the new Sergeant-Major Scheickkazerne explosives ordnance disposal EOD…” Afterward, Her Majesty unveil a new plaque as well as toured the new facility.

Click the links below to watch videos as well as to view photos from today’s event.

• VIDEO 1 (in Dutch)
• VIDEO 2
• Gallery One
• Gallery Two (click the photo to view the set of images)

Meanwhile in Amsterdam, Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands attended the First Rural Coachingsdag of Qredits.  According to RVD the purpose of today’s event:

…aims to promote entrepreneurship in the Netherlands by means of providing micro-credit.  Qredits provides financing, with a maximum of 50,000 Euros to start-ups as well as existing entrepreneurs, who, despite a good business plan or no business plan can get credit at a bank.  Support and guidance is also available to entrepreneurs.

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Sources: FWHE, RTV Utrecht, Reformatorisch Dagblad, RVD/HKH, and PPE.

On March 6, 2012, Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands was at the Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen in Amsterdam whereupon she received a copy of the report, A Billion to Gain.

According to RVD/ Het Koninklijk Huis, today’s event was  organized by ING Micro-financing and the Dutch Platform for Micro-finance (CNP).  For more information about the report please click here. (in English)

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Afterward, Princess Maxima attended the opening of the new project, Women Inc, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, municipalities as well as local organizations.

This new project aims to “…focus on the importance of economic independence of women and inspire them with education and motivation.”  

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Sources: Het Koninklijk Huis, NPM, and PPE.

Photo courtesy of Het Koninklijk Huis

It was announced by RVD via Het Koninklijk Huis, that His Royal Highness Prince Johan Friso of Oranje-Nassau has been transported from Innsbruck University Hospital in Austria to Wellington Hospital in London for further care.

Per the press announcement (rough translation):

His Royal Highness Prince Friso has arrived in London today, his hometown for the past several years.

Based on opinions by medical experts, Wellington Hospital was chosen where Prince Friso, in his current condition, can receive the best care for his needs. London also provides for his children the most prospect of continuity and stability.

Today marks an ends of a long and intensive period for the Royal family and in particular the family of Prince Friso.  Now it is time to begin the rehabilitation process, which will be tried to start.

The family of His Royal Highness Prince Friso has all the space needed to cope with the health situation of Prince Friso and life there on in to focus. The family therefore invites the media to continue the necessary privacy of the family.

Princess Mabel would like to express her gratitude for all the messages of support and expressions of sympathy, “The warm compassion in the past period has given me support and strength.  My gratitude for this is big. Thank you.

Her Majesty the Queen, Princess Mabel and her children have also departed from Lech, Austria to London.

Click here to watch a news report (in Dutch).

Source: RVD