Re: For Dutch Royal Jewels: a dull year ahead! Archived Message
Posted by Lucas  on January 29, 2013, 3:21 am, in reply to "For Dutch Royal Jewels: a dull year ahead!"
You forget one spectacular event John; The Spanish state visit, the first time a Spanish monarch visited the Netherlands since the infamous 80 years war that ended in 1648. It created lots of publicity in dear calvinist Holland 
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: I don't want to put anyone down but I think
: in terms of glitter (and I realy mean
: fullblown stately glitter of Tiaras and
: parures) this will probarbly be a very dull
: year in Holland !
:
: I remember very well 1980 and (besides the
: Statevisit of the Spanish King that year),
: Juliana and Beatrix both were busy in the
: months running up to the inauguration with
: the internal affairs surrounding it. No
: glittering events at all.
:
: When the actual date of the Inauguration was
: there, the only one to wear a (modest) tiara
: was the new Queen! And the other (female)
: members of the family wore
: "prinsjesdag-style" outfits with
: hats, a nice broche here and there that was
: all...
: The ceremony was solemn and done in a very
: tasteful dignified way, the Queen looked
: sweet in her white dress and the ermine
: robes but one could hardly say: glittering
: and none of the foreign royal guests
: glittered at all.
:
: In the evening there was a black-tie/no
: decorations maritime event with fireworks.
: The Queen did not wear a tiara that evening
: nor did any of the other female guests.
: There were no other royal celebrations, no
: ball's, no operavisits, not anything!
:
: Most Scandinavian round Royal birthdays are
: done with much more pomp than a Dutch
: Inauguration...
:
: That year (1980) the new Queen was busy with
: visiting all provincies of the country and
: the carribean parts of the Kingdom. No
: tiaras were seen for over more than one
: year, when at last she made her first
: state-visit.
: The first State-Visit into our country was
: only after three more years!
:
: That's why I predict a (jewelerywise) very
: dull year for The Netherlands.
:
: Nevertheless I suspect the Inauguration will
: give us some pomp and circumstance (but not
: in the jewelery department elas).
: I even heared they were tossing with the
: idea to have the Golden Carriage make a tour
: through Amsterdam...
: So maybe they will try to give it bit more
: splendour this time.
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