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February
6th, 2002: Honeymoon in Switzerland
Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess
Máxima are spending their first week as a married couple in St. Moritz in
Switzerland. The couple is staying at the villa of the late Freddy
Heineken. Today the couple posed for photographers and even a camera team
(from the Dutch broadcasting company SBS 6). The couple looked relaxed and
in love on the snowy slopes.
The couple is expected to stay in St.
Moritz for at least the rest of the week.
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January 26th, 2002: Private festivities)
Today and tomorrow bride and groom are celebrating with friends and family. Today the couple visited Madurodam. In the evening a gala was held at Palace Noordeinde. Tomorrow the couple will lunch at the Kurhaus in Scheveningen.
January 25th, 2002: Government Dinner in The Hague
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This
evening marked the official start of the festivities for bride and groom.
Dutch government offered the couple a dinner at the Ridderzaal. Also
present were Máxima's brothers and sister: Martín (with his wife
Mariana), Juan and Inés.
Dutch readers can read the speeches of the prime minister and Willem-Alexander on the site of the Royal House.
January 22nd, 2002: Chat session possibly sabotaged
According to Dutch news the chat session with the couple organized today was possibly sabotaged. The website went blank after only five minutes.
More at NOS Nieuws
January 18th, 2002: Interview on Dutch Television
Today NOS broadcasted the first official
interview with the couple. The interview lasted about an hour and took
place at Palace Huis ten Bosch and Castle Drakensteijn in Lage Vuursche.
The couple was very open on how they met and deepened their relationship,
the marriage, Argentina and the Videla regime, what kind of king and
queen they would like to be and their different religions.
I've translated several parts of the
interview, you can view them here.
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January 10th, 2002: Ballet gift from the
National Dans Theater
The National Dans Theater gave the bridal couple two ballets as a wedding gift today. The ballet was attended by several members of the Royal Family, including Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus. Afterwards the bridal couple thanked the dansers and the National Dans Theater.
January 9th, 2002: Receiving the first gifts, Publication of the banns
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Today Willem-Alexander and Máxima received
their first gifts: a crown given by the winner of the competition '
ironworking for Willem-Alexander and Máxima' and the first of the
official wedding stamps. It also became known that the couple had the
publication of the banns today.
