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☆ The college-student heir to the Dutch throne said she secretly moved to Spain to avoid getting kidnapped
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Dutch princess faced a kidnapping threat while studying at the University of Amsterdam in 2022. AdvertisementThe heir to the throne of the Netherlands, Princess Amalia, said that her fear of being kidnapped forced her to move countries. AdvertisementShe moved to a regular accommodation block in 2020, even though the Dutch royals have a palace in Amsterdam. As a result, she moved back to the main Dutch royal residence in The Hague. Princess Amalia of The Netherlands at the University of Amsterdam on September 5.

Persons: Princess Catharina, Amalia of, Catharina, —, Princess Amalia, Amalia, Princess Amalia of The, van Katwijk, King Willem, Alexander, Per, Britain's Princess Anne, Michael Fagan, Fagan Organizations: University of Amsterdam, Service, BBC, Bild, Guardian, NOS, People, Royals, Royal Locations: Netherlands, Spain, Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Princess Amalia of The Netherlands, Corona, Madrid, Dutch, Buckingham

☆ South Korea's Yoon to Attend APEC Summit, Visit Europe
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will attend the APEC summit in San Francisco on Nov. 15-18, Yoon's office said on Wednesday. After the U.S. trip, Yoon is set to pay a state visit to Britain on Nov. 20-23 following an invitation from King Charles and visit France on Nov. 23-26 as part of efforts to bolster support for hosting the 2030 World Expo, Yoon's deputy national security adviser Kim Tae-hyo said. The host country for the 2030 expo is expected to be decided this month by a vote of the member states of the International Bureau of Expositions, the expo organising body. Yoon will also visit the Netherlands on Dec. 12-13 following an invitation from King Willem-Alexander, local media reported, in what would be the first state visit by a South Korean president since the countries established diplomatic ties in 1961. (Reporting by Soo-hyang Choi, Ju-min Park; Editing by Ed Davies)

Persons: Yoon Suk, Yoon, King Charles, Kim Tae, hyo, King Willem, Alexander, Soo, hyang Choi, Ed Davies Organizations: APEC, International, South Locations: SEOUL, San Francisco, U.S, Britain, France, Paris, Netherlands, South Korean

☆ Discovery of Dutch prince's Nazi membership card revives calls for inquiry
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Tosterling Bart H. Meijer | Bart H. Meijer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The card, which showed Bernhard first joined in 1933, was found by historian Flip Maarschalkerweerd, the Royal Information Service. via Reuters TV Acquire Licensing RightsAMSTERDAM, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The discovery of a Nazi membership card in the name of late Dutch Prince Bernhard, a German who married into the Dutch royal family in the 1930s, revived calls on Friday for an inquiry into his ties to Adolf Hitler's party. Prince Bernhard, the grandfather of Dutch King Willem Alexander, died in 2004. The Dutch government confirmed the card was found but has resisted calls for an inquiry. The card, which showed Bernhard first joined in 1933, was found by historian Flip Maarschalkerweerd, the Royal Information Service said.

Persons: Bernhard, Flip Maarschalkerweerd, Dutch Prince Bernhard, Adolf Hitler's, Prince Bernhard, Dutch King Willem Alexander, Prince Bernhard's, Bernhard von Biesterfeld, Maarschalkerweerd, Juliana, King Willem Alexander, Prince, Willem, Alexander, Toby Sterling, Bart Meijer, Anthony Deutsch, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Royal Information Service, Reuters, Rights, Nazi, NSDAP, for Information, Documentation Israel, Institute for, Genocide, De Volkskrant, Allies, Germany, NOS, Thomson Locations: Dutch, Nazi, U.S, Netherlands

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Erwin Olaf, an acclaimed Dutch photographer whose work documented topics ranging from gay nightlife in Amsterdam to portraits of the Dutch royal family, has died. His website carried a statement saying that Olaf recently underwent a lung transplant. The Rijksmuseum received its core collection in 2018 and considered Erwin Olaf a sincere friend. Over the years, he shot portraits of King Willem-Alexander and his family and in 2013 he designed the Dutch side of a new euro coin bearing an image of the king when Willem-Alexander acceded to the throne. In March, Willem-Alexander awarded Olaf with the Dutch Royal House’s Medal of Honor for Art and Science.

Persons: — Erwin Olaf, Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, Olaf, Dibbits, “ Erwin Olaf, Olaf “, Erwin Olaf, We’ll, ” Olaf, King Willem, Alexander, Willem, Queen Maxima, Netherlands “, ”, “ Organizations: Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Dutch Royal House’s, Art Locations: HAGUE, Netherlands, Dutch, Amsterdam

July 18 (Reuters) - The European Union (EU) said on Tuesday that Europe's slave-trading past inflicted "untold suffering" on millions of people and hinted at the need for reparations for what it described as a "crime against humanity". The idea of paying reparations or making other amends for slavery has a long history but the movement is gaining momentum worldwide. EU and CELAC agreed on one paragraph that acknowledged and "profoundly" regretted the "untold suffering inflicted on millions of men, women and children as a result of the transatlantic slave trade". It said slavery and the transatlantic slave trade were "appalling tragedies ... not only because of their abhorrent barbarism but also in terms of their magnitude". The CARICOM reparations commission "sees the persistent racial victimisation of the descendants of slavery and genocide as the root cause of their suffering today", the plan said.

Persons: Ralph Gonsalves, Saint Vincent, CELAC's, CELAC, Dutch King Willem, Alexander, King Charles, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Catarina Demony, Belen Carreno, Andrew Gray, Grant McCool Organizations: European Union, EU, of, Caribbean, Caribbean Community, Thomson Locations: Portugal, Brazil, Caribbean States, Brussels, Grenadines, Dutch, Netherlands

☆ Dutch Prime Minister Rutte to update king on government collapse
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] Dutch Prime Minister Rutte arrives at the Huis ten Bosch Palace to meet with Dutch King Willem-Alexander in The Hague, Netherlands July 8, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de WouwTHE HAGUE, July 8 (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is due to meet King Willem-Alexander on Saturday, to discuss a caretaker administration the day after his centre-right government collapsed following a row on migration policies. Rutte, 56, in power since 2010, is already the Netherlands' longest serving prime minister. The crisis in Dutch politics came after Rutte's conservative VVD party pushed to limit the flow of asylum seekers to the Netherlands. Farmers' protest party BBB became the biggest party in the March provincial elections which determine the make-up of the Dutch senate.

Persons: Rutte, Dutch King Willem, Alexander, Wouw, Mark Rutte, King Willem, it's, Stephanie van den Berg, Ros Russell Organizations: Dutch, Bosch, REUTERS, Christian Union, Vox, BBB, Thomson Locations: The Hague, Netherlands, HAGUE, Dutch, Rutte, Spain, Farmers

☆ King apologises for Netherlands' historic role in slavery
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/6] Dutch King Willem-Alexander speaks at an event to commemorate the anniversary of the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, July 1, 2023. The king apologised for the royal house's role in slavery and asked for forgiveness. Peter Dejong/Pool via REUTERSAMSTERDAM, July 1 (Reuters) - Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Saturday apologised for the Netherlands' historic involvement in slavery and the effects that it still has today. The apology comes amid a wider reconsideration of the Netherlands' colonial past, including involvement in both the Atlantic slave trade and slavery in its former Asian colonies. Willem-Alexander apologised in Indonesia in 2020 for "excessive violence" during Dutch colonial rule.

Persons: King Willem, Alexander, Peter Dejong, Keti, Willem, Mark Rutte, Rutte, Orange, Toby Sterling, Jason Neely, Louise Heavens Organizations: REUTERS, Dutch State, Royal House, Royal, Thomson Locations: Netherlands, Amsterdam, REUTERS AMSTERDAM, Caribbean, Amsterdam's, Indonesia, Dutch, East India

☆ Dutch king apologizes for Netherlands’ historic role in slavery
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Saturday apologized for the Netherlands’ historic involvement in slavery and the effects that it still has today. “On this day that we remember the Dutch history of slavery, I ask forgiveness for this crime against humanity,” he said. Spectators react after King Willem-Alexander apologized for the royal house's role in slavery at an event to commemorate the anniversary of the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands on Saturday. The apology comes amid a wider reconsideration of the Netherlands’ colonial past, including involvement in both the Atlantic slave trade and slavery in its former Asian colonies. Willem-Alexander apologized in Indonesia in 2020 for “excessive violence” during Dutch colonial rule.

Persons: King Willem, Alexander, ”, Koti, Peter Dejong, Willem, Mark Rutte, Rutte, Orange Organizations: CNN, Royal House, Royal Locations: Netherlands, Caribbean, Amsterdam’s Oosterpark, Indonesia, East India

☆ Dutch celebrate King's Day as confidence in monarchy diminishes
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands pose with their daughters, Princess Ariane and Princess Catharina-Amalia, during King's Day (Koningsdag) in Rotterdam, Netherlands, April 27, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de WouwROTTERDAM, April 27 (Reuters) - Millions of Dutch revellers took to the streets on Thursday to celebrate King's Day festivities, dressing in orange and enjoying open-air markets - even as trust in the man at the centre of the nationwide party sinks to a low ebb. These numbers had held firm at around 75% until the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The historic centres of Amsterdam, Utrecht and The Hague have been filled with thousands of people since late on Wednesday as King's Eve parties kicked off the festivities. Reporting by Bart Meijer; Editing by Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Netherlands PM Rutte apologises for role of Dutch state in slavery
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Tosterling Ank Kuipers | Ank Kuipers | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/8] Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte responds to recommendations from a panel of experts to accept the role of the Netherlands in the history of slavery and its current consequences in The Hague, Netherlands December 19, 2022. "Today I apologise," Rutte said in a nationally televised speech at the Dutch National Archives. "For centuries the Dutch state and its representatives have enabled and stimulated slavery and have profited from it," he added. "It is true that nobody alive today bears any personal guilt for slavery...(however) the Dutch state bears responsibility for the immense suffering that has been done to those that were enslaved and their descendants." The panel said that Dutch participation in slavery had amounted to crimes against humanity and in 2021 recommended an apology and reparations.

☆ Dutch crown princess Amalia under heightened security
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

AMSTERDAM, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Dutch Crown Princess Catharina-Amalia is under heightened security due to concern that she could be targeted by criminals, Dutch news agency ANP reported on Thursday, citing her parents. "She can hardly leave the house," ANP quoted Queen Maxima as saying during a state visit to Sweden with her husband King Willem-Alexander. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterLast month, several Dutch media outlets reported that the princess, whose formal title is Princess of Orange, was under heightened security due to fears that criminal gangs may target her for kidnapping or an attack. Dutch police and the country's secret service have declined to discuss security arrangements around the Royal House. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Thursday evening said he could not specify the details of the threats.

☆ Trump claims he would have gotten a better seat than Biden at the Queen's funeral
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden sat in the 14th row for the Queen's funeral on Monday. Trump mocked Biden for where he was seated, saying that he would have had a better seat. Seating arrangements seemed to prioritize Commonwealth leaders and royalty. Trump mocked Biden by posting a photograph that showed all of the assembled world leaders sitting in the abbey, with a red arrow pointing to the president towards the back. It is unclear which leaders Trump meant when he referred to "Third World countries."

☆ The world's most powerful are gathered in London for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral. Here's who is — and isn't — there
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Wpa Pool | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesHundreds of global dignitaries are gathered in London Monday to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, marking a level of ceremony unseen in the U.K. for decades. Britain's King Charles III waves as he's driven down the Mall in London on September 19, 2022, ahead of the State Funeral Service of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. - Leaders from around the world will attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. President of United States Joe Biden and Jill Biden arrive for the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on September 19, 2022 in London, England. Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his wife Empress Masako arrive at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022, for the State Funeral Service for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.

☆ Factbox: World leaders to attend Queen Elizabeth's funeral
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Canadian Prime minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau attend the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey. Jack Hill/Pool via REUTERSRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterLONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth's state funeral will take place in London on Monday and a host of world leaders, royalty and other dignitaries will attend. Countries that have not been invited include Syria and Venezuela because London does not have normal diplomatic relations with those states. Britain has also not invited representatives from Russia, Belarus or Myanmar after it imposed economic sanctions on those countries. Related ContentFactbox: Plans for Queen Elizabeth's state funeral on MondayFactbox: Comments from crowds in London on Queen ElizabethFactbox: World leaders to attend Queen Elizabeth's funeralFactbox: Order of service for Queen Elizabeth's state funeralWindsor Castle, Queen Elizabeth's home and now final resting placeWestminster Abbey - traditional church for royals in life and death(This story was refiled to correct spelling of first name of Belize governor general)Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterCompiled by Farouq Suleiman and Kate Holton Editing by Deepa Babington and Frances KerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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