Queen Beatrix, Princess Amalia (L) and Princess Ariane Dutch Queen Beatrix and two of her grandduaghters Princesses Amalia and Ariane visits the Breda Hippique at the estate Prinsenhof for the competition of the international carriage driving and the official "Farewell Moment '. Photo: Albert Nieboer

Cruquius, 03-09-2010 Dutch Queen Beatrix HM Queen Beatrix opens Friday September 3rd nine new residential services for the Foundation Epilepsy Institutes Netherlands (SEIN) on the Cruquiushoeve in Cruquius. The farm offers accommodation for 240 people,who of their epileptic disorder are not able to live independently Photgrapher: Albert vd Werf / Royal Press EuropeCruquius, 03-09-2010 HM Queen Beatrix opens Friday September 3rd nine new residential services for the Foundation Epilepsy Institutes Netherlands (SEIN) on the Cruquiushoeve in Cruquius. Photgrapher: Albert vd Werf / Royal Press Europe

Coffin with Prince Carlos Hugp arrives at the Basilica Santa Maria della Steccata in Parma. Photo: Albert Nieboer

Dutch Princess Margriet in the Pieter van den Hoogenband swimmingstadion in Eindhoven for prize award Swimming World Cup for disabled. Photo Albert Nieboer

Queen Beatrix opens defilŽ with Mr. J van Bodegom of the foundation 15 August 1945 Dutch Queen Beatrix attends today the commemoration ceremony at the Indonesian Memorial Monument, 15 August 1945 in The Hague. Photo Albert Nieboer

Sneek , 11-08-2010 Dutch Queen Beatrix HM Queen Beatrix attending "the Hard sailing day" at the 75th Sneekweek at the Sneekermeer. This anniversary edition of Sneek Week takes place from 7 to August 12. The Queen will with the Green Draeck mooring at the Start Island for a short visit to the Royal yacht club Sneek. Following the Queen wil sail with the Green Draeck around the Island . Photgrapher: Albert vd Werf / Royal Press Europe

The Hague, 13-07-2010 Queen Beatrix with left the trainer Bert van Marwijk and rigth captain Giovanni van Bronkhorst who where decorated and the rest of the team. Dutch Queen Beatrix received the dutch soccer team at Palace Noordeinde in The Hague. Photgrapher: Albert Nieboer / Royal Press Europe

Prince Willem-Alexander, Princess Maxima, Princess Amalia, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane pose for the media at Villa 'De Eikenhorst' for the annual Summer photosession. Photo: Albert Nieboer / Royal Press Europe

HRH Princess Maxima attends the baptism of the Ms. New Amsterdam of the Holland America Line in Venice, Italy. Photo: Albert Nieboer / Royal Press Europe

The Hague, 02-07-2010 Dutch Queen Beatrix HM Queen Beatrix opens Friday the New Louwman Museum in The Hague.The car museum contains the private collection of Evert Louwman and aims as a clear and compelling picture of the possible development of the car since 1886. There are over 230 historic cars and see a collection of automobile art. The collection includes both pioneer cars from the late nineteenth century as race cars, sports cars and luxury limousines. So arethere the Swan Car of 1910, a hybrid Woods of 1917, Jaguar D-Type Le Mans winner of 1957 and the original Aston Martin DB5 James Bond. Photgrapher:Albert Philip van der Werf/Royal Press Europe

Queen Beatrix attends the 10th anniversary of the Earth Charter declaration in the Peace Palace in The Hague. The Earth Charter is a declaration of ethical principles for a fair, sustainable and peaceful world. Photo: Albert Nieboer / Royal Press Europe

HRH Prince Willem-Alexander with behind General Henk Morsink Chief of the Military House of Her Majesty The Queen Veteransday (Veteranendag 2010) Prince Willem-Alexander attended the defile on Veteransday in The Hague. Photo: Albert Nieboer / Royal Press Europe

(L) Prince Willem-Alexander, Frans Swinkels, Nout Wellink Prince Willem-Alexander attended the King Willem I award 2010 at the Royal Theater in The Hague. The company's award is awarded every two years by the King William I Foundation. The nominated companies are judged on courage, decisiveness, sustainability, innovation and perseverance. Photo: Albert Nieboer / Royal Press Europe

Stockholm 19-06-2010 Princess Maxima and Princess Amalia arriving at the Grant Hotel Quests leaving this morning The Grant Hotel in Stockholm,some hours before the Marriage of Crown Princess Victoria and Mr.Daniel Westling Photgrapher:Albert Philip van der Werf/Royal Press Europe

(L) Dutch Prince Willem-Alexander, Princess Maxima and Princess Mette-Marit of Norway Rehursel at the Storkyrkan church in Stockholm of the flowergirls and Page Boys for the wedding on Sarturday of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling. Photo: Albert van der Werf/Royal Press Europe

Amsterdam, 09-06-2010 HM Queen Beatrix HM Queen Beatrix awarded the Silver Carnations of the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam. This year's award granted to Ena Dankmeijer-Maduro, January Sonneveld, Rob and Ria Happiness Lokin. The Silver Carnation is awarded annually since 1950 to individuals who voluntary and unpaid, have defended the culture or conservation in the Netherlands or the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. Prince Bernhard has until his death in 2004 the awards handed out. Photgrapher:Albert Philip van der Werf/Royal Press Europe

Utrecht, 09-06-2010 HM Queen Beatrix Her Majesty Queen Beatrix opens this afternoon Wednesday June 9, the University Clinic of Companion Animals Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Utrecht University. The clinic has been completely renovated to quality medical care can be given to pets Photgrapher:Albert Philip van der Werf/Royal Press Europe

Apeldoorn, 08-06-2010 Dutch Princess Maxima HRH Princess Maxima of the Netherlands opens Tuesday June 8 "The St @ art", space for sustainable living in Apeldoorn. This building houses the offices of Apenheul and Het Natuurhuis, center for nature and environmental education. It also has a Meeting function for (nature) associations, entrepreneurs, students and visitors of Apenheul, and park Berg en Bos. Photgrapher:Albert Philip van der Werf/Royal Press Europe

Zandvoort, 07-06-2010 Dutch Princess Maxima HRH Princess of the Netherlands speaks Monday June 7 at a meeting of children and finances in Zandvoort. Aflatoun, an organization dedicated to social and financial educate for children, is organizing the conference which takes place from 7 to June 9. Photgrapher:Albert Philip van der Werf/Royal Press Europe

Queen Beatrix and Prince Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands attend the award ceremony of the Four Freedom Awards to Gareth Evans, Jean-Paul Costa, Maurice Strong, Asthma Jahangir and Dimitri Muratov in Middelburg, The Netherlands, 29 May 2010. The Four Freedoms Medals are presented each year to men and women whose achievements have demonstrated a commitment to those principles which President Roosevelt proclaimed in his historic speech to Congress on January 6, 1941, as essential to democracy: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear. Photoreciation for their efforts. Photo: Albert van der Werf

Princess Maxima attends in Waddinxveen the opening of a volunteer party at the sportspark 't Suyt. The village Waddinxveen offers the volunteers an evening as a sign of appreciation for their efforts. Photo: Albert van der Werf

Ducth Princess Maxima opens today the new building of the NHL (noordelijke hogeschool Leeuwarden) School in Leeuwarden. NHL is an educational institution for higher education in the Netherlands. The university has over 10,000 students. Photo: Albert van der Werf

Dutch Queen Beatrix attended the celebrations of 75 year KNGF Geleidehonden ( guide dogs for the blind) in Amstelveen. The Queen handed out an award of 10.000 euro for the winner of the artcontest for visually handicapped. Photo: Albert van der Werf

Princess Maxima posing with two participants Dutch Princess Maxima is today hostess and honorary chairman of a G20 meeting on financial services to small businesses in the Johan de Witt House in The Hague. Photo: Albert Nieboer

The Hague, 21-05-2010, HM Queen Beatrix, Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima HRH Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, patron of the Orange Fund, handling out at Palace Noordeinde in The Hague, the " Appeltjes van Oranje".The apples were awarded to 'Be Interactive' from Amsterdam, " The World Championship" Eindhoven and to "Aminta Sprockel Challenger Little League" from Curacao. POOL/ HJ van Beek Albert Philip van der Werf,Royal Press Europe

The Hague, 20-05-2010, Dutch Princess Maxima HRH Princess Maxima of the Netherlands attends Thursday May 20th at the ROC Mondriaan School in The Hague a lesson for adults on the theme, borrow money.The lesson is part of the course guide to money matters. In this course are things like insurance, mortgages and loans treated at financial knowledge for adults to improve. Photographer: Albert Philip van der Werf,Royal Press Europe

Princess Maxima and Prince Willem-Alexander on the last day of the 3 day visit to Shanghai. The Royal couple visited the Green building DSM and tried garlictea and some other new products. Photo: Albert Nieboer

Amsterdam, 19-05-2010, Dutch Queen Beatrix HM Queen Beatrix attends wednesday evening May 19, 2010 the celebration of the 600-year anniversary of the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. The new church was consecrated in November 1409 and was in the spring of 1410 for the first time open to the public. The church was always a multifunctional building . Photographer: Albert Philip van der Werf,Royal Press Europe

Princess Maxima and Prince Willem-Alexander on the 2nd day of the 3 day visit to Shanghai. The Royal couple visited the pavilions of China, the tour the table and the Happy Street and the Urban Best Practices Area (UPBA) and the Wanda Lu and the Rotterdam pavilion and the Expo garden and the Urbanian Thema Pavilion. Photo: Albert Nieboer

Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima posing for the press on Princess Maxima's 39th birthday Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Prinses Maxima visits today the Dutch Culture Centre in Shanghai. They are for a three-day visit in Shanghai and will go also to the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. Photo: Albert Nieboer

Queen Beatrix with Minister Donner of Social Affairs and Kinsu Kumar from India Queens Beatrix attends the last day of the The Hague Global Child Labour Conference - 10-11 May 2010 The year 2010 is 10 years after the coming into force of ILO Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour (WFCL), the most widely-ratified international labour convention, and it is 6 years ahead of the global target of eliminating the WFCL. While the global movement has achieved much progress in reducing the incidence of child labour, efforts must be stepped up if we are to deliver the commitment of a world free of the worst forms of child labour by 2016. In order to meet that challenge, the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, in close collaboration with the ILO (and in cooperation with UNICEF and the World Bank), is organizing a global conference on child labour to be held in The Hague (The Netherlands) on 10 and 11 May 2010. Foto: Albert Nieboer

Princess Irene van Lippe-Biesterfeld attended the commemoration and defile of the Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene in The Hague. It is 65 years ago that the regiment invaded into The Hague as first Allied unit. Foto: Albert Nieboer

(L) Ashi Tshering Pem Wangchuck Queen Mother of the Kingdom of Bhutan and (R) Queen Beatrix Her Majesty Queen Beatrix receives in audience on Palace Huis ten Bosch on Friday May 7, Her Majesty Ashi Tshering Pem Wangchuck Queen Mother of the Kingdom of Bhutan. Photo: POOL - Albert Nieboer

Amsterdam, 04-05-2010 HM Queen Beatrix , HRH the Prince of Orange, Willem-Aleaxander and HRH Princess Maxima of the Netherlands are present at Tuesday May 4 for the National Memorial at the Dam in Amsterdam. After the 2 minutes silence a man screamed, this cuased a panic reaction in the crowed, people runned through the barricades. Photographer: Albert Philip van der Werf,Royal Press Europe

Queen Beatrix Dutch Queen Beatrix, Princess Margriet and Prof. Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven attends the commemoration service at the canadian militairy cemetary in Groesbeek (NL). Photo: Albert Nieboer

Grouppicture Dutch Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien attends the award ceremony of World Press Photo in the "Muziekgebouw aan Het IJ" in Amsterdam. Prince Constantijn handed out the award to the winner of this year the italian Pietro Masturzo. Photo: Albert Nieboer

The Royal Dutch Family at Queensday in Wemeldinge and Middelburg , 30-04-2010 Photographer: Albert Philip van der Werf, Royal Press Europe

Princess Maxima and Prince Willem-Alexander Dutch Royal Family attends memorial service of the victims of one year ago in Apeldoorn. Photo: Albert Nieboer