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Two beautiful royal families

16 years ago

At the library, I ran across pictures of two royal couples, Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, and Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of Belgium, taken when they were first married. They were such attractive couples, in the nicest sort of way, and I was curious to see if they've had any children since then.

Of course, the Internet made it easy to find out. And of course there are pictures. The children couldn't be more adorable (unless their names were Jackson, Allison, Nathan, Mio, Jake, Campbell, Camryn......well, you get the picture). :-)

Five pictures of the young Netherlands royal family

Six pictures of the young Belgian royal family

Belgium and the Netherlands figure prominently in my family tree, but alas, I doubt we're related.

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Comments (6)

glenda_al
16 years ago
Hats off to you for posting such points of interest

Thank you
lindac
16 years ago
Beautiful families....lovely adults and children.
I don't think I have seen pictures of the current Dutch Royals, but rather remember the parents.
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Original Author
16 years ago
I meant to add this slideshow about the birth of the youngest Belgian princess, Eleonore. I love the way they show the children kissing their new baby sister.

Their mother, Princess Mathilde, is really lovely. I see that YouTube has some videos/slide shows about her. She reminds me a bit of Grace Kelly.
jannie
16 years ago
When he was in the Air Force, my husband was stationed all over Europe. He said Dutch girls were the most beautiful. (I'm not Dutch and he married me.)
chisue
16 years ago
A good friend is Dutch by birth; was a boy during the Nazi occupation. (He became a US citizen some years ago.)

I've read that Dutch men are now the world's tallest. Our friend's son is well over six feet. I think our friend would have grown taller had he had a better diet during his growing years.
maire_cate
16 years ago
Those children are adorable, what beautiful faces! Thanks for posting - it brought back memories of my Dad who was stationed in Belgium and the Netherlands for a part of WWII. Before he died he gave me a beautiful wooden box that was made for him by a grateful citizen of Belguim. He saved that box for over 60 years and it meant a great deal to him. Despite the fact that it was wartime he thought the people of that area and Britain were the warmest to the GI's. He did not like being stationed in France.
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