The Caribbean Netherlands has a special first this week. On King’s Day, the first stamps of King Willem-Alexander with beards will be issued in the three special municipalities of Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius. FXDC Post, the postal company of the Caribbean Netherlands, informed NU.nl on Thursday. The issue of the stamps has been secretly … Read more
Indonesian weapon experts say in conversation with the Indonesian magazine Tempo that a dagger returned by King Willem-Alexander did not belong to the Indonesian prince Diponegoro. The so-called Kris was lost for decades, but was found after an initiative of Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden. King Willem-Alexander presented the kris last month during a state visit, … Read more
King Willem-Alexander still has no beard on a special Fiver (5 euro coin) that is presented because of the 75th anniversary of the liberation. The choice to portray the king without a beard is remarkable; Willem-Alexander has had his much-discussed facial hair since August last year. “The effigy of the king was made in a … Read more
Tuesday, March 24, 2020, 4:17 PM – – TILBURG – On Tuesday afternoon, King Willem-Alexander saw with his own eyes how Brabant fights against the corona virus. The king paid a working visit to the GGD in Tilburg. There, on February 27, the first corona infection in the Netherlands was diagnosed by a man from … Read more