The Royal Wedding
The Royal
Wedding
Our crown prince Willem
Alexander got married!
Willem Alexander, prince of Orange
and Ms. Maxima Zorregieta
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The Engagement Ring, de verlovings
ring, with an orange stone.
The
Royal Wedding
took place on February 2, 2002.
The Prince of Orange and his bride got married in the Capital of Holland: Amsterdam
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The civil marriage ceremony took place in the Beurs van Berlage building on
Damrak in Amsterdam.
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The ceremony was performed by the Mayor of Amsterdam,
Burgemeester Job Cohen. In addition to family, friends and guests of the Royal Couple, the
ceremony, which begins at 10.15 hours, was attended by approximately
600 invited guests from all parts of the Kingdom.
For information on the Church blessing,
click on the picture of the Nieuwe Kerk:
Then click on "Wedding Day" - "Church
Ceremony"
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Following the ceremony in the Nieuwe Kerk church, the Royal Couple
toured the
centre of Amsterdam in the Golden Coach: de Gouden Koets.
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The Golden Coach - De Gouden Koets
After completing the tour, the Royal Couple appeared on the balcony of the
Royal Palace.
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The Royal Palace, Koninklijk Paleis,
on Dam Square in Amsterdam was the center of the festive events surrounding
the wedding of HRH the Prince of Orange and Ms Máxima Zorreguieta. For some background
information
click
here...
Click
here to find a memorial wedding
present for you to take home :-)
(then
right click on the present and save it to your own hard disk)
More
Royal Wedding Links:
The link to the
Program of the Royal Wedding of the City of Amsterdam
Do click on The Lounge, to hear various versions of
The Dutch National Anthem,
Het Wilhelmus
Or try a fortune cookie - you can even send one to your friend...
Link to the
Nieuwe Kerk, the Church where the wedding took place
Link to the Beurs van Berlage,
where the Civil Marriage Ceremony was held.
Vocabulary:
You can click on the Dutch text to
hear the pronunciation again
Prins Willem Alexander en Maxima Zorreguieta - Prince Willem Alexander and Maxima Zorreguieta
de verlovings ring - the engagement ring
Beurs van Berlage - stock exchange building built by the Dutch Architect Berlage.
Damrak - Damrak
Burgemeester Job Cohen - Burgomaster Job Cohen
Nieuwe Kerk - the New Church
de Gouden Koets
- the Golden Coach
Koninklijk Paleis (op de Dam) - Royal Palace on
Dam Square
Web resources:
http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/UK/welcome.html
http://www.koninklijkhuwelijk.nl/en/programma.html
http://www.tiscali.nl/oran/oran_center.asp
