The Queen's Birthday
Queensday AmsterdamQueen's Day festivities began before the World War II with the celebration of birthday of Queen Wilhelmina on August 31 and since 1949, celebration of the birthday of her daughter and successor on the Dutch throne Queen Juliana, on April 30.
When Queen Beatrix succeeded Juliana in 1980, she decided to keep the Queen's Day on April 30. Her own birthday is in the middle of winter (January 31), so celebrating it outside would be difficult. Until today, many especially older people call the holiday the Queen's Birthday.
We have such a lovely tradition here where the Queen celebrates her birthday with the crowd, picks two towns and pays visit to those towns, together with many members of her family. Great feeling, all across the country towns organise sports and other events for the kids and lots of parties all in celebration of her Majesty's birthday. Too bad one nutcase had to change all of this today...
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Man charged with trying to attack Dutch Royal family after 4 die.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/eu...car/index.html
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Car attack on Dutch Royal parade.
A car has crashed into a crowd watching a parade involving Dutch Queen Beatrix and her family, killing four people and seriously injuring several others.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8026807.stm
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