07-05-2011 Apeldoorn Princess Maxima attended the exhibition ''Maxima, 10 years in the Netherlands'' at Palace het Loo in Apeldoorn.

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04-05-2011 Amsterdam Wearth laying ceremony (Dodenherdenking) at the WWII memorial at the monument op de Dam with Princess Maxima, Queen Beatrix and Prince Willem-Alexander.

Ireland's President Mary McAleese (L) and her husband Martin McAleese pose for a picture with Dutch Queen Beatrix (C) after a meeting in Palace Noordeinde in The Hague May 3, 2011. McAleese is on a three-day visit to the Netherlands.

THORN, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 30: (L-R) Princess Maxima of The Netherlands, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Prince Willem Alexander of The Netherlands celebrate Queens Day on April 30, 2011 in Thorn, Netherlands.

   

Queen Beatrix of Netherlands, right,, and Crown Princess Maxima, left, pose to photographers during their visit of Dresden, Germany, Thursday, April 14, 2011.

09-03-2011 Amiri Princess Maxima and Prince Willem-Alexander and Queen Beatrix arrive for a 2 day statevisit to Qatar.

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08-03-2011 Oman Queen Beatrix and Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima and Prime minister Fahd Bin Mahmoud Al Said in Oman.

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25-01-2011 Apeldoorn Exhibition of ‘DE PRO JUVENTUTE KALENDERS'' with photos of the young royals at Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn.

The exhibition offers an overview of the 45 princesses calendar with photos of the royal family. The proceeds of the calendar benefited the less fortunate children. A young Princess Beatrix.

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Dutch queen Beatrix on December 25, 2010, a traditional Christmas speech for the Dutch citizens on television and radio. She was speaking about courage and encouragement.

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26-11-2010 Auction house Christie's is auctioning off US pop artist Andy Warhol's pink portrait of Queen Beatrix.

Christie's expects the work will fetch between 300,000 and 500,000 euros.


Andy Warhol painted the portrait in 1985 as part of his series Reigning Queens, which consisted of four female monarchs: Beatrix of the Netherlands, Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Margrethe II of Denmark and Ntombi laTfwala of Swaziland. Christie's says Warhol praised the Dutch queen as the most beautiful of the four.

The auction is scheduled for 30 November. Portraits from the series Reigning Queens have been sold in large numbers as screen prints, but the original paintings are rarely put up for auction.

30-10-2010 Valkenburg Queen Beatrix attended the premiere of the new musical Soldier of Orange ( Soldaat van Oranje) based on the life of the famous Dutch soldier Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema at the TheaterHangaar in Valkenburg.The script was written by Edwin de Vries and directed by Theu Boermans.

28-10-2010 The Hague Queen Beatrix attended the 65 jubilee of the Centraal Planbureau (CPB) at theater Diligentia in The Hague.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) welcomes Queen Beatrix (L) prior to their bilateral meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on October 26, 2010.

Queen Beatrix attended the exhibition about human traffiking :"journey The Hague" in The Hague. The traveling exhibition contains seven shipping containers in which the story of a victim of sexual exploitation is told. Journey is an initiative of the Helen Bamber Foundation, a British human rights organization. Queen Beatrix and Emma Thompson