Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien, News & Events Part 4 (January 2018 - )


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Tatiana Maria said:
It is interesting that princes in both the Netherlands and Belgium are apparently expected to follow the happenings in the British royal family (and indeed the arrangements of the three princes and their respective monarchies are largely incomparable). Vice versa, it is hard to believe that a talk show host or reporter would expect the Duke of Sussex to follow what is happening in the lives of Princes Laurent or Constantijn or even to recognize their names. Presumably, more interest in foreign royal houses exists in the Netherlands and Belgium than in Britain.
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In my experience in general small countries tend to be more outward focussed than bigger ones - perhaps more by necessity than by choice. And the dominance of the English language makes the barrage of articles easy to use for our national press. They have an intern translate the article and they have new content for their website, running along with the media hype for clicks. It is hard to escape the Sussex-drama even if you wanted to. It pops up on top of all international and national news and entertainment websites.

But this kind of informality is new for the Dutch RF. Two decades ago they did not appear in news programs as guests. There were no small interviews here and there. Only formal interviews which would happen sporadically and where questions like these would not have been asked in a million years. It slowly started to change somewhere in the early 2000s, with Prof. Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven appearing in news programs every now and than due to his work for the National Safety Board.
 
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Marengo said:
In my experience in general small countries tend to be more outward focussed than bigger ones - perhaps more by necessity than by choice. And the dominance of the English language makes the barrage of articles easy to use for our national press. They have an intern translate the article and they have new content for their website, running along with the media hype for clicks. It is hard to escape the Sussex-drama even if you wanted to. It pops up on top of all international and national news and entertainment websites.

But this kind of informality is new for the Dutch RF. Two decades ago they did not appear in news programs as guests. There were no small interviews here and there. Only formal interviews which would happen sporadically and where questions like these would not have been asked in a million years. It slowly started to change somewhere in the early 2000s, with Prof. Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven appearing in news programs every now and than due to his work for the National Safety Board.
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I am not happy with this. Prince Constantijn, Princess Laurentien, the Duke of Parma, Prince Jaime, Prince Maurits, Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven popping up here and there from the talkshow DWDD to the talkshow Op1 to the talkshow Jinek. And it has become normal that they answer questions while walking to the car, see Blauw Bloed or even Boulevard.

This was unthinkable, a decade ago. Now I hear: Prince Maurits in that talkshow tonight and I think *yawn*, let me watch the Australian Open. It is quite inflatory and the (necessary) distance to the Royal House as well the difference between royals and celebbies is fading.

Okay: the Duke of Parma and Prince Maurits are no members of the Royal House. But the King's brother commenting on current affairs is pretty tricky.
 
Princess Laurentien participated in the NS Railways Valentine's Day event in Utrecht today, February 14.

The event was organized to draw attention to the urgency and importance of real, positive contact in our digital society. Several rganizations and famous Dutch people joined forces around this mission.



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Prince Constantijn tells WNL Op Zondag about how the family experiences the lockdown and about video calling during King's Day


 
eya said:
Prince Constantijn tells WNL Op Zondag about how the family experiences the lockdown and about video calling during King's Day


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Poor prince Constantijn and especially count Claus-Casimir; he was asked about 'his daughters' and was clearly in doubt whether he should stress that he also had a son.

Other interesting information: Countess Eloise is currently in her final year of high school and apparently was planning to do a 'gap year' but right now it's unsure how that will work out.

And princess Beatrix needed some help to have Zoom up and running to be able to wish her eldest son a happy birthday last week.
 
Constantijn is indeed looking great.
 
Duc_et_Pair said:
So to see the Prince has taken a fitness regime. He looks fit and healthy. Congratulations and celebrations to the couple. A marriage between youth friends (they know each other since toddler time) seems to work splendidly.
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Aren't the fitness clubs also still closed in The Netherlands? But he does look healthy indeed.
 
Marengo said:
Aren't the fitness clubs also still closed in The Netherlands? But he does look healthy indeed.
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Fitness at home?


Laurentien has always been the fitnessy type, hard to believe she is 54.
 
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Duc_et_Pair said:
Fitness at home?


Laurentien has always been the fitnessy type, hard to believe she is 54.
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Yes, I agree. She looks much younger and quite healthy. Always liked her. She was her own nice person always to others.
 
Princess Laurentien always comes across as a nice warm person ,congratulations to the couple on their Wedding Anniversary.
 
"The new #digital world requires new digital #solutions. Check out this message by our mentor and partner, @constantijn14 , Special Envoy to @TechLeapNL. We aim to break down barriers and foster #innovation by bringing our #accelerator to a new digital level.⁠"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1293886177645342720
 
Prince Constantijn has become a member of the board of the newly created National Growth Fund, with an investment capital of 20 billion Euro per legislature, to encourage the transition towards a new robust, innovative and sustainable economy.

Article on the National Growth Fund. The aim is that every 5 years another 20 billion (there is no real limit) will be pumped in start ups, in innovative ideas, in sustainability, everything to make The Netherlands 2.0 advancing to The Netherlands 3.0

Prince Constantijn is the Set Up Tsar. That set ups can be quite profitable is proved by the late Prince Friso, who made his widow a multi-millionaire thanks to investments into projects of scruffy students which turned out to become moneymakers.

With his experience in set ups and his role in judging all projects, Prince Constantijn of course has fine first hand knowledge for much promising investments on behalf of the royal family.

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/...vestment-fund-to-boost-prosperity-and-growth/
 
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It will be interesting to see how a-political the fund will be. While I see why they picked prince Constantijn, it could be a little tricky. It's a lot of money and the first debates about this new fund (and especially how the money should be spend) are already starting...
 
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It will be interesting to see how a-political the fund will be. While I see why they picked prince Constantijn, it could be a little tricky. It's a lot of money and the first debates about this new fund (and especially how the money should be spend) are already starting...
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Yes, 20 billion Euro is a gigantic sum and to have the King's brother in the judging panel, hmmm... At the other hand: the Netherlands never have been too anxious in giving responsibility. Apparently they trust that Prince Constantijn is a serious person, with a sound mind and a well-developed political antenna. He has been strategic assistant of EU Commissioners, so he is not in unchartered territory.
 
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Princess Lautentien attended the national launch of an educational programme against child poverty in Almere today, September 9. The programme is initiated by Missing Chapter Foundation and co-developed and supported by the AFAS Foundation.


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I really like Pss Laurentien's involvement with the children. Nice to see her to put education in the forefront. BTW she looks lovely today very nice dress and shoes.
 
Prince Constantijn is self-isolating

Prince Constantijn just posted a tweet that he is self-isolating (for the next 3 days). A week ago he was in close contact with someone that recently tested positive for Covid-19. We writes that he feels a paria and wonders whether he followed all the distance rules etc over the last week (he thinks so) - which includes Prinsjesdag! - as he doesn't want to unknowingly have passed on the virus.
 
Looks like for both it is one picture but the 'close-up one' is cut-out from the other.
 
It is, just like it was done for the King, Queen and their daughters for their latest portraits this year.
 
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