Nice to be under Orange than a Raven beak

The Queens day 2013.  Since 1890, the 30^th April 2013 is historical for having a king of Dutch. 

Now we the Dutch people have a nice king, Willem Alexander, so dear and caring to indigenous public and immigrants equally, as his mother queen Beatrix. Long live the highly esteem Orange lineage.

Three days after celebrating his 46^th birthday, Willem Alexander ascended to the throne on the Queen’s day with an investiture ceremony. Queen Beatrix abdicates her position signing the official manuscript. Although it is not an ecclesiastical ceremony, nor coronation, held in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, a special sitting of the upper and lower houses of parliament hear the king Willem-Alexander promise to uphold the constitution.

King Willem Alexander with the family. Foto: Dutchnews.nl

The new king doesn’t put on, the crown, but the crown - symbolising sovereignty and dignity, the sceptre for his authority and the orb (the territory of the kingdom) are on full display for him next to the throne.

On this investiture, traditionally, the reigning monarchs do not attend so as not to outshine the new king or queen. The representatives of more 18 royal houses are to participate, together with the farewell banquet hosted by the queen Beatrix the preceding evening, the prominent are Japan’s crown prince Naruhito and crown prince Masako, Prince Charles from Britain, including princes and princesses from Europe and the Middle East. It is not openly mentioned if Bhutan’s king makes his presence. Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, European commission chief José Manuel Barroso and Jacques Rogge, head of the international Olympic committee, also appears on the guest list.

The new king Willem Alexander is married to Argentine born Maxima Zorreguieta in February 2002 and now is the father of three children, princes Catharina Amalia, Princes Alexia Juliana and Princes Princess Ariane. So in future too we will have a queen again, who is brought up also by their grand mother queen Beatrix. He has two brothers, Prince Friso and Prince Constantijn of Orange. The monarchy in The Netherlands was established in 1815 and the first king was William I. Queen Beatrix ruled for 33 years.

The Netherlands and Bhutan are friendly nations and their monarchs are good friends too. On the demise of Prince Claus on 6 October 2002, the father of the new king, Bhutanese rulers offered some butter lamps that incited the king Willem Alexander to visit this country. The royal couple visited Bhutan on 29 October 2007 in line with their state visit to India. Fascinated by the Bhutanese traditional welcome rituals they came contented although the state indeed has very bad human rights violation record on account of ethnic cleansing; forcing about 130 000 ethnic minority Lhotshampas out to exile. In the later years, the Dutch government began inviting these exiled Lhotshampas from the UNHCR refugee camps in Nepal and gave permanent resettlement in The Netherlands. So far 326 Bhutanese Lhotshampa refugees are resettled in The Netherlands while 9 other Bhutanese who came on their own were granted asylum and family reunion. It is expected that more Bhutanese refugees will be invited for their resettlement.

His Majesty the king of Bhutan, Raven crowned. googlefoto

Bhutanese, by culture and tradition revere the king and queen as the representative of God and implore for the protection or security. It is irrational that Bhutan’s Drukpa king did not protect the Lhotshampa minority citizens against whatever circumstances they faced politically. Getting resettled in The Netherlands means to these Bhutanese refugees a place for solace where a new king is installed on whom the  safeguard is assured at times of difficulties, as no other kings in history did, like that of Bhutan and will not do as well.

Stichting Bhutanese en Vedische Culturenintegratie Nederland will offer prayers for the good health of the king Willem Alexander and the Royal families and for the peace and prosperity of the nation.

by:Gautam