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from Shipmate's Flagchart
by Mark Sensen, 31 Mar 2004
Description: An orange field, swallow-tailed with a cross of Nassau
blue. In the canton the hunting horn of the Orange family; in the bottom
hoist a black bull's head with white horns, red tongue and a golden crown
(Mecklenburg).
On 30 April 1980 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands abdicated in favour
of her daughter Beatrix. Juliana then became a Princess again, and reverted
to the flag she had used before ascending the throne. This is like the
flag used by Princess Beatrix, but with a black bull's head, representing
Mecklenburg, in the lower hoist canton. The father of the former Queen
was Prince Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, consort to Queen Wilhelmina.
Santiago Dotor, 16 February 2000
Princess Juliana, formerly Queen of the Netherlands, has died on Saturday,
20 Mar 2004.
Miles George Ka-chun Li, Sydney, Australia, 22 Mar 2004
She died at the age of 94; after her funeral she became formally Queen
Juliana again - she reigned 1948-1980 and became a symbol of peace. In
1949 three important Nazi-officials were sentenced to death. Juliana was
in 1952 asked to sign the execution order - and she flatly refused! "There
has been enough bloodshed because of this war". The "Drie van Breda" (3
of Breda) were then sentenced to life-imprisonment. In the 1960's there
were a lot of anti-monarchist riots (relletjes) in Amsterdam, and it is
known that she saved several rioters from all too enthusiastic clobbering
policemen...
Jarig Bakker, 22 Mar 2004
The Dutch seem to want only one Queen alive at a time, it appears.
Bill Dunning, 23 Mar 2004
The principle is: "The King/Queen is dead, long live the King/Queen!"
After her abdication Queen Juliana was technically dead, becoming an ordinary
citizen. Like her mother, Wilhelmina, she chose to become a Princess; The
first king of the Orange dynasty, Willem I, chose to become the "Count
of Nassau" after his abdication in 1840. In Dutch perception the ex-monarchs
have to be buried before they become King/Queen again.
Jarig Bakker, 23 Mar 2004
After her abdication in 1948 Wilhelmina herself chose to be Princess
instead of Queen-Mother, and it seems Juliana did the same 32 years later.
From 1890 till 1934 there were two Dutch Queens however: Queen Wilhelmina
and her mother Queen Emma, who was Queen-Widow Regent from 1890 (when King
Willem III died) till 1898 (when Wilhelmina came of age), and
Queen-Mother from then on.
Mark Sensen, 23 Mar 2004
I went to Den Haag to pay my respects to the deceased queen. In front
of her coffin was a small bench with a cushion displaying Princess Juliana's
flag. The bull's head in the bottom hoist was nearly completely grey/silver.
Jarig Bakker, 23 Mar 2004
The flag with the grey bull's head was "de facto". It was also used
for the combined flag for Juliana and Bernhard
Gerard van der Vaart, 31 Mar 2004
by Mark Sensen, 31 Mar 2004
Description: rectangular; in the center the National Arms, with on top
the Royal Crown, the 1st and 3rd rectangles are blue with a golden lion
with arrows and sword; the 2nd and 4th rectangles are silver with a red
rose (Lippe). The cross is orange.
The Standard of Prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld, the royal consort,
was established on 18 June 1937. The field is five by six, and is charged
with an orange cross and with the royal shield and crown, but not the Order,
in the centre.
Full name: Bernhard Leopold Frederik Everhard Julius Coert Karel Godfried
Pieter, graaf von Biesterfeld. Born 29 Jun 1911 in Jena, married 7 Jan
1937 Queen Juliana.
Santiago Dotor, 16 February 2000
Prince Bernhard died 1 Dec 2004, aged 92 years.
Mark Sensen, 19 Dec 2004
![[Juliana/Bernhard]](../images/n/nl_pjube.gif)
by Mark Sensen, 31 Mar 2004
![[Juliana + Bernhard]](../images/n/nl!pjube.gif)
by Mark Sensen, 31 Mar 2004