![]() ![]() Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Afterwards, the new Queen and Prince Claus waved to the crowds in Dam Square from the Balcony of the Royal Palace of Amsterdam, where they were joined by the new Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard. He was buried in the Netherlands in a small, private funeral service attended only by the Dutch royal family and other close family.The Accession of Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands on this day in 1980, after her mother, Queen Juliana, signed the Instrument of Abdication at the Royal Palace of Amsterdam, which made her daughter the Queen, and herself a Princess. Just over a month after being returned to his home country, Prince Friso died due to complications from the accident on 12 August 2013. Domine Carel ter Linden, Princess Mabel Wisse-Smit, Princess Luana, King Harald V of Norway, Princess Zaria, Princess Amalia, Princess Beatrix and King Willem-Alexander attending Prince Friso's funeral. On 9 July 2013, he was moved to a hospital in the Netherlands, where his royal family could spend time with him. There, Mabel kept vigil at his bedside for the months that followed, with few updates on the prince's health indicating that it was unclear if he would ever wake. On 17 February the 43-year-old dad was buried by the avalanche and left with serious brain damage.įriso was rushed to a local hospital and later transferred to the Wellington Hospital in London on 1 March, while still in a coma. (EPA/AAP)īut in 2012, tragedy struck when the prince was involved in a freak avalanche accident while on a skiing holiday to Austria. Prince Johan Friso, his wife Princess Mabel and his daughters Zaria and Luana pose in the ski resort of Lech am Arlberg, Austria, in 2011. In the years that followed, Friso and Mabel made a home in London where they raised their two daughters, Countess Emma Luana Ninette Sophie of Orange-Nassau and Countess Joanna Zaria Nicoline Milou of Orange-Nassau. Or perhaps the decision wasn't that hard, as the couple wed anyway on 24 April 2004.įriso officially gave up his place in the line of succession and his place in the Dutch Royal House, and though he and Mabel remain members of the royal family, she never became a member of the official Royal House. In the end, the government wouldn't seek permission for the couple to marry, and Friso faced a hard choice between the woman he loved and his place in the Dutch monarchy. ![]() ''The myth of the monarchy - the fairy tale, if you will - has collapsed.'' Dutch Prince Johan Friso, second son of Queen Beatrix, and Mabel Wisse Smit enter the church before exchanging wedding vows. ''The reputation of the royal family has been damaged,'' said Maartje van Weegen, a Dutch royal correspondent, at the time. The Dutch public were scandalised by the admission, which appeared to prove Mabel's prior statements about her connection to the drug lord hadn't been entirely accurate. The prince later wrote in a letter to the Prime Minister: "We should have said immediately that it has been more than a superficial relationship." (WireImage)Īfter that interview aired, Mabel continued to deny having a relationship with Bruinsma but admitted she had slept over on one of his boats on multiple occasions, prompting calls for a government investigation. She was a university student at the time and denied claims that she had a sexual or romantic relationship with him, insisting that she avoided him after realising he was a gangster.īut one of Bruinsma's former bodyguards, Charlie da Silva, told Dutch TV crews a different story: "She was his girlfriend." Princess Mabel and Prince Friso in the Netherlands. Mabel had allegedly shared a 'friendship' with Dutch drug baron Klaas Bruinsma, who had been killed in 1991, and hadn't been completely forthcoming about her relationship with him.Īccording to reports, she had spent time with Bruinsma after meeting him through sailing circles in 1989, but Mabel claimed their contact was "superficial". Prince Friso, left, Queen Beatrix, second left, Prince Willem-Alexander, center, Prince Claus, second right and Prince Constantijn, right, in 1983. ![]() The question, of course, was what reason parliament would have not to grant the pair permission to marry, and months later it was revealed.ĭutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende revealed in October 2003 there was an issue regarding one of Mabael's past relationships, which happened to be with a known drug lord. Without approval from parliament, Friso would be forced to give up his role in the Dutch Royal House and his place in the line of succession. ![]()
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