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Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
Princess
Female
Born
Jan 19, 1943
Age
70
Hometown
Ottawa
Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands is the third daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. As a daughter of the Queen Juliana, and a younger sister of the current monarch, Queen Beatrix, she is a member of the Dutch… Read More
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CHILDHOOD
Princess Margriet was christened at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Ottawa, on 29 June 1943.
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1945
2 Years Old
It was not until August 1945, when the Netherlands had been liberated, that Princess Margriet first set foot on Dutch soil.
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1948
5 Years Old
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This Act was repealed in 1948 and is no longer in force, but that was after her birth.
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TEENAGE
1957
14 Years Old
Since she is a descendant of King George II of Great Britain, and is therefore in line for the British throne, she became a British subject after a 1957 court case filed by Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover (who also claimed, but did not legally have, the title Prince of Great Britain and Ireland) decided that all persons in line for the British throne are British subjects.
TWENTIES
1965
22 Years Old
It was while she was studying at Leiden University that Princess Margriet met her future husband, Pieter van Vollenhoven. Their engagement was announced on 10 March 1965, and they were married on 10 January 1967 in The Hague.
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FIFTIES
1998
55 Years Old
Upon the marriage of Prince Maurits to Marie-Helene van den Broek in 1998, it was announced that the couple's children would bear the surname Van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven.
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