He was granted Dutch citizenship later that year and changed the spellings of his names to Dutch. The engagement was approved by the States-General-a necessary step for Beatrix to remain in the line of succession to the throne-in 1965. Nonetheless, Queen Juliana gave the engagement her blessing after giving serious thought to canceling it. With memories of German oppression still very strong 20 years after the war, sections of the Dutch population were unhappy that Beatrix's fiancé was a German and former member of the Hitler Youth. They met again at the wedding-eve party of Princess Tatjana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, in the summer of 1964. Claus and Beatrix were also distantly related (5th cousins twice removed), as both being descendants from von dem Bussche family. Ĭlaus met Princess Beatrix for the first time on New Year's Eve 1962 in Bad Driburg at a dinner hosted by the Count von Oeynhausen-Sierstorpff, who was a distant relative of both of them. In the 1960s, he was transferred to Bonn. He then joined the German diplomatic corps and worked in Santo Domingo and Ivory Coast. After his repatriation, he finished school in Lüneburg and studied law in Hamburg. He was taken prisoner of war by the American forces at Meran before taking part in any fighting. In 1944, Claus was conscripted into the German Wehrmacht, becoming a soldier in the German 90th Panzergrenadier Division in Italy in March 1945. From 1938 until 1942, he attended the Baltenschule Misdroy. Ĭlaus was a member of such Nazi youth organisations as Deutsches Jungvolk and the Hitler Youth. From 1938, Claus and his six sisters grew up on their maternal grandparents' estate in Lower Saxony he attended the Friderico-Francisceum-Gymnasium in Bad Doberan from 1933 to 1936 and a boarding school in Tanganyika from 1936 to 1938. His mother belonged to the ancient von dem Bussche noble family which originated from the County of Ravensberg. His father, by birth a member of House of Amsberg which belonged to the untitled German nobility from Mecklenburg, operated a large farm in Tanganyika (formerly German East Africa) from 1928 until World War II. He was the second child and only son of Claus Felix von Amsberg and his wife, Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen. Klaus-Georg Wilhelm Otto Friedrich Gerd von Amsberg was born on his family's estate, Castle Dötzingen, Hitzacker, Germany, on 6 September 1926. Flashback: Official Visits to the Netherlands, 198.Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg (born Klaus-Georg Wilhelm Otto Friedrich Gerd von Amsberg 6 September 1926 – 6 October 2002) was Prince consort of the Netherlands from 30 April 1980 until his death in 2002 as the husband of Queen Beatrix.State Visit from the UAE, Welcome Ceremony and Sta.Though we only saw two tiaras from Lilibet during the state visit, there were actually three tiara events. Queen Beatrix wore Queen Emma's Diamond Tiara, though if you click here (and then click "play clip") to see video from the banquet, you'll see it was quite out-sparkled by her diamond festoon necklace. Her tiara, the Cambridge Lover's Knot Tiara, was a lifetime loan. And the Princess of Wales once again borrowed a necklace from her mother-in-law, the Four Row Japanese Pearl Choker. The Queen Mother also opted for rubies, which are now in the Queen's collection: the Oriental Circlet and Queen Victoria's crown rubies. The Queen Mother, the Princess of Wales, and Queen Beatrix at the return banquet She wore the same orders as the first evening, and anchored her sash with the True Lover's Knot Brooch. The Queen went for rubies, wearing her Burmese Ruby Tiara, the Ruby Floret Earrings, the Ruby and Diamond Floral Bandeau Necklace, the County of Cornwall Bracelet, and a diamond evening watch. Queen Beatrix hosted a return banquet at Hampton Court Palace where even more glitter was on display. As for Queen Beatrix, she is wearing her impressive Württemberg Ornate Pearl Tiara. On her other shoulder, she wore the royal family orders of her father and grandfather on her wrists, a bracelet (it's hard to tell which one) and an evening watch.Ĭlick here for video of the state banquet, at which you can see other pieces of jewelry currently in the Queen's collection, including the Princess of Wales in the King Khalid Diamond Necklace, which she borrowed for the evening, and the Queen Mother in the Greville Tiara (currently on loan to the Duchess of Cornwall) and the necklace from Queen Alexandra's Wedding Parure. She wore the riband and star of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, with her sash anchored by the Kensington Bow Brooch. She wore the Grand Duchess Vladimir Tiara with pendant pearls along with the Duchess of Gloucester's Pendant Earrings and Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee Necklace. In the evening, the Queen hosted a state banquet at Buckingham Palace.
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