Kings of the Netherlands in Koningsdag
In fact it is because of the Koningsdag (what?), A party that should be the next day. But there are coincidences…
Of the Papa Francisco It will be next Saturday and will be an authentic World Leaders Summit.
Portugal will have in the Vatican the highest figures in the state: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, Luís Montenegro and Paulo Rangel.
The largest European leaders will also be in St. Peter’s Square: Ursula von der Leyen, António Costa and Roberta Metsola.
Like Pedro Sánchez, Emmanuel Macron, Sergio Mattarella, Giorgia Meloni, Olaf Scholz or Keir Stmerer. Donald Trump and his wife go. Volodymyr Zelenskyy too.
Na monarchy, The kings of Belgium go, but several others will not or are in doubt: health issues may remove the kings of Norway and Sweden, King Carlos does not go because the protocol said that he cannot go to funerals.
King’s Day
And then there is the different case from Netherlands: as reported, the King Guilherme and Queen They should not go because funeral day is also the “big day” of the Netherlands.
We went to look: what would this “big day” be? And the King’s Day – O Dia Do Rei.
Every year, always in late April, the Netherlands celebrate the current king’s birthdayentitled to national holiday. That is, very hardly the king will fail his own birthday.
It is a national party: a little all over the country, the streets become festivals outdoors, the channels are filled with boats and people dress with alive orange from head to toe, describes the.
Sim, orange. It is not just in sport: orange is the official color of the Dutch royal family-the house of Orange-Nassau.
In cities or small villages, old and new ones two; They sell articles in the second hand, play, hear live music, dance and spend the outdoor day with friends and family.
It is a celebration of the king and the Dutch people.
Detail: King Guilherme Alexandre was born April 27 from 1967. But as day 27 will be a Sunday, this time will celebrate on Saturday, the 26th-coincidentally, the Pope’s Funeral Day. Remember what since 1980 that the birthday of the head of state Never was celebrated on a Sunday, out of respect for… Sunday rest.
Nuno Teixeira da Silva, Zap //
