The bemedaled Shah of Iran bends to kiss the hand of Queen Juliana as she enters the Iranian Embassy in La Hague. The Shah Feted Netherlands Queen to mark his State visit to that country. (May 26th 1959)
Queen Juliana takes Oath as New Queen next to her Husband Prince Bernhard at Parliament (1948):
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands:
Juliana (Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004) was Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. She was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Hendrik. She was married to Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, with whom she had four children: Princess Beatrix (born 1938), Princess Irene (born 1939), Princess Margriet (born 1943), Princess Christina (born 1947). During the Second World War she lived in exile with her children in Ottawa, Canada. She became Queen of the Netherlands with her mother’s abdication in 1948 and was succeeded by Queen Beatrix after her own abdication in 1980. During her reign both Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) in 1949 and Suriname in 1975 became independent from the Netherlands. More Here
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