Government to host dinner for Prince of Orange and Máxima Zorreguieta

The Prime Minister and chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom, Wim Kok, and his wife Mrs Kok-Roukema, will host a dinner in the Ridderzaal (‘Knights’ Hall’) in The Hague on Friday, 25 January 2002 in honour of His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange and Ms Máxima Zorreguieta, to celebrate their intended marriage. The government dinner will take place in the presence of HM the Queen and Their Royal Highnesses Prince Claus, Prince Johan Friso, Prince Constantijn, Princess Laurentien and Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, and Member of the Royal House Pieter van Vollenhoven. The Prime Ministers of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba have also been invited. The guests will also include the members of the Cabinet and the Speakers of the Upper and Lower Houses of the States-General, as well as the Ministers Plenipotentiary and the Presidents of the Parliaments of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.

16 January 2002