Miscellaneous
In addition to family, relatives and friends of the Bridal Couple, representatives of a number of foreign Royal Houses attended the festivities surrounding the wedding of the Prince of Orange and Ms Máxima Zorreguieta in Amsterdam on Saturday, 2 February 2002.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr Kofi Anan, and former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela attended the celebrations.
Also present at the civil ceremony in the Beurs van Berlage and/or the Church ceremony in the Nieuwe Kerk were the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, the members of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the State Secretaries, the Speakers of both Houses of the States-General, the Prime Ministers and Speakers of the Parliaments of the Netherlands Antilles en Aruba, members of the High Councils of State, members of the Upper and Lower Houses of the States-General, the Queen's Commissioners, senior military figures and members of the judiciary.
Other guests included the Mayor and Aldermen of Amsterdam and members of Amsterdam City Council, the Mayors of The Hague, Rotterdam and Utrecht, representatives of the Diplomatic Corps, representatives of community organisations and the business community, representatives of various religious communities and delegations from the Dutch provinces.
Among those attended the wedding celebrations on behalf of foreign Royal Houses were the following:
King Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium, with Prince Filip and Princess Mathilde;
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, godmother to the Prince of Orange, and Crown Prince Frederik;
Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan;
Queen Noor of Jordan;
Hereditary Prince Alois and Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein;
Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg, Grand Duke Jean and
Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte and Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume;
Hereditary Prince Albert of Monaco;
King Harald V & Queen Sonja of Norway, with Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit;
Queen Sofia of Spain and the Prince of Asturia;
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden, with Crown Princess Victoria;
The Prince of Wales.
In addition to the members of the Royal Houses announced earlier, the following foreign Royal Guests attended:
Prince Laurent, Prince Lorenz and Princess Astrid (Belgium);
Prince Hassan Bin Talal and Princess Sarvath El Hassan, Prince Rashid El Hassan, Princess Badiya El Hassan, Princess Sumaya El Hassan and Mr Nasser Sami Judeh (Jordan);
Prince Guillaume and Princess Sibilla (Luxembourg);
Prince Moulay Rachid (Morocco);
Princess Märtha Louise and Mr Ari Behn (Norway);
Infanta Cristina and the Duke of Palma de Mallorca (Spain);
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine (Sweden);
The Earl and Countess of Wessex (United Kingdom);
Prince Richard zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Princess Benedikte of Denmark;
Prince Gustav zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg,
Prince Georg and Princess Benedikta zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein,
The Hereditary Princess zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen -Wallerstein-zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
Prince Alexander and Princess Gabriela zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn,
Princess Alexandra zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Countess von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth
and Count Jefferson-Friedrich von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth,
Princess Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg,
Prince Ferdinand (godfather to the Prince of Orange) and Princess von Bismarck,
Count and Countess Carl-Eduard von Bismarck,
Prince Philipp von Hessen,
Prince Ernst August and Princess Caroline of Hanover,
Prince Wittekind and Princess Cecilia of Waldeck-Pyrmont (Germany).
The celebrations were also attended by the former King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece. They were accompanied by Prince Pavlos and Princess Marie Chantal, Prince Nikolaos, Princess Alexia and Mr Carlos Morales y Quintana. Also in attendance were Prince Kardam and Princess Miriam of Tirnovo (Bulgaria).