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Prince Bernhard garnered media attention when, on 30 October 2002, he paid the fines of two Albert Heijn supermarket staff members, who were convicted of assaulting a shoplifter after they detained him.
Oct 5, 2023 · The Dutch government has confirmed the authenticity of a Nazi party card held by Prince Bernhard, prince consort for decades after World War Two. A former head of the palace archives, Flip...
Bernhard, who took Dutch citizenship and received the title of prince of the Netherlands, opposed Germany’s invasion of the Netherlands. After taking his family to safety in England (May 12, 1940), he immediately returned to lead Dutch troops in battle against the Germans; after the Dutch surrender (May 14, 1940), he fled to England with the ...
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Dec 2, 2004 · Prince Bernhard of Lippe Biesterfeld was German by birth, but became a naturalised Dutchman shortly before his marriage, in 1937, to the heir to the Dutch throne. The young German was...
Dec 29, 2023 · Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, husband to the late Queen Juliana and Prince Consort of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1980, led a flamboyant lifestyle and was known for having...
Dec 2, 2004 · Dutch Prince Bernhard, one of the most popular figures in the royal family, has died at the age of 93. Bernhard, the father of the Netherlands' sitting monarch, Queen Beatrix, was suffering...
During the Second World War, the English secret service did not trust the German-born Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, son-in-law of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. Yet he was wildly popular among the Dutch population suffering under the Nazi yoke.
