[Nicky91]

Spoiler:

and today in light of that A total of 3,427 people have received royal honours in this year’s lintjesregen, marking the birthday of king Willem-Alexander on Sunday. Among those honoured are Telegraaf court reporter Saskia Belleman and thriller writer Willem Hogendoorn, better known as Tomas Ross.

Most recipients (around 3,300) were nominated by their local communities for volunteer work. Other notable recipients include Abdelhamid Idrissi from Amsterdam, who founded after-school homework clubs, DJ Eddy de Clercq and Lena Olivier-Marten, recognised for her work in tackling violence against women.

Women made up 37 percent of those decorated, a one-point increase compared to 2024.

The youngest recipient this year is Sjoerd de Graaff (25) from Capelle, who has been active in local radio since the age of 10. The oldest is church volunteer P.S. Roeland (97) from Alblasserdam.

Most people were appointed members of the Order of Oranje-Nassau, which has six levels. The order was introduced in 1892 to recognise foreign nationals and people from outside the elite. Just a handful of individuals were awarded the more “prestigious” Order of the Dutch Lion.

According to the Kapittel voor de Civiele Orden, which oversees the honours system, the rise in the number of decorations reflects growing involvement in voluntary work.

“These honours put the spotlight on what is going well in the Netherlands,” said chairwoman Ank Bijleveld. “We are active at sports clubs and in community groups, in the church, synagogue and mosque, with the elderly and with refugees… [the honours] are a way of saying: this is the society that we want to be.”

Political row over refugee awards

Last month, there was a political row over honours for five people who had volunteered with the refugee settlement agency COA. Immigration minister Marjolein Faber refused to approve the awards, claiming their work conflicted with her policy.

The first Dutch honour was introduced by king Willem I in 1815.

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/04/ove...-lintjesregen/

[Nicky91]

Kings Day is held this year on Saturday 26th, as his majesty's birthday is on a Sunday, and that is a rule instated by former Queen Juliana many years ago that they never celebrate this on Sundays

[Nicky91]

meanwhile one of our royals, will also perform tomorrow evening at the 538 Kings Festival

Youtube video

this is his recent new dance song ''More Life''



where he'll perform among the likes of Armin van Buuren, Martin Garrix, as well as the dutch eurovision entry Claude ''C'est La Vie''

[Livia]

My Grandmother was named after Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and it is my mother's second name. So I claim a little bit of Holland for myself, @Nicky91

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Livia

My Grandmother was named after Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and it is my mother's second name. So I claim a little bit of Holland for myself, @Nicky91

that's nice