The Queen’s mother, Queen Juliana addressed a Joint Meeting in 1952, discussing peace in the post World War II era, and her grandmother, Queen Wilhelmina, addressed an informal gathering of the House and Senate in the Senate Chamber in 1942, pledging her country’s intent to fight against the Nazis in Europe.
“Nothing would seem to us more desirable than achieving a balanced, controlled reduction of arms on all sides, particularly a reduction in all those weapons that threaten to destroy civilization itself, indeed all life on this planet.” Queen Beatrix was the third member of her family to address Congress. The Queen commented on the growing nuclear arms race among the world super powers and expressed her people’s wish for arms reduction. On 30 April 2013, she was succeeded by her eldest son, King. On this date, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands addressed a Joint Meeting of Congress to celebrate 200 years of unbroken diplomatic relations between the United States and the Netherlands. Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau and Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, was born on 31 January 1938 at. Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix was Queen of the Netherlands for 33 years, from 1980 to 2013. Bush, Queen Beatrix addressed the House Chamber.
House of Representatives Photography Office Presided over by Speaker of the House Thomas (Tip) O'Neill and Vice President George H.W.
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