![]() ![]() Princess Beatrix (she did not become Queen until her son was 13) insisted that her children had a normal upbringing, with staff instructed to call the young prince by his first name until he was 16. The sandy-haired youngster's early years were spent at Drakensteyn Castle with his two brothers, Johan Friso and Constantijn. ![]() The first child of Princess Beatrix, heiress to the Dutch throne, and her husband Prince Claus, Willem-Alexander was born on April 27, 1967, at a hospital in Utrecht. So what brought about this change of heart? By all accounts, his charismatic Argentine wife Princess Maxima, for whom, the King once said, he would have renounced the Orange throne if necessary. "He has visibly grown in his role," said one commentator in the Dutch media, describing him as "extremely strong". ![]()
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