Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, center, speaks, with Netherlands' Queen Beatrix, right, and his wife Queen Silvia, left, during a state banquet at Royal Palace Noordeinde in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday April 21, 2009. King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife Queen Silvia are in the Netherlands for a three-day official state visit. AP Photo logo AP Photo 7 months ago

Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, center, speaks, with Netherlands' Queen Beatrix, right, and his wife Queen Silvia, left, during a state banquet at Royal Palace Noordeinde in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday April 21, 2009. King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife Queen Silvia are in the Netherlands for a three-day official state visit.

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  2. Dutch Queen Beatrix (L) and Britain's Prince Phillip applaud World War II veterans parading in antique vehicles during a memorial service in Nijmegen September 20, 2009. The event was held to commemorate the 65th anniversary of Operation Market Garden during World War Two.
  3. Dutch Queen Beatrix (R) and Britain's Prince Phillip inspect the Grenadier Guards during a memorial service in Nijmegen September 20, 2009. The event was held to commemorate the 65th anniversary of Operation Market Garden during World War Two.
  4. Netherlands' Crown Prince Willem Alexander, left, Queen Beatrix, center, and Princess Maxima, right, arrive for the opening of the new parliamentary year in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. The Dutch government will be cutting spending for years after the current economic downturn eases, Queen Beatrix said in her annual address to Parliament, painting a somber picture of the country's financial situation.
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  6. Dutch Queen Beatrix arrives for the opening of the new parliamentary year at the 13th century "Hall of Knights" in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. The Dutch government will be cutting spending for years after the current economic downturn eases, Queen Beatrix said in her annual address to Parliament, painting a somber picture of the country's financial situation.
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  8. (L-R) Dutch Queen Beatrix, Britain's Prince Phillip and Lord Carrington applaud World War Two veterans parading in antique vehicles during a memorial service in Nijmegen September 20, 2009. The event was held to commemorate the 65th anniversary of Operation Market Garden during World War Two.
  9. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, poses with Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf, right and Queen Silvia, centre, prior to a gala dinner for the president at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden Tuesday Oct. 6 2009. President Lula has a bandage around his left index finger.
  10. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (L) welcomes Spain's King Juan Carlos I at the Swedish embassy in Madrid on September 24, 2009. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf is on a visit to Spain.
  11. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (L) welcomes Spain's King Juan Carlos I at the Swedish embassy in Madrid on September 24, 2009. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf is on a visit to Spain.
  12. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (L) welcomes Spain's King Juan Carlos I at the Swedish embassy in Madrid on September 24, 2009. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf is on a visit to Spain.
  13. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (L) hands over the Swedish government's Baltic Sea Prize to Russian Deputy Natural Resources Minister Igor Maydanov, representing winner HELCOM during the EU conference on the Baltic Sea in Stockholm September 17, 2009. Maydanov is chairman of HELCOM that is an organisation that supervises the convention on the protection of the Baltic Sea.
  14. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (L) hands over the Swedish government's Baltic Sea Prize to Russian Deputy Natural Resources Minister Igor Maydanov, representing winner HELCOM during the EU conference on the Baltic Sea in Stockholm September 17, 2009. Maydanov is chairman of HELCOM that is an organisation that supervises the convention on the protection of the Baltic Sea.
  15. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, left, hands over the Swedish government's Baltic Sea Prize to Russian Deputy Minister Igor Maydanov, right, representing the winner the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) during the EU conference on the Baltic Sea in Stockholm, Thursday Sept. 17, 2009. Maydanov is chairman of HELCOM which is an organization that supervises the convention on the protection of the Baltic Sea. ** SWEDEN OUT.
  16. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, left, hands over the Swedish government's Baltic Sea Prize to Russian Deputy Minister Igor Maydanov, right, representing the winner the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) during the EU conference on the Baltic Sea in Stockholm, Thursday Sept. 17, 2009. Maydanov is chairman of HELCOM which is an organization that supervises the convention on the protection of the Baltic Sea. ** SWEDEN OUT.

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