Dutch royals joined by foreign dignitaries for coronation eve dinner
1. Wide of Dutch Queen Beatrix, her son, King-to-be Willem-Alexander, and his wife, Princess Maxima
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3. Mid of King-to-be Willem-Alexander, and his wife, Princess Maxima
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5. Mid of the Queen, Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima walking off red carpet
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7. Mid of Brunei Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah and Princess Pengiran Anak Sarah
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9. Wide, pull out of Prince Alois and Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein
10. Wide, zoom in to Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary
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13. Wide of Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel with Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito
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15. Mid of Belgium's Crown Prince Phillipe and Princess Mathilde
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17. Mid of Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit
18. Wide of Morocco's Princess Lalla Salma
19. Mid, pull out of Jordan Prince Hassan bin Talal and Princess Sarvath El Hassan
20. Mid, pull out of Luxembourg Countess Stephanie de Lannoy and Crown Prince Guillaume with Monaco's Prince Albert II
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22. Wide of Britain's Crown Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
23. Wide exterior of the Rijksmuseum
STORYLINE:
The Netherlands' Queen Beatrix hosted nobility from around Europe and beyond on Monday evening for a dinner at the newly renovated national museum, the Rijksmuseum.
Royal guests, including Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Spain's Crown Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia and the Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, attended the dinner in Amsterdam.
Earlier, Queen Beatrix thanked her people and urged them to support her son, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, in a final address before her abdication.
Beatrix, 75, is to sign the papers enacting the once-in-a-generation change of royal titles on Tuesday morning, the central moment in several days of festivities that are already underway.
Earlier in the day, the streets of Amsterdam began flooding with orange in honour of the ruling House of Oranje-Nassau, as government and noble guests prepared for the ceremonies, and the people of the country got ready for a huge party.
More than a million people are expected in Amsterdam Tuesday, with 10-thousand uniformed police, 3-thousand plainclothes officers and an untold number of civil servants assisting in the logistics.
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