Tomorrow the Heir-apparent of the Netherlands will be visiting Albany NY and so there has been much chatter about the visit 50 years ago of his mother, Queen Beatrix. Well, loyal readers, hold onto your tiaras because I’m here to tell you – I was there! And what’s more, my mother took film of the occasion. AND because my brother got that footage into digital form and talked to a local news station about it – YOU can relive the moment too.
Here’s the news story with mom’s film of the parade and Queen Beatrix.
Now the funny thing is that Mom and I went to see the Queen and the parade in her honor, but we couldn’t stay for the whole thing because someone (ok it was my infant brother) was home needing Mom to come feed him.
And just in case you get the opportunity, here’s what you need to know.
Update 9/9/09: Mike just sent me a link to the full film footage that’s now on the Times Union site, along with other stories about the Short royal visit. Strangely, not only was this not a very public event but it apparently wasn’t worth actually writing about. The TU only gives it a photo gallery and a couple videos…
