Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands

Petra Laurentien Brinkhorst, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange- Nassau, wife of Amsberg ( born May 25, 1966 in Leiden, the Netherlands ) is the wife of Prince Constantijn of Orange- Nassau. Since her marriage she is addressed as Your Royal Highness.

Youth and Education

HM King Willem- Alexander HM Queen Máxima

  • HRH Crown Princess Catharina - Amalia
  • HRH Princess Alexia
  • HRH Princess Ariane

HRH Princess Beatrix

  • HRH Prince Constantijn HRH Princess Laurentien

HRH Princess Margriet Pieter van Vollenhoven

Petra Laurentien Brinkhorst is the only daughter of Laurens Jan Brink Horst, a former Minister of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands, and Jantien Heringa. Your school days spent Laurentien Brinkhorst partly in The Hague and later in Tokyo ( where her father worked for the European Economic Community ). After finishing school she studied history at the University of Groningen. She studied political science in London and journalism at the University of California at Berkeley.

Professional activity

Her professional career began Laurentien Brinkhorst 1991 at CNN in Atlanta. In May 1992, she moved to the Belmont European Policy Centre in Brussels and later worked for the tobacco company Philip Morris. In 1997, she was deputy director of a PR firm, and in 2000 member of the board of the Brussels consulting company van Adamson BSMG Worldwide. Between July 2001 and May 2003, you worked for the London office of the company. Since May 2003, she worked for an independent communications consultant in Brussels. She is currently active for the European Climate Foundation.

Family

On 16 December 2000, the engagement to Prince Constantijn was announced. On 17 May 2001 was the civil ceremony by the Mayor of The Hague, Wim Deetman instead. The subsequent church wedding took Carel ter Linden ago. Princess Laurentien was not raised by marrying into the nobility, but bears the title of her husband.

The couple has three children:

  • Eloise Sophie Beatrix Laurence Gravin van Oranje -Nassau, van Amsberg Jonkvrouw ( born June 8, 2002 in The Hague)
  • Claus- Casimir Bernhard Marius Max Graaf van Oranje -Nassau, van Amsberg Jonkheer ( born March 21, 2004 in The Hague)
  • Leonore Marie Irene Enrica Gravin van Oranje -Nassau, van Amsberg Jonkvrouw ( born June 3, 2006 in The Hague)

Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien live with their children in Brussels.

Public appearances

As a member of the Royal Family Princess Laurentien takes true representative tasks. This is particularly the case in the Queen's and the Prinsjesdag.

Social Commitment

Since 2001, the princess sets against illiteracy one (she had already gone to Brussels volunteer teaching for the illiterate ). It would focus on projects that are dedicated to the fight against illiteracy among adults. In addition, it also supports initiatives that promote reading for children and adolescents. On 27 May 2004, founded on their own initiative, Stichting Lezen & Schrijven ( Foundation reading and writing ), which she is President. Since 2009 she is an honorary capacity as UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Literacy.

Children's Books

Under her pseudonym ' Laurentien van Oranje ' she wrote two children's books:

  • Mr. Finney en de wereld op zijn kop, Querido Verlag, Amsterdam 2009, ISBN 978-90-451-1029-5. ( With illustrations by Sieb Posthuma )
  • Mr Finney en de other kant van het water, Querido Verlag, Amsterdam 2011, ISBN 978-90-451-1158-2.
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