Princess Margriet of the Netherlands attended a commemoration of Canadians who died during the Second World War.
The Princess, born in Canada while her family was in exile, attended the annual ceremony at the Canadian War Cemetery in Bergen op Zoom.
Princess Margriet laid a wreath during the memorial service in memory of all Canadians who lost their lives during World War II – many of whom are buried in the Netherlands.
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As part of the Battle of the Scheld, Canadian forces liberated Bergen op Zoom and the Brabantine Wal on 27 October 1944. Over 6,000 Canadians were wounded or killed during the battle.
Princess Margriet, the aunt of King Willem-Alexander, regularly attends events to honour Canadians who fought in the Second World War and liberated the Netherlands.
The Princess was born in Ottawa on 19 January 1943 to Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard during the reign of her grandmother, Queen Wilhelmina. Her family had been in exile since the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in 1940.
To ensure that the new royal would only have Dutch citizenship, the maternity ward at Ottawa Civic Hospital in Ontario was temporarily declared extraterritorial by the Canadian government. Princess Margriet and her family returned to the liberated Netherlands in August 1945.
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