A royal visit on base

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NATO Air Base, Geilenkirchen, Germany – On Friday 15 April 2011 Her Majesty, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, together with her son Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, and his wife Princess Máxima were on NATO Air Base, Geilenkirchen, and were warmly greeted by Component Commander Brig. Gen. Burkhard Pototzky and Dutch Senior National Representative Col. Ton van Happen. After their official 4-day visit of some regions in North Rhine-Westphalia, they flew back to the Netherlands.

(Photos Andrea Hohenforst and André Joosten)