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"The Netherlands has a tradition of high delegation," said Minister Bussemaker yesterday at WNL on Sunday prompted about sending the king to the Winter Games. "That's what happened at previous Games." Incorrectly showed Sport History Friday, because even at 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam did not show Queen Wilhelmina, to the amazement of the rest of the world.
Prins Hendrik did the opening of 1928, in the name of his wife, who was offended stayed in Norway filene s February 6, 1928, there was no cloud in the sky. The Newspaper of the North wrote that day: 'Just as well known writes the Olympic Protocol, that the head of the state, the official opening of the Olympics will personally endorse. The organizing committee will of course continue to HM the Queen to invite filene s from defaulting and very likely filene s HM will give this invitation a result. " That same week, however, denied this message. "It tells us, 'says newspaper The Center on February 9," filene s that bevoegder spot, nothing is known about what has been reported in several newspapers in the proportion that the Queen will participate in the opening of the Olympic filene s Games in Amsterdam. "
A few months later, Wilhelmina finally confirmed that indeed they would not be at the ceremony in Amsterdam. Present due to visit Norway They had to be replaced by her husband, Prince Henry. The confusion about this was great, because never had a head of state refused to open the Olympics. Godless On June 2, analyzed the Courant this painful issue. "One touch is still in the dark as to the reason and we have no hesitation here and there to give to the detuning of the decision. Reflected on little delicate way ' Everyone but cried some. So were there deskundigden who certainly knew that the boycott was connected with the 'godless' of the Olympic Games. Women were finally filene s here to join as a full-fledged athletes and if that was not bad enough, not even respected the Olympians Sunday rest!
Or maybe the queen was displeased with the Olympic protocol, which forced her to perform without asking if she needed to here? Its pre-opening "We filene s can imagine so," the NRC thought aloud about this, "that a head of state is the pride to be the authors of this Protocol and the decision to keep to itself. Autocratic ' Decades later showed Parool journalist Paul Arnold Markussen that this current had been here. Been right Wilhelmina had indeed been incensed that the IOC wrote her what time it was open. Olympics in her home country Despite international criticism, they stayed away from the opening. The princess filene s did not lay down the law by Pierre de Coubertin and his friends, even if it means they harvested international scorn.
Cool aloofness Later the queen still interfered several times with the Olympics. They organized a party at the Royal Palace, filene s where ten participants per Olympic delegation were invited. They also visited include gymnastics, horse racing and the final day, which they reached out the gold medals. And just at that final meeting showed the Dutch public are dissatisfied filene s with the royal boycott, although the royalist newspapers were silent. The socialist newspaper Forward reported on August 13 that the final day of the Games both Wilhelmina as Queen Mother Emma attended. filene s Was quite striking that the audience received the Queen extremely reserved upon entry, but Emma gave a standing ovation. Forward wrote: "With the first cool aloofness, at the last warm, affectionate applause. That must have been given to think. " But that was not all that bad, because everyone was soon forgotten this incident again. Until the king in 2014 was sent. To the Winter Games
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