In het muziekprogramma Alstublieft Majesteit, ter gelegenheid van de 70e verjaardag van koningin Juliana, geeft presentator Jos Brink de koninging een kus bij het overhandigen van een boeket bloemen. Bron: n1702
Wat een voorbeeld voor presentatoren hedendaags. Eloquent, respectvol, etiquette getrouw, gepaste humor, zelfverzekerd, kalm, charmante houding en dat alles uit de losse pols (of in ieder geval die indruk wekkend).
Seems nice, but can't understand Dutch! Can someone tell what is happening in 1:56 and 3:10? Is queen Juliana OK with receiving a kiss? What is queen Beatrix laughing about in 3:10?
3:10 They are joking about Willem Alexander the son of princess Beatrix his rubber bands. I think he played with them and shot them at some official event and the host is making funny remarks about that.
1:56. Jos Brink (the presenter) is kissing queen Juliana, which was definitely a breach of protocol at that time (1979). However, it was also absolutely fitting, because queen Juliana _hated_ protocol and, more than anything, desired to be treated as an ordinary person... which was one of the reasons she was so loved. At least, so the popular mythos goes (her actual desire to be treated as such is not in doubt as it was a deep and persistent thread in her life, attested to from early childhood into old-age decline (dementia), but perhaps her understanding as to what it would have meant to truly be treated in that way, having grown up in such a sheltered environment).
