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Spouse of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, born on April 30, 1939 in Schiedam. After the Montessori Lyceum in Rotterdam, he studied at the University of Leiden. On January 10, 1967, he married Princess Margriet Francisca of Orange-Nassau. This made him the first citizen to become a member of the Dutch Royal House through marriage. He was not given a title of nobility. He was appointed chairman of the Council for Traffic Safety and the Railway Accident Council. He is also the initiator of the establishment of the Victim Support Fund. In his spare time he likes to play the piano. Together with his friends, Pim Jacobs and Louis van Dijk, he formed the trio "The winged friends". They made several national and international performances in support of the Victim Support Fund.
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