King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima laid a wreath during a solemn ceremony on Sunday on Dam Square, where hundreds of thousands of people across the country took part in events commemorating the victims.
At 8 p.m., members of the royal family joined their fellow citizens and observed a minute’s silence in memory of all those who lost their lives in the conflict.
At the same time, commemorative events were held throughout the Netherlands.
Earlier, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima attended a memorial service at the New Church in Amsterdam.
King Willem-Alexander’s aunt, Princess Margriet, visited Canada to honour the memory of the soldiers who died during the liberation of the Netherlands.
Together with her husband, Peter van Wallenhoven, Princess Margriet attended a ceremony at the Canadian cemetery in Holten, where they honoured the memory of the many who died during the liberation of the north and east of the Netherlands.
Meanwhile, six pro-Palestinian activists attempted to disrupt the ceremony in memory of the victims of World War II.
According to a representative of the royal police, the detainees brought “something resembling a Palestinian flag” to the memorial event and shouted “Freedom for Palestine!” in an attempt to disrupt the ceremony.
