Wedding Gift for Princess Máxima and Prince
Willem-Alexander
Editors and readers of Vorsten Royale gave the royal couple two
sets of design table linen damask. Princess Máxima chose the designs
herself: the modern Grit by contemporary
artist Peter Struycken and the Apple
design by Chris Lebeau.
The Grit set consists of a table cloth of 3.60 x 2.75 m with 8 matching
napkins for an intimate dinner for a small number of guests. The Apple
set consists of a table cloth of 8 x 2.75 m with 24 napkins and 24 small
napkins to match. The damask, as well as the luxury gift boxes, were embroidered
by Ellen Kruip of Chique & Simpel Linnendecoratie with the monogram MW
which was especially designed for the royal couple.
The lady-in-waiting of Princess Máxima, Mrs O.A. Gaarlandt-van Voorst
van Beest and the secretary of Prince Willem-Alexander, Mr Th. A. van
der Werf received the wedding gift for the royal couple at the Noordeinde
Palace on 26 September 2002. (photograph (from left to right): Mrs. O.
A. Gaarlandt-van Voorst van Beest, Sanny de Zoete, Cor de Horde (editor
Vorsten Royale) and Mr. Th. A. van der Werf).
Princess Máxima and Prince Willem-Alexander have expressed their
gratitude and appreciation for the beautiful damask:
"This very elegant table linen which is of excellent quality, will remind us in years to come of the affection that the readers of Vorsten Royale feel for the Prince and the Princess."