Dutch Crown Prince weds Argentine bride Posted by Scott Manning on February 02, 2002 | Comments (0)

An orange-bedecked Netherlands is rejoicing as Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander weds Argentine Maxima Zorreguieta in a civil ceremony. The mayor of Amsterdam married the Prince of Orange and his blonde bride -- whose father's past in Argentina's military junta had created controversy -- at the Beurs van Berlage, a former bourse, on Saturday morning ahead of a church ceremony attended by around 1,600 guests.

Cheering crowds, some with faces painted orange and sporting orange wigs, waved bright orange balloons and flags as a smiling Maxima, 30, swept into the Beurs van Berlage in a sumptuous ivory gown with five-metre train by Italian designer Valentino. Full Story...