Before that there were two divorces:
William the Silent Prince of Orange and count of Nassau divorced his second wife Anna of Saxony after she got pregnant from mister Rubens. Rubens' wife begged the prince to safe her husband's life and the Prince did. Mr and mrs Rubens went on to have another child: Peter Paul Rubens the painter.

The second divorce was of Sophia Hedwig of Nassau-Dietz and Karl-Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. The groom married three times and all marriages ended in divorce.

Im wondering how the Dutch Royal House is going the handle Annette's styling and title after the divorce. Will she remain HH princess Annette van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven or will she go to either Annette Sekreve (her maiden name) or possibly to mrs Annette van Vollenhoven (in line with her children's surname).

In my view it would be practical to remove the style of Her Highness and the Princess-title to keep that group limited and within the actual family of the monarch. But Im not so sure that will happen.

The Dutch news states that she will loose the title of Princess due to the divorce.

I believe Prince Bernhard is the second or third richest member of the Royal Family (Princess Mabel being the wealthiest due to a very lucrative investment the late Prince Friso did in pay service Adyen). Bernhard build with his partners a very large business and has been very successful.

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