The twenty-four hours earlier yesterday, queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced that she volition abdicate on Apr 30, when she volition lead keep been on the throne for precisely 33 years. Her efficient, professional person as well as fifty-fifty perfectionist trend is also reflected past times the telephones which are inwards her business office inwards the palace of Huis 10 Bosch: a unproblematic modern white telephone from the Unifoon series:
Queen Beatrix inwards her business office at her terminal coming together amongst prime number government minister Mark Rutte
Notice the white Unifoon against the wall as well as the prime number government minister having ii mobile phones
spell the queen exclusively has newspaper as well as pencils inwards forepart of her (April 22, 2013).
(Photo: Minister-president @ Flickr)
The Dutch queen Beatrix inwards her business office at the Huis 10 Bosch palace inwards 1987
On the correct side of her desk nosotros consider a white Unifoon telephone
(Photo: Thuring/RVD)
Queen Beatrix inwards the same business office as well as amongst the same telephone to a greater extent than recently
The Unifoon was 1 of the measure telephones sold past times the Dutch national vociferation upwards direction PTT during the eighties, as well as thence could move constitute inwards many homes during the terminal ii decades of the 20th century. The phone, which also appeared inwards the 1979 James Bond-movie Moonraker, was available inwards white, ivory, beige as well as red. There were also only about modified versions, for illustration for usage amongst a pocket-sized someone branch central (PBX).
The telephone at the queen's desk is also connected to an internal network for the palace. Besides that, her Unifoon has no other functions, similar for illustration programmable retention buttons. This fits her trend too, every bit it's known that queen Beatrix isn't rattling fond of modern technology, apparently she didn't fifty-fifty had a Galvanic cell for many years. It fits also amongst the predominantly ceremonial role of the queen of the Netherlands, working at a for sure distance of the actual government.
The Unifoon telephone, every bit advertised inwards a 1987 brochure
from the Dutch national vociferation upwards direction PTT
(the 149,- guilders would right away move 67,- euro)
The Unifoon was developed as well as initially made past times the Nederlandse Standard Electric Maatschappij (NSEM), a fellowship providing vociferation upwards equipment to the Dutch national vociferation upwards administration. The roots of this fellowship become dorsum to the Bell Telephone Manufacturing Company (BTMC), which started to brand vociferation upwards equipment for the Dutch as well as Belgian markets at a flora inwards Antwerp inwards 1882.
By the destination of the 19th century nationalistic policies favoured local manufacturers, as well as and so at that topographic point came a flora of BTMC inwards The Hague, for providing equipment to the Gemeentelijke Telefoondienst Den Haag as well as the Rijkstelefoon. This flora became independent inwards 1940 as well as was named Nederlandse Standard Electric Maatschappij (NSEM), manufacturing vociferation upwards sets as well as exchanges from 1948 to 1983.
In 1984 or 1985 this fellowship was taken over past times ITT as well as renamed ITT Nederland NV. After the merger of the telecommunication divisions of ITT as well as CGE, the scream was changed to Alcatel Nederland BV.
Noordeinde palace
Besides her business office at the palace of Huis 10 Bosch, which is the identify where she lives, queen Beatrix also has an business office at the palace of Noordeinde, which is inwards the urban pith middle of The Hague. Pictures of the interior of this palace are rattling rare, but from a 2008 mass well-nigh the palace, nosotros lead keep 1 slap-up painting of her spacious business office room:
The business office of queen Beatrix at the palace of Noordeinde
Succession
Queen Beatrix volition move succeeded past times her eldest boy Willem-Alexander, who volition move installed every bit Rex of the Netherlands on Apr 30. In the years to come upwards nosotros volition consider what volition move the vociferation upwards equipment of his choice.
Update:
According to for illustration this picture, nosotros right away know that Willem-Alexander bought as well as used an iPhone for several years. Also, afterward he was installed every bit the novel Rex on Apr 30, 2013, he sent an SMS-message to the major of Amsterdam, thanking him for all his efforts.
Links
- MaximumPC.com: Unredacted WikiLeaks Cables Include Dutch Queen's Residential Phone Number (2011)
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