In October 2006, I wrote to the Royal Palace to invite both the queen and princess to the official closing of This Neck of the Woods. I explained a bit about my own family history and invited them to a presentation at Buro Dijkstra. Finally I explained that in December 2006 the land of This Neck of the Woods would officially revert to property of Her Majesty's Kingdom.

I invited the Queen to participate in this closing ceremony but admitted that I understood she was very busy. For this reason I suggested that in lieu of coming in person and as a way to show her support for my project, that she might send me a photo of of herself winking or a piece of official Royal Palace stationary with an exclamation mark in the middle of the page.

 

 

Queen Beatrix's response (in Dutch)