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HRM COENRAAD VAN ORANJE-NASSAU  

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&&. announcing his majesty, ( coenraad van orange nassau ), the ( 62 ) year old ( king ) of ( netherlands ). he is often confused with ( kevin costner ). some say that he is ( indulgent & haughty ), he is actually ( spirited & well-spoken ). 

coenraad van orange nassau

king of netherlands

husband to saskia <3

father to femke, bash, olivier, ani

besties w johanne + vera

was in a coma bc of the english king (he thought)

srry if u thought this was going to be long ily

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bastivvn​:

“ i know… someone will come along. there’s no forcing it. ” he had tried. given ari a go only to realize the artificiality of it had made him feel discontent all the way to his bones. “ so it would seem that not everyone who was invited is on the list of approved women. ” he frowned lightly. “ why do you know about jelani mwezi ? ” 

“ there is no forcing it, but -- ” as usual, bash was only halfway there. “ waiting for someone to ‘ come along ’ is not reliable. you must be open. open enough to actually look around and meet others, instead of naming the first person you knew i would dislike. ” coenraad claps a good-natured hand over his son’s shoulder. “ you are not smarter than your father yet, understand? olivier told us everything. we were too generous by allowing dates, he should not be here with sol. ”

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bastivvn​:

“ and you’re being optimistic, pa, ” he quipped and lifted his champagne flute into a small toast. “ you’re absolutely sure about that ? ” there were a few people who did not seem like they’d get his parents’ approval. it annoyed him that only one name appeared in his mind and it was all because of art. “ how about olimpia’s sister, she’s back on the market ? ”

“ realistic, ” the king corrects. “ even if you don’t care for a love match, no one wants to end up alone. and it’s harder to compromise as you get older, better to find someone you can work with now. ” what his sons’ fixation is with the cröy girls, he does not understand. “ olimpia -- she’s with the italians now, used to be that joleni boy, yes? horrendous taste in men, her and her sister, i do not like what it would say about you if she showed interest. ”

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bastivvn​:

“ you don’t want me to hurry. i have really bad taste. if i pop the question too soon, we’ll be looking at a disaster. ”

“ echt. you’re being dramatic. ” even viggo and armani had eventually sorted themselves out, as impossible as the arrangement had seemed at first. “ anyone on this guest list should be acceptable enough. ” as long as they were available.

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aurcls​:

“ is your idea of diplomacy attending something as a guest, insulting the hosts and then using age as an excuse ? again i thought we were all joking here. if you can’t take what you’re dishing out, i suggest you occupy your mouth with eating and drinking instead. you can compare moral apples to oranges all you like, it won’t change how people see you. if you listen instead of running your mouth so much you might learn something. viggo and armani organised this party this way so you could enjoy yourself instead of calling something stuffy, plain, old and boring. you don’t have to appreciate it. but you don’t have stain his majesty’s hospitality either. ”

“ is this how you win your arguments ? by putting words into other people’s mouths ? ” now he was upset. “ stuffy, plain, old and boring are all words i’ve only heard from you. i have the opposite opinion not that you cared to hear it. ” he smoothed the front of his tuxedo jacket and counted down from five. if he was lucky these two would die before his father and he wouldn’t have to see their faces in meeting rooms. “ the thing about jokes is that they’re only funny when they aren’t personal attacks or make light of an incident that has caused trouble for about five million germans. as far as i know the happy couple is, indeed, happy. i suppose getting the ‘fifteen months’ takes a bit of pop culture knowledge. ” he hummed softly and slipped his hands into his pockets. whatever the danish queen was, she was not wiebke wittelsbach. he managed to keep his pulse from going through the roof. “ humour is a difficult form of art, let’s agree on that, yeah ? ” ( &. @cocnraad​ )

coenraad’s chuckle is warm, borne from fondness of the queen rather than any reduced ire towards the prince. “ there is no argument. you would not be standing so tall if there was. let me be clear: speculating about our children’s contentment and happiness on the day of their wedding, in our home is a personal attack. regrets about decisions made in youth do not constitute pop culture knowledge. ” broad smile stretches across his face. “ now you seem to understand, i am glad you recognize your folly. times have changed, you are older now, know more about the world and its people. what impertinence i may have allowed before, i no longer have interest in showing leniency towards. enjoy the wedding you do not find so stuffy and plain. ” with that dismissal he turns to johanne. “ shall we? i still haven’t shown frederick how to properly turn a lady about the room tonight. ” 

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jchvnne​:​

“ a massive fan of humour that one. you wouldn’t believe it, your majesty. ” he was fairly sure he had seen the russian old crow smile more times than he had seen his father smile. “ oh ! of course, the father of the bride and the mother of the groom — you’re pretty much the stars of the show. congratulations. ” on making a miracle happen, he wanted to add. “ you’re technically in-laws now. how does it feel ? ” maybe if he spoke quickly and endlessly, he’d be able to bite his tongue and keep his own comments about burning palaces to himself. “ you want to profit off of your children ? that’s certainly interesting… i do feel it’s kind of an unfair bet when you can just force them to stick it out a few extra months if it starts looking like i’d win. ”

she smiles evenly. ‘ ooh, and let you take money off strangers to profit off of our children instead ?  doesn’t seem very appealing. it’s an interesting set of morals you have, i’ll give you that. i thought this was about having a sense of humour, are you feeling threatened ?  don’t worry, dear. have more beer.  ’  this is what happens when her son panders to ‘young people’ things. the young people complain about it being young.  /.  @cocnraad​

“ the beauty of having good friends is that the foundations of trust and goodwill were already built before this marriage. no need to worry about anyone scheming against crowns. ” it’s his right to be patronizing, when experience and history proves coenraad’s claim true. two raised fingers summon a waiter and a tray of beer flutes, hand opening to gesture for aurel to take a glass. “ it was the helles you liked? enjoy. and if it’s finances your father is struggling with, tell him it’s much more productive to set a meeting than send a novice to gamble. ” / @aurcls​

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jchvnne​:

if it wasn’t the king who lived himself ! aurel flashed the older man a very wide smile. the sort that charmed older aunt persons. as far as aurel, it did not work on kings. “ loosen up, your majesty. viggo’s sense of humour can handle a bit of roasting. it’s a party. ” and obviously, with the game going on, it was not supposed to be the most elegant one. “ he’s here somewhere with mom. he was impressed by the beer selection. you even sneaked in a few authentic helles. ” bavarian though. not the coolest option.

why is it always the beer?  ‘ oh, but mine can’t. i’ll take that bet. our coffers could use a bit more. shall i have someone summon your father ? he loves jokes doesn’t he ?  ’  he must ! look at his 26 year old son !  /.  @cocnraad​

no wonder the german prince was friends with the tazmanian -- they both shared the same irritating grin and distinct lack of etiquette. “ you’d do well to slip a ‘ congratulations ’ somewhere in there next time, that...winning smile won’t get you far with any of her majesties. ” had the hohenzollerns really fallen to such an embarrassing state? “ ah no need, his father must be used to his people making plays behind his back. the boy is old enough to stand behind his words -- aren’t you? ” / @aurcls​

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aurcls​:

“ we should start placing bets soon before we see too much. i’m going to give them fifteen months. no one gets married that young and doesn’t regret it. ” ( &. @hshqstarters​ )

“ regret doesn’t stop you from living and learning -- though in your father’s case, he seems to given up any hope of improvement. no wonder he never shared this wisdom with you. or any, for that matter. where is he, by the way? ”

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armanicatherina​:

steps fall with his too comfortably, just as they have for many the years past. “ i will be less than a couple of hours away, pa. i’ll never be away long enough for me to miss it. viggo knows the terms. ”

“ good. ” femke’s wedding had been different, the mood had been different. he accepted her choice of suitor because he trusted his daughter. tonight, on the other hand, was a celebration of friendship too. as much as he doesn’t understand some of the sillier affectations of the wedding, it was exactly the sort of indulgent affair armani deserved. “ and don’t let him forget. ” coenraad still remembers dancing with ani’s feet on his, lifting to spin her around and hear those delighted peals of laughter. “ you must love him dearly, that’s the only explanation for accepting that proposal. ”

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ok boomers​:

“  that’s not a bad idea, sask, but freja is my niece, even my sister doesn’t know what to think, how will i explain that ?  they’re so close. ”  and if this spawns sol’s non-existent stubborn streak, it’s another thing on the mountain of problems to deal.  “ maybe i’ll work on the older ones first. ”  it’s a delicate matter, sweden is somehow in the middle, they don’t condone this !   “ oh don’t worry dear, you’re not in trouble. ”  coenraad, is already staring the boy stiff. she shoots him a look. “ we were just wondering, if you knew who that boy is over there. just so we know the appropriate title of course. are you friends ? ”   [ @olivicr or @cocnraad​ ]

“ oh i know, vera, i have kept my fist at my side — behaved, i mean. ” he grinned at the crowd before turning to search for the ‘boy’ the older generation was going crazy about. “ ah… ” oh sweet sol what have you done ! “ appropriate title, of course, it has nothing to do with the way his hand is barely high enough to be on her waist. ” he almost said the other way around: but not even he dared to use the word ‘ass’ in front of his mother. “ jelani mwezi. tanzania. you know him, ” he was talking past his father, at his mother. saskia might have had a chance at knowing him, coenraad not. “ olimpia’s ex. i think the previous breakup was the fifth… ? no, seventh… ? hey not even they know for sure so don’t expect me to. always glued to hohenzollern. ”

a low hum sounds at the back of her throat. ‘  tanzania. ’   as if it’s the only important thing.  ‘ well then, thank you olivier. ’  she blows him a brief kiss with her hand, that waves him away in the same sweeping motion. ‘ you may go now, ’  before his father says something no one wants him to hear. hands clasp in front of her. ‘ who’s going to say it ? will it be me ? ’  her left hand moves within its clasp to squeeze at her right wrist which swivel to show two fingers miming the snip of scissors. vera is liberal, but sol is different. ‘  i’m sure it’ll resolve itself anyway, these things don’t last with these children. ’  but does sol need to learn how to be treated like a piece of meat ?  /.  @saskiaelse, @cocnraad,

he’ll have to ask saskia later what that was about -- eight months! at his age, it should be nothing, but the world was fast paced and despite his catching up, there are still memories he missed -- or corner olivier before he could slip away again. hmph. “ i thought sol would have better taste, ” he said mildly, glancing at saskia for her opinion, “ you should have let me tell olivier to keep an eye out for her, he’s more of a gentleman than this mwezi. ” and now the boy would be in all of ani’s wedding pictures wearing that japing grin as though he’d won some prize. fantastic. “ with luck, he won’t be accompanying sol at the next wedding -- whose will it be, vera? ” / @saskiaelse​ or @vcra​

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cool kids club​:​

“ we allowed quite a few known pairs of enemies here. you might take back you words. ” but at least none of her sons would be throwing punches ! the absence of the turkish had ensured that. “ vera, is that a new thing ? ” she gestured towards the youngest bernadotte and her date. one that she had been told olivier should be kept a safe distance away from. ( @vcra + whoever )

there it goes. now johanne’s statement carries more water, and the two of them will be at this until something actually happens. “ take it night by night, if i didn’t know any better, i’d call the two of you so morose. ”  they have security. they will have to trust that any one of them or their families will intervene in time. “ hmm ? where ? ”  eyes narrow, oh, she’s forgotten to wear her contacts despite the reminders she’d left herself. forefinger turns upright, hanging aloft.  “ i think that’s — oh, tack alskling, what would i do without you — ” she accepts the glasses nils pushes into her hand and puts them on with as much dignity as she can muster. that is most definitely not rohan. “  i have no idea who that is. i can’t keep up with her. which is saying a lot, you’d think she would have graduated by now. i’m still reeling from the time she said she wanted to be an army nurse !  ”  sol is an adult. the look on that boy’s face shouldn’t bother her so much. it doesn’t.   [  @jchvnne​  or hijack ]

‘  since i got shot, you went into a coma — sorry saskia, that bastard got murdered after his own trial, that italian also got shot, and nearly everything in between ? ’  hand comes up matter-of-factly directed at vera. ‘ what you call morose, i call realism. no wonder sol wanted to become an army nurse, there was market for it. very enterprising of her, you should be proud. she will graduate when she graduates, not everything is a race ! ask one of the children who the boy is, they should know. ’   /. @cocnraad​  or hijack!

forefinger lifts from it’s place against his glass to shift sharply. “ don’t encourage it, johanne -- she’s too young to be witnessing frontline injuries. ” anton had come back different. sol didn’t need to experience that too. “ there are plenty of other professions if she wants to help people, ” he nods approvingly at vera. blue gaze scans the room for his boys, free arm raising to beckon the younger. “ olivier! ” does he not see coenraad? “ saskia, tell your son to come here. ” / @saskiaelse​ or @olivicr

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hrm coenraad van orange nassau....and his second favorite son in law (@svmucl). photographed at klara’s 1st birthday.

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@armanicatherina​

the dance is slow for his benefit, but he’s beaming. both daughters married, and one to a glücksburg! not that one would have guessed from the proposal. “ so now you are a wife, meisje. ” it’s almost come too soon. “ will you miss this place? dam square? huis ten bosch? ”

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bastivvn​:

“ i swear mom’s been pushing girls in my direction this whole evening. there’s been a new girl insisting i dance with her every ten minutes. this is what happens when you turn 30 and your little sister gets married. ” | @hshqstarters​

“ what did you expect? ” hand grips the back of bash’s neck, a lion grabbing his cub by the scruff, before sliding to pat his son’s shoulder firmly. “ men take longer to mature than women, but not this long. ”

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jchvnne​:

SHE POURS HER underdressed husband and friends their drinks at the table, playing host to the host himself, nils ( the only one worth her time, really — dear nils ) , the blonde imitation machine, saskia. ‘  well ! whatever happens tonight at least there are no murderers at this feast. ’  it’s a flimsy statement. she might still turn into one by morning.   /.  @cocnraad​

back falls against his seat soundly -- and not because he still tires easily -- taking a sip to cover an amused grin. johanne’s interpretation of the dress code makes her look as though she’d been wrapped in tin foil. expensive tin foil, of course, but vera has certainly won this round. “ since when have you set such low standards for acceptable conduct. tonight is just the beginning -- the reception is where we can expect the worst. ” the camera game invited such gauche behavior....but what ani wanted, ani got. / @vcra​ or @jchvnne​

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HRM COENRAAD VAN ORANGE NASSAU @ VIANI WEDDING, AMSTERDAM

shhh, this is just the welcome party look, pretend that lady is saskia. for the wedding itself he wore military uniform, and for the reception actual white tie attire ( with only watch and lapel flower of the optional accessories ) bc he’s not a heathen. i hate men’s fashion.