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==Prince Bernard== | ==Prince Bernard== | ||
At the Jamboree in 1937 Prince Bernard joined his mother-in-law. Queen Wilhelmina in a second visit to the camp. He meets the Swedish Prince Gustaaf Adolf, who makes him enthusiastic for scouting. There he was asked by Baden-Powell to follow up the 73 year old J.J. Rambonnet as chairman of the Dutch Scouts Association. He toke on the function of Royal Commissioner. | At the Jamboree in 1937 Prince Bernard joined his mother-in-law. Queen Wilhelmina in a second visit to the camp. He meets the Swedish Prince Gustaaf Adolf, who makes him enthusiastic for scouting. There he was asked by Baden-Powell to follow up the 73 year old J.J. Rambonnet as chairman of the Dutch Scouts Association. He toke on the function of Royal Commissioner. | ||
just after the jamboree the national unity in The Netherlands spilt up again. The Catholic Boy Scouts and Catholic Girl Scout found themself not represented in the national council had separated. The WOSM din't accept that and the Catholic Scouts officially weren't aloud to call themself Scouts anymore. intervention by the prince prevented that by joining the divisions in to one council again. | |||
During the second world war he sheared contact with dutch refugee children in England. They founded the temporary Dutch scouts Association together with the British scouts. After the war he returns to the Netherlands and develops a special interest for the Air Scouts who held a big demonstration in the palace gardens at the farewell of their royal commissioner in 1986. | During the second world war he sheared contact with dutch refugee children in England. They founded the temporary Dutch scouts Association together with the British scouts. After the war he returns to the Netherlands and develops a special interest for the Air Scouts who held a big demonstration in the palace gardens at the farewell of their royal commissioner in 1986. | ||
He is rewarded the highest Scouts Award the "Zilveren Vlaamse Gaai" at his 25th anniversary. | |||
===Princesses=== | ===Princesses=== | ||