
One hour before the State Opening of Parliament, something very unusual happens. The Prime Minister appears and demands an adjustment to the Queen's speech. The speech concerns aid to Africa. Even with all the pressure around the State Opening, Beatrix goes back in time, and remembers her banishment to Canada, the visit to the victims of the Flood disaster and the turbulence suffered by her parents at Palace Soestdijk during the Hofman case.

as Koningin Beatrix

as Prins Claus

as Prins Willem-Alexander

as Prinses Maxima

as Balkenende

as Prins Friso

as Voorzitter Commissie

as Prinses Wilhelmina

as Prins Bernhard (aged 90)

as Grootmeesteres

as Mabel

as Secretaris Generaal

as Prins Bernhard (aged 38)

as Prins Constatijn

as Prinses Juliana (aged 40)