'Oh, elle est tres belle!'

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The French head of state received the monarchs on the Élyséepaleis after they had laid a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier at the Arc de Triomphe. The couple arrived almost half an hour late in the Louvre, where they were the first two much talked about paintings by Rembrandt toured.

France and the Netherlands, which together ultimately aanschaften portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit, multi-skin for as long as the purchase that thirty minutes there are still reading it. Seller Baron Eric de Rothschild ambled pleased by the immense halls. He caught 160 million for the towels, raised from the Louvre Museum and the Rijksmuseum together.

'I think it's great that they are here now for the public,' says the Frenchman about the work, hanging out in his bedroom. 'They are already restored a bit and look very good. 'They found the king, queen and the president. They were so close their noses at the paintings- which sadly hang behind glass- the alarm began to blare.

In the afternoon, the royal couple met at the 19th century city palace Hôtel Potocki 400 Dutch citizens living in France. In a brief acceptance speech, the king know that the last state visit in his opinion much too long ago: his mother Beatrix visited President François Mitterrand in 1991. 'And that for such an important country like France! We stand together in the heart of Europe, both were among the first six Member States. We share the same values, so we felt so touched after the attacks in Paris. '

Jos also paid the pair shook hand. He took a few hours off from his job as a consultant at an investment bank, where few colleagues know the Dutch royal couple. 'Some people did not even know we have a king. When I showed the photos, they were impressed by Máxima: 'Oh, elle est tres belle! 'They also find it interesting that I met them. Status and hierarchy are found here are very important. France is basically a monarchy in the jacket of a republic. You can see also in the workplace, where employees around the director run as a prince at the court of Versailles. '

Willem-Alexander praised bilateral ties in his speech, but according to Vincent Meylan explains its absence is ignorance of the couple. 'The Netherlands is relatively far away,' said the expert of royalties magazine Point de Vue. 'We know our neighbors, the rulers of Belgium and Spain, and the royal family of Monaco and the United Kingdom. It also helps that there are hardly any major scandals. That's good news for you: it means that Willem-Alexander and Maxima do their job. '

The Frenchman is very enthusiastic about the creation of Maxima, which is halfway between a dress and a jacket. 'The sober color I think is very appropriate, the Arc de Triomphe remains a graveyard. The hat I found elegant, though he was a bit on the large side. But Maxima is no wallflower, she'll never wear anything onopvallends. '

In the chic Avenue Friedland, where the royal procession towards Hôtel Potocki stopped traffic, passersby know the sovereigns. 'Is your king not big and blond? I think the couple two children, 'said lawyer Thierry Godart. 'The queen I think is very clever,' says Stéphanie Coulmier insurer. 'She always laughs? What a joy such as sympathetic and professional imagine represents country. France is called a republic but Hollande could well what more they might seem! '