Word: soesdijk
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...money was saved by worried department-store owners and souvenir manufacturers. Forgetting their Princess' national trait of doing things thoroughly, but slowly, thousands of souvenir baby spoons, mugs, cups and porringers had been made, almost all of them marked "January 1938." Days passed with no news from rural Soesdijk Palace before which stood a silent crowd, forbidden by palace officials to shout, or even to stamp their feet to keep warm. Finally with less than 24 hours of January left to make the birthday mugs legitimate, the Princess' Princess was born...
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