Beatrix of the Netherlands well maintained and preserved in an informal tribute to Princess Juliana and her family. In thanks for the protection of her and her daughters, Princess Juliana established the custom of the delivery to the Canadian government every spring of tulips, which are the centrepiece of the Canadian Tulip Festival. The second sister of Beatrix, Princess Margriet, was born in Ottawa in 1943. During their exile in Canada, Beatrix attended nursery and Rockcliffe Park Public School, a primary school where she was known as "Trixie Orange". On 5 May 1945, the German troops in the Netherlands surrendered. The family returned to
Beatrix von Storch Prince of Wales, heir to the thrones of the Commonwealth realms, to which last crown she is also distantly in line in accordance with the Act of Settlement 1701. Her grandfather on her mother's side was Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, who served as finance minister under Adolf Hitler and was the last head of government of the Third Reich. Her cousin, Eilika of Oldenburg, is married to Georg von Habsburg, a son of Otto, the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary. Beatrix von Storch Beatrix Amelie Ehrengard Eilika von Storch ("born" Beatrix Amelie Ehrengard Eilika Herzogin von Oldenburg; 27 May