Beatrix of the Netherlands Athlone; Elisabeth, Princess of Erbach-Schönberg; Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg; and Countess Allene de Kotzebue. Beatrix's middle names are the first names of her maternal grandmother, the then reigning Queen Wilhelmina, and her paternal grandmother, Armgard of Sierstorpff-Cramm. When Beatrix was one year old, in 1939, her younger sister Princess Irene was born. World War II broke out in the Netherlands on 10 May 1940 (Westfeldzug). On 13 May, the Dutch Royal Family evacuated to London, United Kingdom. One month later, Beatrix went to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, with her mother Juliana and her sister Irene, while her father Bernhard and
Beatrix Christian She has worked as a writer for the Sydney Theatre since 2001 and, in addition to her own work, has adapted other plays, including Ibsen's "A Doll's House". Christian wrote the screenplay for the 2006 Ray Lawrence film "Jindabyne", which she adapted from the short story, "So Much Water So Close to Home", by Raymond Carver. She worked on the 2018 TV mini-series, "Picnic at Hanging Rock", as script writer for four episodes and script producer for all six. Beatrix Christian Beatrix Christian is an Australian playwright and screenwriter. Beatrix Christian graduated from National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1991,