No fewer than 3,375 people received a royal distinction during this year’s “lintjesregen,” the ribbon ceremony to honor volunteers and others who contribute to Dutch society traditionally held the day before the monarch’s birthday. That is the highest number since 2012, under the then Queen Beatrix. King Willem-Alexander has never awarded so many knighthoods and royal house memberships.
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