Dutchmen cheer monarchs: King Willem-Alexander celebrates at street party

Unlike most other European royal houses, the Dutch royal couple are missing at the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome. Because of the National Day, they were unable to attend the ceremony and celebrate the King's birthday close to the German border.

For Willem-Alexander it was "a day with two faces: in Rome the Pope was buried, in Doetinchem the king's birthday was celebrated.