A woman plays the Dutch Wilhelmus anthem in front of her house, next to her husband and children, to celebrate King's Day (Koningsdag), during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Nijmegen, Netherlands, April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch King Willem-Alexander urged all people in the Netherlands to stay at home on Monday, instead of flocking onto the streets clad in orange as they normally do for the annual celebration of Kingsday.
"This promises to be a unique Kingsday, and mainly because I hope it will be the last Kingsday-at-home ever. Try to make the best of it," the king said in a TV speech broadcast live from his home.
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