Dutch government-in-exile
The Dutch government-in-exile, also known as the London Cabinet, was the government in exile of the Netherlands, supervised by Queen Wilhelmina, that fled to London after the German invasion of the country during World War II on 10 May 1940. The government had control over the Free Dutch Forces.
Stratton House on Piccadilly by Green Park, where the Dutch government-in-exile was based.
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Prime Minister of the exiled government at a BBC microphone, 23 September 1941
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Wilhelmina was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. She reigned for nearly 58 years, making her the longest-reigning monarch in Dutch history, as well as the longest-reigning female monarch outside the United Kingdom. Her reign saw World War I, the Dutch economic crisis of 1933 and World War II.
Wilhelmina in the late 1940s
Queen Wilhelmina in the 1890s
Queen Victoria and Queen Wilhelmina in a montage photo (1895)
Queen Wilhelmina and her daughter Juliana, circa 1914