Dutch prince consort being buried in ancestral tomb

Prince Claus, the German-born husband of The Netherlands’ Queen Beatrix who charmed his adopted country with his irreverent wit, was being buried today with royal honours.

Claus’ remains were carried by horse-drawn hearse from the North End Palace in The Hague to the family tomb in the Nieuwe Kerk, or New Church, in the medieval city of Delft.