Orange-clad crowds cram into Dutch cities to celebrate king’s birthday

Thousands are partying as part of King’s Day (AP)

Across the Netherlands, people have donned orange clothes – from tuxedos to feather boas – as boats packed with revellers clogged Amsterdam’s canals to celebrate their king Willem-Alexander’s 58th birthday.

An official royal walkabout by the Dutch king and family members in the eastern town of Doetinchem started an hour later than planned so as not to clash with the funeral at the Vatican of Pope Francis.