The king and queen of the Netherlands spent the second day of their U.S. tour Tuesday visiting Savannah, Georgia’s oldest city that is both a historic gem and a growing powerhouse in global trade.
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima stepped out of their motorcade Tuesday morning and onto a red carpet that had been rolled across the sidewalk outside Savannah’s gold-domed City Hall, where Mayor Van Johnson greeted them.
“We are so honored today to have his majesty the king and her majesty the queen here in our beautiful city,” Johnson said to kick off a roundtable discussion between city staff and Dutch dignitaries. “Today is a day for us that creates and speaks of opportunities — opportunities that we can explore and opportunities that we can expand.”
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