page_title: Princess Irene of the Netherlands
hierarchical_section_title: Princess Irene of the Netherlands
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Koninginnedag 1978, defile Soestdijk; Prinses Irene
context_page_description: Princess Irene of the Netherlands is the second child of Queen Juliana I of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard.
  In 1964, she converted to Catholicism and married the then-Prince Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma in a Catholic ceremony in Rome, thus forfeiting her place in the royal succession. Since their 1980 divorce, she has espoused left-wing causes, including anti-nuclear campaigns, and has developed a pantheistic philosophy about the relationship between man and nature.
context_section_description: Princess Irene  of the Netherlands (Irene Emma Elisabeth; born 5 August 1939) is the second child of Queen Juliana I of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard.
  In 1964, she converted to Catholicism and married the then-Prince Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma in a Catholic ceremony in Rome, thus forfeiting her place in the royal succession. Since their 1980 divorce, she has espoused left-wing causes, including anti-nuclear campaigns, and has developed a pantheistic philosophy about the relationship between man and nature.
caption: Princess Irene in 1978
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