Editing Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (section)

==Marriage and children==
[[File:Prince Friso with his wife Mabel and daughters in 2010.jpg|thumb|upright|Prince Friso with his wife Mabel and daughters in 2010]]

On 30 June 2003, it was announced that Prince Friso was to marry [[Mabel Wisse Smit]]. The Dutch [[Second Balkenende cabinet|cabinet]], however, did not seek permission from [[Staten-Generaal|parliament]] for this marriage, a constitutional requirement if Prince Friso was to remain a member of the [[Dutch Royal House]] and in [[line of succession]] for the throne; at the time, he was second in line after his older brother, [[Willem-Alexander]].

The Prime Minister [[Jan Peter Balkenende]] explained that this was due to discussions with Mabel Wisse Smit in October 2003, when she had admitted that her previous statements about an alleged relationship with [[Klaas Bruinsma (drug lord)|Klaas Bruinsma]] (1953–1991), a known Dutch [[drug baron]], had not been complete and accurate.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-apr-25-fg-briefs25.3-story.html|title=Prince Weds, Gives Up Any Claim to Throne|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=25 April 2004|access-date=17 February 2012}}</ref> She had previously stated that she had contact for a few months with Bruinsma, but in a casual context, neither intimate nor relating to business, and that she had broken the contact on learning of Bruinsma's occupation.

This "breach of trust" was the reason the government did not seek parliamentary permission, respecting the wishes of the couple.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/12/world/revelations-about-dutch-prince-s-fiancee-rattle-royal-family.html "Revelations About Dutch Prince's Fiancée Rattle Royal Family"]</ref> They nevertheless married at [[Oude Kerk (Delft)]] on 24&nbsp;April 2004, and Mabel Wisse Smit became a member of the Dutch Royal Family but not a member of the Dutch Royal House.

Considering that his elder brother King Willem-Alexander has three daughters, Prince Friso's exclusion from the succession was unlikely to have an effect on the [[Monarchy of the Netherlands|monarchy]] in the [[Netherlands]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nos.nl/video/36559-gesprek-met-prins-friso-en-mabel-wisse-smit-2004.html|title=Gesprek met prins Friso en Mabel Wisse Smit (2004)|author=Redactie NOS|publisher=[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]]|date=22 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223135309/http://nos.nl/video/36559-gesprek-met-prins-friso-en-mabel-wisse-smit-2004.html|archive-date=23 February 2012}}</ref>

After their marriage, Prince Friso and his wife Princess Mabel set up home in London, in the suburb of [[Kew]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/9105994/Prince-Friso-a-ski-accident-and-the-terrible-trauma-facing-the-Dutch-royal-family.html | title=Prince Friso, a ski accident and the terrible trauma facing the Dutch Royal Family | work=The Telegraph |date=25 February 2012 |access-date=13 August 2012 |location=London}}</ref>

The couple's first daughter, Countess Emma '''Luana''' Ninette Sophie of Orange-Nassau, ''Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg'', was born on 26 March 2005 in London. Their second daughter, Countess Joanna '''Zaria''' Nicoline Milou of Orange-Nassau, ''Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg'', was born on 18 June 2006, also in London.