Prince Bernhard and high officers of the occupation forces in Germany participated ina n interallied riding tournament in Cologne on 8th October 1948. He was wearing the uniform of a Major General of the Netherlandish army. HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (* June 29, 1911 in Jena- December 1, 2004 in Utrecht), Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld, born HSH Count Bernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt Karl Gottfried Peter of Lippe-Biesterfeld (later elevated thus to Prince), was Prince Consort to the late Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, and father of 6 children; one of them is the current monarch, Queen Beatrix