Dutch Prince in NY

Photographers scramble as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Crown Princess Maxima and Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, from left, walk on the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum on Sept. 8, 2009, in New York. The royals are in town to participate in the festivities celebrating the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's arrival in New York Harbor in September 1609.

A replica of Henry Hudson's ship Half Moon makes its way up the Hudson River during a ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, in New York, in which Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg welcomed Dutch royals Willem-Alexander, Crown Prince of Orange, and his wife, Princess Maxima to New York for the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's voyage up the river that now bears his name

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, right, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, accompany Crown Princess Maxima and Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, in New York. The royal couple watched a flotilla of ships, including a replica of the Half Moon, sail past in New York City while a Dutch naval ship blasted a 21-gun salute.

Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, left, and his wife Princess Maxima, right, of the Netherlands accept a commemorative bowl from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, second right, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, Sept. 8, 2009 in New York. About 200 people came out to watch the ceremony.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right, accompany Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Crown Princess Maxima, of the Netherlands, aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, Sept. 8, 2009, in New York. The crown prince and his wife on Tuesday traced the path Hudson's ship, the Half Moon, made four centuries ago albeit on a helicopter and accompanied by Dutch media.

Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Crown Princess Maxima of the Netherlands flank U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as she speaks aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, in New York.

Prince of Orange Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima talk with Dutch and American school children during a visit at the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., Tuesday, Sept.8, 2009. The royal couple flew roughly 40 miles to West Point, where they sat down in the sprawling mess hall for a baked ziti lunch with cadets.

Prince of Orange Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima talk with Brig. Gen. Mike Linnington and cadets during at visit at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., Sept. 8, 2009. Maxima, dressed in a red suit, was conspicuous in the sea of gray-clad cadets.

Prince of Orange Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima talk with Brig. Gen. Mike Linnington and cadets during at visit at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., Sept. 8, 2009. The prince told the future Army officers about the two countries' shared democratic values and long history.

Prince of Orange Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima pose for a photo at Trophy Point during a visit at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., Sept. 8, 2009. A Dutch frigate cruises the Hudson in background. Talking about the Half Moon crew that arrived 400 years ago, the prince said, "They must have been struck by the beauty of these islands and by the riches they behold."

Willem-Alexander, Crown Prince of Orange, and Princess Maxima talk with cadets during at visit at the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. The royal couple reviewed cadets marching into the mess hall and were given a standing ovation when they were introduced inside.

The crown prince of Orange, Willem-Alexander, second from right, and Princess Maxima, left, react during the unveiling of the New Amsterdam Plaza and Pavilion, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, in New York.