By ITP
Dutch Queen Beatrix meets the Emir of Qatar
The Queen is on a three-day visit to Qatar during which the two nations will sign arts, energy and business deals


Dutch Queen Beatrix (C), Prince Willem Alexander (L) look at paintings with Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani during the exhibition Golden Age of Dutch Painting in the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha on March 9, 2011. The Dutch royals paid a state visit to Qatar March 9 and March 10, 2011. (AFP/Getty Images)

Dutch Queen Beatrix (3rd R) and the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (L), review an honor guard on March 9, 2011 during a welcoming ceremony in Doha. Queen Beatrix started on March 9 a three-day visit to Qatar during which the two nations are to sign arts, energy and business agreements. (AFP/Getty Images)

Dutch Queen Beatrix (L) meets with the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, on March 9, 2011 in Doha. Queen Beatrix started on March 9 a three-day visit to Qatar during which the two nations are to sign arts, energy and business agreements. (AFP/Getty Images)

Dutch queen Beatrix holds a falcon on her arm, during a stroll with princess Maxima (back C) and prince Willem Alexander (back-R) in a souk in Doha on March 9, 2011. The Dutch royals paid a state visit to Qatar on March 9 and March 10, 2011. (AFP/Getty Images)

Dutch Queen Beatrix (L) meets with the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (R), and an unidentified official on March 9, 2011 in Doha. Queen Beatrix started on March 9 a three-day visit to Qatar during which the two nations are to sign arts, energy and business agreements. (AFP/Getty Images)

Dutch princess Maxima (L) holds a falcon on her arm during a stroll with Queen Beatrix and Prince Willem Alexander in Doha the capital of Qatar, on March 9, 2011. The Dutch royals pay a state visit to Qatar on March 9 and March 10, 2011. (AFP/Getty Images)