Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- A pregnant Dutch princess visiting Turkey with the Netherlands Queen Beatrix brought along some Dutch dirt in case she goes into early labor. The queen, her son, Prince Willem and his wife, Princess Maxima, who is seven months pregnant, will spend four days in Turkey visiting President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and touring the country, the Hurriyet news agency reported Tuesday. Advertisement In keeping with Dutch tradition, should Maxima's child make an early appearance, the first soil his or her feet must touch is Dutch, so the entourage brought along an unspecified amount of homeland dirt. Relations between Turkey and the Netherlands date back to 1612, and a large number of people of Turkish descent are either now living in the Netherlands or lived in Holland for decades before returning to Turkey, Radio Netherlands said.
