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Today the Dutch queen Beatrix is celebrating her birthday and this year 3, 278 people have received a royal honour at the annual shower of birthday honours. The father of the famous Dutch swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband and PSV club doctor Cees-Rein van den Hoogenband has received a prestigious royal honour on behalf of Queen Beatrix. Van den Hoogenband has been made Companion of the Order of Orange-Nassau in Den Haag.Mrs Ross, the Dutch State Secretary of Public Health, Welfare and Sport, presented the decoration to Van den Hoogenband.