During the two-day session, a new order for Europe began to take shape. Admission of new members, most notably Britain, agreed. Juliana invited the delegates for dinner at her palace.

As she raised her champagne glass, Queen Juliana of The Netherlands surveyed the guests seated around her palace dinner table: the President of France, the Chancellor of West Germany and the Premiers of Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg and her own country. Said the Queen in a simple toast: “I wish…