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Even the protests had a somewhat cheerful ring. Some 600 Beatle-maned students tried to crash the palace gates, were held back by police with rubber truncheons (one boy was hospitalized). Several harmless smoke bombs exploded along the parade route, providing good shots for the photographers and a thrill for the millions glued to their TV sets in The Netherlands and West Germany, but no danger to the princess or to the 80,000 loyal Dutchmen who turned out, despite a drizzle, to cry "Oranje Boven" (Up with the Orange). Beatrix and the new Prince Claus of The Netherlands took off for the royal honeymoon, their destination a secret. Warned Prince Bernhard, Claus's new father-in-law: "No matter where you go, you'll be lucky to have five days before the press finds you."