 The young couple moved into Soestdijk Palace in Baarn.The first of their four daughters, Princess Beatrix, was born on 31 January 1938, followed by, Princess Irene, on 5 August 1939.On 12 May 1940, during the invasion of the Netherlands by Germany in the Second World War, Prince Bernhard and Princess Juliana were evacuated to the United Kingdom to be followed the following day by Queen Wilhelmina and the Dutch Government, who set up a government in exile.