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Dutch queen attends signing of musical agreement for Hoeksche Waard

Queen Máxima attended the signing of the Music Agreement Hoeksche Waard on Tuesday, as schools in the western region of the Netherlands agreed to work on musical education for their students. “Music provides a structural basis for empathy, social bonding, quality of life, creativity, listening to each other and being open to differences,” according to the More Music in Classroom…
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June's Jewels: the best Dutch Pearls

Pearls are the birthstone of June and they’ve formed parts of royal jewel collections for centuries. Today let’s look at some of the best pearl tiaras in the Dutch Royal Family’s collection! Antique Pearl Tiara Embed from Getty Images Queen Máxima chose the Antique Pearl Tiara as her very first tiara when she joined the Dutch Royal Family, albeit without the pearl…
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Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau graduates from high school

Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau, the eldest child of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, has graduated from high school. The 17-year-old passed her final exams at her school, Maerlant Lyceum in The Hague, and she shared the information on her public Instagram account story to her 9,000 followers. Eloise is the eldest grandchild of Princess Beatrix, the…
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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima remember the war dead on empty Dam Square

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands attended the annual Remembrance of the Dead, with one huge difference from previous years, whereas before Amsterdam’s Dam Square was packed with people, it was now almost completely empty. Although the Remembrance began as a commemoration of the victims of the Second World War, it now includes all Dutch victims, civilians and…
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