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…
Princess Beatrix opens national "Play Outside" Day
11th June 2020
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands has made her first appearance since the start of the pandemic and went to a children’s playground to officially open the 13th annual “Play Outside” Day. She last appeared in public on 4 March to present the Prince Friso…
Museums and art galleries in the Netherlands are beginning to reopen after long closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic. However, new government guidance is for people to visit local attractions so Queen Maxima cycled through The Hague, where she lives, to see how one of…
June's Jewels: the best Dutch Pearls
1st June 2020
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
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Queen Máxima chose the Antique Pearl Tiara as her very first tiara when she joined the Dutch Royal Family, albeit without the pearl…
Queen Máxima puts spotlight on digital healthcare
27th May 2020
Queen Máxima paid a visit to the OLVG Amsterdam hospital to learn more about their digital hospital work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
During her visit, Queen Máxima learned how the hospital’s COVID-19 initiatives, including The Corona Check app — which tracks…
The 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands will be marked by King Willem-Alexander on Sunday, 24 May. The King will visit the Netherlands American Cemeteryand Memorial in Margraten and lay the first wreath during the annual commemoration ceremony, which…
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…
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands has sent a video message to Canadians to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands.
Canada holds a special place in the hearts of the Dutch Royal Family. The country took them in during the Second World War, and…
King of the Netherlands says his great-grandmother failed to protect the country's Jews
5th May 2020
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands has publicly acknowledged that his great-grandmother Queen Wilhelmina failed to protect the country’s Jewish population during the Second World War.
The Dutch King made his remarks during a historic speech at the ceremony of…
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…