If you haven’t been living under a rock,
then you surely know that the Netherlands has a monarch. Following
the abdication of Queen Beatrix on 30 April 2013, Willem-Alexander
became the very first Dutch king in the last hundred years. Holland
is one of the many European countries that didn’t abolish its
monarchy. Not only is the royal family here to stay but also the
people are glad that…
The Duchess of Cornwall, born Camilla
Rosemary Shand, graced the world with her presence on the morning
of 17 July 1947. Camilla’s father, Bruce Shand, would later be
known as a businessman, but in his early years worked as a British
army officer. Her mother, Rosalind…
In 1938, 80 summers ago, twelve-year-old
Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) and her younger sister,
Margaret, looked forward excitedly to their annual holiday in
Scotland during August and September. Only the recent death of
their beloved maternal grandmother, the…
Twice a year the Queen bestows upon the
hardest working people an award of achievement. This award can be
given to people from all walks of life, and is a formal
recognition by the royal family of an individual’s achievements in
their sector. A person can be awarded a Commander of the Most
Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE), Officer of the Most
Excellent Order of the British Empire…
Princess Alexia Juliana Marcela
Laurentien is the middle of the three daughters of King
Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. She was born on the 26th June
2005, like both of her sisters in the Bronovo Hospital in The
Hague. She was christened on 19 November 2005 in the…
Royal Central have compiled together some
of his most famous, yet hilarious gaffes. The list below details
remarks be has made about celebrities, places and even his own
family. Madonna After being told that Madonna would be performing
the Die Another Day theme tune back in…
Princess Laurentien is the wife of Prince
Constantijn of the Netherlands, and hence, the sister-in-law of
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. She was born on 25th May
1966 in Leiden, the daughter of a former Dutch Minister of Economic
Affairs, Laurens Brinkhorst. Though she is known as Princess
Laurentien, her first name is Petra; Laurentien is a portmanteau
middle name made from her mother…
During a recent interview with CNBC, the
Crown Prince of Liechtenstein, Prince Alois, admitted to having an
interest in investing in cryptocurrencies and went on to speak in
glowing terms about the potential for blockchain technology – the
infrastructure that underpins the…
The life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
II has been one full of spectacular events, some that have changed
the course of history. Who, at the time, would have thought that
the fair-haired baby princess born in Mayfair would grow up to
become the United Kingdom’s…
Princess Annette is the wife of Prince
Bernhard, second son of Princess Margriet and Pieter van
Vollenhoven. She was born, Annette Sekrève on the 18th April 1972
in The Hague, and after she had passed the highest award in Dutch
secondary education, she went to the University of Groningen and
obtained an MSc in psychology in 1996. It was while she was
studying at Groningen that she met Prince…
