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 the city’s most famous museums is tackling the task of welcoming back visitors.
Queen Maxima toured the Kunstmuseum…
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 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…
Two wedding ceremonies, three spectacular celebrations and one very happy couple. Nineteen years ago, on a string of sunny May days, Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands married Laurentien Brinkhorst in The Hague with a host of royal guests looking on. And while Constantijn was nowhere near his country’s throne, his wedding began a string of marriages that would change Europe’s royal…
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…
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 it is where Princess Margriet was born in Ottawa (the maternity unit was placed outside Canadian domain so that Margriet was…
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 remember the war dead on empty Dam Square
4th May 2020
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…
Man who threatened Princess Catharina-Amalia to undergo psychiatric evaluation
30th April 2020
A man suspected of sending threatening messages to Princess Catharina-Amalia, heir to the Dutch throne, and a friend of hers named Brent, has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation at the Pieter Baarn Centre.
The man, known only as Wouter G., is suspected of sending messages via social media to Princess Catharina-Amalia where he threatened to rape her. He also threatened to kill her…
