The Netherlands

A king reveals birthday plans and he's starting the party early

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17th March 2025
The Dutch Royal Family have announced how they will be marking one of the biggest events in their calendar. Each year, there is a public holiday held to celebrate the Dutch monarch’s birthday. King Willem-Alexander’s birthday is 27 April, so it is celebrated as Koningsdag and because the 27th falls on a Sunday this year, events take place on Saturday, 26 April.  A couple of cities are…
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Queen Máxima visits the Anne Frank exhibit in New York

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26th February 2025
Queen Máxima in New York and made a special visit to The Center for Jewish History to view the Anne Frank Exhibition. The Queen of the Netherlands, in town for meetings with the United Nations in her role as Special Advocate for Financial Health, paid a visit to the Center on her final day in New York. The Center for Jewish History shared on social media that Queen Máxima’s visit…
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King Willem-Alexander takes to the pitch

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14th February 2025
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands has visited an inclusive sports club in Amsterdam.  The Dutch King visited Only Friends sports club, an Amsterdam organisation that allows children, teens, and adults with physical and developmental disabilities a place to practice almost thirty different sports. Housed at the Friendship Centre, over 200 volunteers help over 2,000 people…
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Queen Máxima's Fashion Hits of 2024

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30th December 2024
Queen Máxima is a bonafide style maven prone to bold colours, loud patterns, big jewellery and to-die-for accessories and its always a treat to see her fashion sense in action. Whether she’s opening museums or financial conferences or welcoming heads of state from around the world, you know you’re going to see something memorable. Let’s take a look back at some of Queen Máxima’s fashion…
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