The Netherlands

Queen Máxima left speechless by King Willem-Alexander's love gesture on their anniversary

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4th February 2023
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands celebrated their 21st wedding anniversary this week while on their Caribbean tour.  The King and Queen, as well as the Princess of Orange, are on a ten-day tour of the Dutch Caribbean. The royal trio are currently in Curaçao and have been meeting with locals. However, Willem-Alexander took a moment to celebrate his anniversary on…
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Protestors on royal visit demand reparations

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2nd February 2023
The King and Queen of the Netherlands, as well as the Princess of Orange, are currently on tour in the Dutch Caribbean. This is the Princess of Orange’s first tour, and she has jumped in and taken to her royal duties. The tour is not without controversy, though, as protestors have demanded reparations for slavery under Dutch rule.  A group of indigenous protestors part of the group…
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Princess Margriet and Prof Van Vollenhoven remember Jewish healthcare facility deportations

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25th January 2023
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and her husband, Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven attended the commemoration event for the evacuation and deportation of patients from the Het Apeldoornsche Bosch psychiatric hospital.  On Monday, 23 January, Princess Margriet and her husband arrived at De Prinsehof primary school in Apeldoorn, where the ceremony was held. Before going inside, the…
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A look at Princess Margriet of the Netherlands on her 80th birthday

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19th January 2023
Margriet Francisca was born on 19 January 1943 in the Ottawa Civic Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, during the Second World War to then Princess Juliana (future Queen Juliana) and Prince Bernhard. Her family had fled the Netherlands after the Nazi invasion and had resided in Canada since June 1940. The maternity ward where she was born was temporarily declared, by the Canadian government…
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