The Dutch Royal Family has held one of
their annual photo sessions. They invited the media to Noordeinde
Palace, where they posed for photos and answered questions. King
Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima, the Princess of Orange,
Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane attended the session after
Alexia returned from school in Wales. © RVD – Patrick van Emst ©
RVD – Patrick…
King Willem-Alexander strongly condemns Russia: "We don't want to see the clock turned back a century"
24th June 2022
King Willem-Alexander and Dutch Minister
for Legal Protection Franc Weerwind travelled to Strasbourg,
France, to meet with members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe (PACE). After a welcome from the Council of
Europe’s highest representatives, His…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of
the Netherlands held the annual diplomatic corps dinner at the
Royal Palace on the evening of Wednesday, 22 June. Their
Majesties welcomed around 250 guests in the Dining Hall of the
Royal Palace for the first time in three…
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary begin packed business trip to the Netherlands
22nd June 2022
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess
Mary of Denmark have embarked on a two-day visit to the
Netherlands, where they are leading a sizeable Danish business
delegation in a trip focused on the green transition,
sustainability and digital healthcare. The couple’s day
started bright and early on Monday, 20 June; they landed at around
8:30 am at The Hague/Rotterdam International Airport…
Laughs, tears and tiaras in Oslo as Princess Ingrid Alexandra officially celebrates her 18th birthday
18th June 2022
Friday night was the pinnacle of the
royal year. King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway hosted a gala
dinner in Oslo to celebrate Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s 18th
birthday. From about 7:30 pm, the halls of the Royal Palace started
filling with people –…
Princess Catharina-Amalia, a future queen
and self-described expert on tiaras, has made her tiara debut in
Norway, wearing the same tiara her mother wore on her wedding day
in 2002. Last November, to coincide with her 18th birthday,
Princess Amalia worked with Dutch…
Queen Máxima revealed that her eldest
daughter is keen to join her on future United Nations trips during
an interview in Senegal this week. The Dutch queen visited the Côte
d’Ivoire and Senegal earlier this week in her role as the UN
Secretary General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for
Development, a post she has held since 2009. Queen Máxima sat down
for an interview…
Summer visits to royal palaces are
possible again, with a Dutch palace opening its doors.
According to the Dutch Royal Family’s official Twitter, tickets are
available to visit Noordeinde Palace on 23 July, 30 July, 6 August,
and 13 August. Visitors will be able to…
With an invitation to Princess Ingrid
Alexandra of Norway’s 18th birthday gala dinner, it’s very likely
that we will see the Dutch heir to the throne in her first official
tiara. But which one will she choose? She certainly has an
excellent collection to pick…
The pandemic put a severe brake on most
royal activity, worldwide. Perhaps the biggest was related to
travel. For them, like many, the solution was digital travel over
the internet. Nevertheless, this was by no means the same, and did
not attract nearly the attention that a real royal journey does. It
is probably no secret that the royals are happy to be able to
travel again, meet people and…
