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 years. Each year, the
dinner has a different theme – for 2022, the Royal Palace chose
“politics and…
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…
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 actress and comedian Claudia de
Breij on an authorised biography to introduce herself to the
public. In that book, Amalia, she…
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…
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 from! Her mother’s first tiara moment
was a few months before her wedding to the then Prince of Orange.
She attended…
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…
Queen Máxima has landed in Ivory Coast’s
capital Abidjan as part of a four-day visit that will also take her
to Senegal as UN Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for
Development. Her Majesty landed aboard an Air France flight
at around 9 pm local time on Sunday…
Two of Europe’s future queens will
experience their first tiara moments next week when Princess
Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange, attends the delayed 18th
birthday gala celebrations for Norway’s Princess Ingrid Alexandra.
The Dutch Royal House confirmed that Princess Amalia will join her
parents, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, at a gala dinner
on June 17 at the Royal Palace of…
