The Dutch Royal Household has announced
that King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will undertake a State
Visit to Austria at the end of next month. The visit’s
programme has been already released, and the first day, Monday, 27
June, will see all of the traditional events of state visits: the
official welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace, the laying
of a wreath to commemorate…
Queen Máxima stepped out for the award
ceremony of the King Willem I business prizes, one of the most
prestigious acknowledgements in the Netherlands. The ceremony took
place in the evening of Monday, 23rd May, at Groningen’s Forum, in
the presence of Her…
Princess Catharina-Amalia of the
Netherlands, 18, will attend the opening of the Dutch parliament
for the first time this year. Princess Amalia, as she is commonly
known, will attend Prinsjesdag (Prince’s Day) for the first time on
20 September. Prinsjesdag…
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
is in mourning after the son of his best friend died. Jan de
Beaufort, 19, died on 9 May. He was the son of the King’s best
friend, Frans de Beaufort. Jan de Beaufort was a student at the
University of Utrecht, where he was taking veterinary courses.
No cause of death has been announced. King Willem-Alexander put an
obituary message in…
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands has
made her way back to the land where she was born for a visit that
was supposed to happen in 2020, coinciding with the 75th
anniversary of Canada’s independence. Her Royal Highness and her
husband, Prof Pieter van…
On Sunday, 9 September 2012, the then
Princess Máxima of the Netherlands swam the two-kilometre Amsterdam
City Swim to raise money for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
through the canals of the city. She finished the course in just
under an hour. Dressed in a…
Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands
has given a speech to celebrate Europe Unity Day, which falls every
year on 9 May. Speaking from De Balie, an old tribunal that
currently functions as an event space and a café-restaurant, the
Dutch Princess talked about Europe and the vast array of sentiments
connecting each individual to that idea. Naturally, she also
mentioned Ukraine, as the…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima
thoroughly enjoyed the Liberation concert, which was back after two
years due to the global health crisis. Their Majesties arrived in
the area of the Royal Theatre Carré, in Amsterdam, on the evening
of Thursday, 5 May. The…
When Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the
throne, she had the support of the man she called her “strength and
stay” in Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. In this series, Royal
Central takes a look at the other consorts of Europe in 1952.
Prince Bernhard of the…
Queen Margrethe of Denmark and Princess
Beatrix of the Netherlands will undertake a series of joint
engagements in later this month to celebrate the 500th anniversary
of the presence of Dutch farmers in Denmark. The occasion
will involve a number of activities around the Amager region – an
island that is now part of the southern side of Copenhagen.
The first stop will be a…
