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…
A new exhibition has opened about Queen
Juliana of the Netherlands that showcases some of the most
important moments in her reign through a unique lens. Her Majesty
was a collector of dolls, and, over the course of her life, she
received more than six hundred of…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima
are headed state-side this fall, with a working business visit to
California and Texas added to their diaries. From 6-9 September,
the Dutch royals will visit San Francisco, the Silicon Valley,
Dallas and Houston in an economic…
Every year, in connection with King’s
Day, the Dutch poll agency IPSOS conducts a survey, commissioned by
NOS (one of the entities behind the Dutch National Television), to
gauge the monarchy’s popularity. 2021 was a challenging year,
with the royals being plagued by what was seen as an insufficiently
empathetic response to the COVID-19 restrictions, and the
popularity percentage fell…
