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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima travel to the UAE to open Dutch pavilion at Expo2020

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3rd November 2021
As the eyes of the world are focussed on Rome for the G20 summit and Glasgow for the COP26 Climate Conference, Dubai is hosting Expo2020.  Expo is a global event in which each country has its own pavilion; the theme is different each year, and so is the host city.  King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima made the journey to Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, 2 November. Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed…
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State visits start in earnest in November

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28th October 2021
November promises a return to royal normalcy, with three state visits on the calendar for Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and Sweden. State Visit of Denmark to Germany: 10-13 November From 10-13 November, Queen Margrethe and Crown Prince Frederik will undertake a state visit to Germany. The royals will undertake engagements in Berlin, and Queen Margrethe will then carry on solo to…
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New book on Princess Catharina-Amalia to be published on the occasion of her 18th birthday

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27th September 2021
On the occasion of Princess Catharina-Amalia’s 18th birthday, a new book will be published to introduce the future Queen to a broader audience. Author, comedian and singer Claudia de Breij has written the book, simply called “Amalia”, in cooperation with the Princess. Over the summer of 2021, Claudia and Princess Catharina-Amalia met several times. They spoke about her time…
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Behind the scenes of the latest State Visit planned for autumn

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24th September 2021
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands is to make his first State Visit to Norway. The royal courts in Oslo and Amsterdam announced that the King, along with Queen Maxima, will travel to Norway between November 9th and November 11th 2021. It will be the first Dutch State Visit to Norway in over a decade and the first time that King Harald and Queen Sonja have hosted such an event since the…
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