Queen Máxima of the Netherlands and
Minister Carola Schouten have paid a working visit to Sportcampus
Zuiderpark to promote Schuldenlab070, a platform designed to help
young people in debt. The visit on Wednesday, 9 February, is
a follow-up from the conversation the Queen and the Minister had on
25 January, during which Minister Schouten had expressed her wish
for the new Prime Minister…
The Royal House of the Netherlands has
announced the new dates for King Willem Alexander and Queen
Máxima’s State Visit to Greece. The royal couple will be
travelling to the Mediterranean country between 16 and 18 March, a
standard three-day-long state…
On 30 March 2001, Queen Beatrix announced
the engagement of her son and heir, Prince Willem-Alexander to the
Argentine-born investment banker Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti. The
couple were married on 2 February 2002. Today, King
Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima are…
Classic flowers for a royal bride - Queen Maxima's wedding bouquet
2nd February 2022
While a royal wedding dress might grab
all the headlines with the almost obligatory tiara coming a close
second, no set of regal nuptials would be complete without a bridal
bouquet. We might not get round to admiring it until after our
fourth discussion about the wedding gown itself but the flowers
have their own part in every big royal wedding. That was no
different on February 2nd 2002 when…
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has
shared some advice on what has been dubbed “Blue Monday.” The Queen
posted two photographs on Instagram, sharing how she takes care of
her mental and physical health while also encouraging others to get
outside and take a…
Princess Beatrix inaugurates year of the Miller celebrations
16th January 2022
Princess Beatrix officially opened the
year of the Miller, a celebration held in the Netherlands in
connection with the Guild of Volunteer Millers’s 50th
anniversary. On Saturday, 15th January, the former Dutch
queen arrived at a mill in Zaanse Schans, a small village…
A royal couple marking a special wedding
anniversary have joked on social media that they will ”continue,
just for a while” after being flooded with congratulations on their
marital milestone. Pieter van Vollenhoven took to Twitter to thank
all those who sent good wishes as he and Princess Margriet of the
Netherlands marked 55 years of marriage this week. Addressing his…
Following a complicated political season,
the Netherlands has a new government with full powers. After
elections that were held in March 2021 and months of political
tension over the creation of a coalition for the new government,
King Willem-Alexander hosted the…
On a cold, January day in 1937, a happy
young couple stepped out into the chilly air to make royal history.
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands married Prince Bernhard of
Lippe-Biesterfeld before a royal guest list and surrounded by
thousands of her fellow Dutch citizens who…
Dutch Princess Mabel to attend Archbishop Desmond Tutu's funeral
30th December 2021
Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau is the
first European Royal confirmed to attend Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s
funeral on the 1st of January. The Dutch Royal Household
confirmed the news to ANP, the National News Agency on the 30th of
December, saying that it is expected that the princess will travel
to South Africa to attend the ceremony for the icon of the fight
against the Apartheid…
