King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of
the Netherlands are in Norway for a three day state visit that was
postponed from 2020 due to the global health crisis. They arrived
on the morning of Tuesday, 9 November and after several engagements
during the day attended a state banquet. Máxima is often known for
wearing incredible jewellery and tiaras; the Dutch Royal Family has
an…
Princess of Orange to mark adulthood with extraordinary Council of State meeting speech
10th November 2021
The Princess of Orange will one day be
Queen of the Netherlands. On the 7th of December, she will turn
18-years-old and be a legal adult. The occasion will be marked by
Her Royal Highness’s attendance at an extraordinary meeting of the
Council of State, one of the…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima touch down in Oslo for State Visit to Norway
9th November 2021
Following almost two years of
restrictions and shutdowns, life is beginning to go back to how it
was before, albeit with some remanence of the trauma we
collectively lived through. State visits are starting to reappear
on heads of states’ calendars, and on 9…
Norway and the Netherlands: the special friendship on show in past State Visits
8th November 2021
The King and Queen of the Netherlands
will make a State Visit to Norway this November. Willem-Alexander
and Maxima will be hosted by their friends, King Harald and Queen
Sonja, for the three day event. Although it’s Willem-Alexander’s
first State Visit to Norway since becoming King in 2013, it’s not
the first time these two countries have shared these important
moments. Here…
"I'm going to miss you" Queen Máxima's teary response to ill fan
6th November 2021
When Queen Máxima was leaving a working
visit in Leusden, an ardent supporter was in the crowd waiting on
her with flowers. José, a photographer for modekoninginmaxima.nl,
has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer, and the Queen
headed straight for the…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima
have ended their short trip to the United Arab Emirates on a high
note. Together with the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Cooperation Tom de Bruijn, Their Majesties have opened the Dutch
pavilion at the Dubai 2020…
A documentary about Princess Amalia is
set to be released the day before her 18th birthday in December.
The programme ‘Princess Amalia: Teenager on the way to the throne’
will air in the Netherlands on Net5 and give insight into the life
of the future queen by talking to those closest to her. The
specific people involved have not yet been revealed. Reportedly,
the show will…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima travel to the UAE to open Dutch pavilion at Expo2020
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…
On Friday, 29 October, Canadian Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau and Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
visited the Bergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery. Princess
Margriet was born in Ottawa at the Ottawa Civic Hospital in 1943.
Her parents, Princess Juliana and Prince…
At the invitation of King Harald and
Queen Sonja of Norway, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of
the Netherlands will pay a state visit to Norway in early November.
The visit marks the close relationship between Norway and the
Netherlands and the two royal houses. More details on the upcoming
visit have now been published. The visit will begin with an
official welcome ceremony at the…
