Princess Mabel van Oranje took to Twitter to express her gratitude for being able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine: “Grateful to have received a free #COVID19 vaccine today (UK resident, age 50+).” She then turned that gratitude into action stating that she was going to donate to Vaccine Forward, a Swedish initiative aimed at buying and distributing coronavirus vaccines to the world’s 92…
Queen Máxima visits Nederlands Dans Theatre
17th March 2021
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands visited the Nederlands Dans Theatre (NDT) in The Hague on Tuesday to hear how the dance company is adjusting to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Queen was shown around by Emily Molnar, the Artistic Director of NDT, who took her to watch a dance…
Royal Wedding Rewind: Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands
10th March 2021
It was a wedding fit for a queen in waiting but the bride and groom only made it to the altar after a wave of protest, some of it angry, that threatened to stop their romance in its tracks. When Beatrix of the Netherlands, then heir to her country’s throne, wed Claus van…
Queen Maxima visits the Elance Academy
9th March 2021
Queen Máxima paid a virtual visit to the Elance Academy on International Women’s Day to learn more about the projects from the Dutch coaching academy.
At Elance, an organisation first supported by King Willem-Alexander’s and Queen Máxima’s Oranje Fonds Growth Program, girls and young women are mentored and trained to “become strong, ambitious women and role models for the next…
Queen Máxima has given a speech about financial equality between men and women to mark International Women’s Day.
The online event, A Call to Action for Reaching Financial Equality, was hosted by the Better Than Cash Alliance, UNCDF, World Bank Group and Women’s…
The teenagers who will one day assume the throne
7th March 2021
There are five teenagers in Europe who will one day assume the throne in their countries. Let’s take a look at the future monarchs.
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium:
Also known as the Duchess of Brabant (the title of the heir to the Belgian throne), Elisabeth will…
Queen Máxima received the first published copy of Transition from Head to Toe, a new book about menopause during a virtual visit to the Gelderse Vallei Hospital on Thursday.
The book was written by Mirjam van’t Veld and Marcelle Meesters, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gelderse Vallei Hospital and a writer, respectively, after they noticed that many women did not know the…
Queen Máxima pays digital visit to youth psychiatric centre
5th March 2021
Queen Máxima paid a virtual visit to Karakter, a child- and youth-based academic and psychiatry centre on Thursday.
On their official website, Karakter noted that, “The corona measures are difficult for many children, young people and their parents. Character is…
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands held a meeting with the President of South Africa on Tuesday as part of her continuing commitment with the United Nations and inclusive financing on the African continent.
Queen Máxima’s conversation with President Cyril Ramaphosa…
Princess Alexia of the Netherlands will follow in her father’s footsteps and is going to attend the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales after the summer. She is currently in the fourth year of the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet in The Hague, where her eldest sister the Princess of Orange and her younger sister Princess Ariane are also enrolled.
Princess Alexia will study for…