The Netherlands

Just like us! Working Queen Máxima gets a call from daughter wanting permission to attend event

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3rd October 2019
Queen Máxima is like any other working mother. While attending events overseas for her role as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA), the Queen received a call from one of her daughters who wanted to attend an event. Máxima gave permission, but since she was out of the country, she told her daughter that she was going to have to get…
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Cost of Dutch Queen's UN Work revealed

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23rd September 2019
The Dutch government has revealed the cost associated with Queen Máxima’s work as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development. The cost, which averages around €150,000 per year, factors in travel and accommodation costs for Queen Máxima and a member of the Royal Family Service, who accompanies her. The rest is spent on “multilateral activities”…
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King Willem-Alexander holds Princes’ Day speech

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17th September 2019
The third Tuesday of September is traditionally Princes’ Day, the day on which the reigning monarch of the Netherlands addresses a joint session of the Dutch Senate and House of Representatives to give the speech from the throne. The speech sets out the main policy items of the coming parliamentary session. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima arrived at the Knight’s Hall in the…
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Princess Beatrix to attend Putten raid commemoration

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4th September 2019
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands will attend the 75th commemoration of the Putten raid in October. She will attend a meeting in the Old Church in the town of Putten with several relatives of the victims. She will be accompanied by Paul Blokhuis, the State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sports. The commemoration of the Putten raid will be held on 2 October, by the county of Putten and the…
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