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Queen Máxima receives Order of the House of Orange for her 50th birthday

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18th May 2021
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has received the Grand Cross of the Order of the House of Orange from her husband King Willem-Alexander for her 50th birthday. The honour is granted for services to the Royal House at the discretion of the monarch and is not subject to ministerial responsibility. It was instituted in 1905 by Queen Wilhelmina as she no longer had the use of the Order of the Oak…
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Queen Máxima at 50: her childhood

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17th May 2021
As Queen Máxima celebrates her 50th birthday today, we are taking a look at her childhood in Argentina and how she grew up to become the Queen Consort of the Netherlands. Born Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti on 17 May 1971, the fourth daughter of Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta (1928-2017) and the first child of Maria del Carmen Cerruti de Zorreguieta came into the world in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima lead the nation in remembering the war dead

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4th May 2021
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands attended the annual Remembrance of the Dead tonight. The ceremony took place on an empty Dam Square in Amsterdam for the second year in a row. The public, which usually attends en masse, was asked to remain at home. Although the Remembrance began as a commemoration of the victims of the Second World War, it now includes all Dutch…
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Queen Máxima visits cleaning company in Uden

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20th April 2021
Queen Máxima paid a working visit to CSU, a cleaning business with headquarters in Uden, on Tuesday to celebrate the company’s win in the Large Business category for the Koning Willem I Awards. CSU has eleven offices throughout the Netherlands and employs over 15,000 people. Given the focus on hygiene and cleanliness, all social distancing and health protocols were followed, and, where…
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