The Royal Netherlands Army has renamed
three of their units for the daughters of King Willem-Alexander;
Princesses Catharina-Amalia, Alexia and Ariane. King
Willem-Alexander gave his permission to have the units named for
his daughters. Three existing tank regiments of the cavalry will be
merged under the new name “Regiment Huzars Princess
Catharina-Amalia” while two new units will…
Queen Máxima spoke at the first ASEAN
Women’s Leaders’ Summit about the role women will play in
rebuilding the community in a post-COVID world. ASEAN, or the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is made up of ten member
states: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines…
Man who threatened Princess Catharina-Amalia sentenced to three months in jail
4th November 2020
A 32-year-old man has been sentenced to
three months in jail and mandatory treatment for sending
threatening messages to the heir to the Dutch throne, Princess
Catharina-Amalia. The prosecutor had demanded 10 months in jail and
mandatory treatment. The convicted man…
Dutch King and Queen send message of support after Nice terror attack
29th October 2020
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of
the Netherlands have sent a message of support following a
suspected terror attack in Nice, France. “The horrible act of
violence this morning in Nice at the Basilique Notre-Dame de
l’Assomption has shocked us. Once again, France – the country the
Netherlands is so connected to – has been hit. Our hearts go out to
all those that…
With the absence of state visits to the
UK this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are taking a look
back at the Dutch state visit to the UK that began on this day in
2018. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima undertook a two-day
state visit to the UK from 23 to 24…
Queen Máxima gave a keynote speech on the
importance of owning digital identity documents as part of an event
organised by the World Bank Group. The Queen spoke at the Inclusive
Digital ID for a Resilient Recovery from COVID-19 event within the
framework of the…
Princess Catharina-Amalia of the
Netherlands will receive a letter this week from the Dutch
government encouraging her into military service. The letter,
announced by Ank Bijleveld, the Minister of Defence, was sent to
212,000 young people who were born in 2003 and are on the cusp of
adulthood and the age that they can join the Dutch military. In a
video posted to his Twitter account…
The King and Queen of the Netherlands
have spoken of their regret over their decision to take a holiday
in Greece when their country was facing new coronavirus
restrictions. In a specially recorded message, the Dutch monarch
said the decision to take the trip had been a…
The King of the Netherlands and his
family have returned to the Netherlands after cancelling their
controversial holiday to Greece on Friday evening. King
Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima, Princess Amalia, Princess Alexia
and Princess Ariane arrived back at Huis ten Bosch…
King Willem-Alexander and his family have
ended their holiday in Greece only hours after landing amidst a
storm of criticism. The Dutch royals travelled to Athens on a
government plane to begin their autumn break on Friday but when
this became known to the wider public, it led to controversy. Just
last Tuesday, the Netherlands went into a partial lockdown and
people were advised not to travel…
