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Princess Catharina-Amalia performs in her very own musical

Princess Catharina-Amalia, also known as the Princess of Orange as the heir to the Dutch throne, spent her Tuesday night in the Royal Theatre in The Hague performing in a musical that she wrote – called The Christmas Convent. Fun fact – the Royal Theatre was built as a palace for Catharina-Amalia’s musical ancestress Carolina of Orange-Nassau, but unfortunately, it was never…
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Princess Catharina-Amalia won't get a big birthday party

Queen Máxima revealed to RTL Boulevard that her eldest daughter, Princess Catharina-Amalia, the Princess of Orange, won’t be getting a big birthday party. The heir to the Dutch throne will turn 16 on the 7th of December.When asked about her daughter’s upcoming birthday, she answered, “There won’t be a big celebration. She still has a lot of work to do for school, the…
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Queen Máxima in Pakistan

Queen Máxima has been visiting Pakistan this week in her role as the Special Advocate of the UN Secretary-General for Inclusive Financing for Development to view the progress of the country’s access to financial services.Beginning her visit on Monday in Islamabad…
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Dutch King lets passenger on overbooked flight sit in cockpit

His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands is a well-known pilot. He thinks flying is fun and trained as a pilot for the national Dutch air-operator, KLM. This week, a special thing happened on one of a KLM flight from Amsterdam to Paris, under the charge of the Dutch king.The flight was overbooked and it was Willem-Alexander who came up with the great solution that made one…
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Queen Máxima and Princess Beatrix present the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Prize

Queen Máxima and her mother-in-law, Princess Beatrix honoured those supporting culture in the Netherlands as they presented the annual prize of the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Monday at Muziekgebouw concert hall in Amsterdam.The fund was created in the 1940s by Princess Beatrix’s father, Prince Bernhard, to help buy war material for the British and Dutch Governments during WWII. After…
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