Princess Christina of the Netherlands,
who died on Friday at the age of 72, will be the first Dutch royal
to be cremated. Members of the Dutch Royal house are normally
interred in the royal crypt in Delft, however, Princess Christina
ceased to be a member of the Dutch royal house when she married
Jorge Pérez y Guillermo in 1975. She remained a member of the royal
family. The last to be…
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander, Her
Majesty Queen Máxima and Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the
Netherlands have announced that Her Royal Highness Princess
Christina died earlier this morning at Noordeinde Palace in The
Hague at the age of 72. Princess Christina…
Princess Christina of The Netherlands
died early on Friday morning at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague at
the age of 72. Christina was the youngest sister of the former
Queen (now Princess) Beatrix of the Netherlands, which made her the
maternal aunt of King…
Queen Máxima will attend the launch of
the National AI Junior course in Toldijk, which will be the first
artificial intelligence course taught to young students in the
Netherlands, next month. The National AI Junior course was
developed by the National AI Course, FutureNL and UpgradeNL to
teach young people the principles of artificial intelligence. The
three organisations hope to “make…
Her Majesty The Queen is related to many
of Europe’s sovereigns, not in the least because of Queen
Victoria’s matchmaking but also because of another woman, Princess
Carolina of Orange-Nassau. Princess Carolina was born on28 February
1743 as the daughter…
Born just before the outbreak of the
Second World War in the Netherlands, this Dutch Princess received
the name Irene for the Greek goddess of peace. Princess Irene of
the Netherlands was born on 5 August 1939 as the second daughter of
the future Queen Juliana and Prince…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima to mark start of '75 Years of Freedom'
2nd August 2019
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima
will attend a Second World War commemoration service at the end of
the month marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the
Netherlands in 1945. The service will take place on August 31st in
Terneuzen, in the province of Zeeland, and King Willem-Alexander
and Queen Máxima will be joined by the Prime Minister of the
Netherlands, the Defence…
This summer, Royal Central is taking a
look at the lines of succession of royal families around the world.
Today we are looking at the Dutch line of succession. The Dutch
order of succession has just eight people, as only those who are
relatives of the monarch in the…
The royals might be heading off on their
summer holidays but their autumn diaries are already starting to
fill up. In recent days, two State Visits have been announced for
October 2019. The King and Queen of the Netherlands will make a
five day trip to India which will…
King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and
their daughters Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange, Princess
Alexia and Princess Ariane have posed for their annual summer
photos. This photocall is part of an agreement that allows the
royals’ privacy for the rest of the year. They also pose at their
annual winter holiday – usually at Lech in Austria. © RVD Wesley de
Wit This is the first…
