The Netherlands

Dutch version of The Crown sees wider release

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19th October 2024
Máxima, a 2024 Dutch television series covering Queen Máxima’s early life and relationship with King Willem-Alexander, is going to be airing across the world ahead of further episodes. It is considered by many to be the Netherlands answer to The Crown.Máxima premiered in April 2024 in the Netherlands and is a six-episode series exploring the life of Máxima Zorreguieta in her 20s when she…
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The Netherlands

The king who might have found his country under invasion from Boris Johnson

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28th September 2024
The former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has revealed he considered invading the Netherlands during the height of the Covid pandemic.Boris Johnson writes in his memoir that he looked at the possibility of launching an aquatic raid on a warehouse in Leiden to grab vaccines he believed belonged to the UK by right as they had been developed in the country.Quite what King Willem-Alexander…
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The Netherlands

The versatile tiara worn by several queens

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27th August 2024
Queen Beatrix ruled the Netherlands for 33 years; she took the throne in 1980 upon the abdication of her mother, Queen Juliana. She chose to abdicate in 2013 with her son, Willem-Alexander, taking the throne. Queen Beatrix held a special gala the night before her abdication and wore a unique tiara, the Württemberg Ornate Pearl Tiara. Beatrix has a long history with the Württemberg Ornate…
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