The Netherlands

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima at site of explosion in The Hague

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9th December 2024
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima visited The Hague to meet with the families of those affected by the explosion and fire, and to offer their condolences and support to first responders and volunteers in the area. Early Saturday morning, two explosions hit the Tarwekamp apartment building in The Hague. As of publication, six bodies have been recovered from the rubble and but other people…
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Princess Margriet oversees poignant ceremony

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28th October 2024
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands carried out a touching annual engagement. Early on Sunday morning, Princess Margriet attended the commemoration ceremony marking the lives of all Canadian soldiers who died during the Second World War who have been buried in the Canadian War Cemetery. She laid a wreath on behalf of the Dutch Royal Family. The date, 27 October, is an important…
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Queen Máxima is back to financial roots with local panel

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11th October 2024
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has had a busy autumn so far with several solo engagements, as well as joint engagements with her husband, King Willem-Alexander, and mother-in-law, Princess Beatrix. On Wednesday, she was able to return to her financial roots and attend a local panel promoting financial literacy.  The Dutch Queen was in Arnhem, an Eastern municipality, to learn what local…
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Queen Máxima marks special anniversary in project close to her heart

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27th September 2024
After 15 years spent working with the United Nations as its Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, Queen Máxima is stepping into a new role to advocate and manage financial health worldwide. Queen Máxima has been appointed the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Financial Health during a week of engagements in New York to coincide with the UN General…
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