The Netherlands

Princess Mabel of Orange serves meals at AmsterdamDiner

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28th May 2019
Princess Mabel of Orange has attended the annual AmsterdamDiner, a fundraiser dinner for the fight against AIDS. The sister-in-law of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands is a regular guest of the dinner, but this year she was given a unique role: she served the meals. Each year Princess Mabel of Orange is a guest at the AmsterdamDiner of the AmsterdamDiner Foundation. The annual gala dinner…
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This Week in Royal Fashion: Kate at Bletchley Park, Camilla and Anne at garden party and Máxima in Ethiopia

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18th May 2019
It was another busy fashion week for the British royals as we saw the hats come out for the first garden party of the season, along with a vintage-inspired look for the Duchess of Cambridge’s visit to Bletchley Park. Meanwhile, Queen Máxima travelled to Ethiopia for a…
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This Week in Royal Fashion: Meghan and Baby Archie, Kate visits Wales, and Máxima at Make a Wish Foundation

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11th May 2019
It was a big royal week, as we finally welcomed Baby Sussex – now known as Archie Harrison – into the world. Meanwhile, William and Kate headed to Wales for a day of engagements, and Queen Máxima rocked an 80s style trouser suit. Let’s look at our fashion…
The Netherlands

Queen Máxima opens FT Future of Health Coverage event

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11th May 2019
On Thursday, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands opened the FT Future of Health Coverage event in Amsterdam delivering remarks in her role as the United Nations’ Secretary General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development. She began her remarks discussing the lack of affordable healthcare across the globe, “At least half of the world’s population is unable to obtain…
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Queen Wilhelmina’s war time plan for Belgium’s royals

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1st May 2019
By the end of the Second World War, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands tried to make a deal with the Nazis to save the Belgian royal family, according to newly published diaries of her foreign minister. By March 1945, both Belgium and the south of the Netherlands had been liberated by King Leopold III of the Belgians and his family were being held captive in Austria and it was feared that the…
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Looking back at the Queen's Day attack of 2009

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26th April 2019
Though Queen’s Day is now celebrated as King’s Day in the Netherlands, the 2009 celebrations in Apeldoorn will forever be marked by tragedy. De Naald by Brbbl – CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Ten years ago – on 30 April 2009 – Karst Tates drove his black Suzuki Swift through a crowd of people who had lined the streets to watch the Dutch Royal Family go by in a…
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