Her Royal Highness Princess Ariane of the Netherlands will attend the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet in The Hague after the summer holidays, according to the Government Information Services (RVD). She currently attends the Openbare Bloemcampschool in Wassenaar, near The Hague. Her elder sisters The Princess of Orange and Princess Alexia also attend the same school. Christelijk Gymnasium…
Princess Beatrix officially opened a new exhibition at the Paleis Het Loo on Tuesday, The Garden of Earthly Worries.
Designed by Daniel Libeskind, a Polish-American artist, architect and designer, the exhibition consists of four sculptures.
“Conceived as a sculptural and…
Queen Máxima visits the Fotomuseum
4th April 2019
Queen Máxima visited the Netherlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam on Tuesday to view several exhibitions and learn more about the facilities.
One of the exhibitions she saw, during the tour given by Fotomuseum director Birgit Donker, was Shadows by Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar…
Who is Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau?
22nd March 2019
Prince Pieter-Christiaan is the third son of Princess Margriet (younger sister of Princess Beatrix) and Pieter van Vollenhoven, and hence, the first cousin of the current monarch, King Willem-Alexander.
His Highness Prince Pieter-Christiaan Michiel of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven was born on 22nd March 1972 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Pieter-Christiaan has two older brothers, Princes…
Today marks 15 years since the former Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, the grandmother of the Netherlands’ current monarch, King Willem-Alexander, died after suffering years of ill health at the hands of dementia.
By the mid-1990s, Princess Juliana, who had reverted…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima have released a statement following the terror attack in Utrecht on Monday morning which has claimed the lives of three people.
The King and Queen said: “It is a great sadness to us that three people were killed and others were…
King Willem-Alexander attends aviation centenary celebrations and strikes new commemorative gold coin
15th March 2019
On the occasion of the centenary celebrations of Dutch aviation, KLM – National airline of the Netherlands, NLR – Dutch Aerospace Center – and GKN Fokker Technologies, the successors of the civil aviation manufacturers founded originally in 1919 hosted an event on Thursday, 14th March to mark this important anniversary. The event was hosted at the EYE Museum in Amsterdam and as a…
Queen Máxima undergoes operation
15th March 2019
Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has undergone a minor and planned operation. The details of the operation have not been announced but the Queen has been ordered to rest, and so she will miss the NLDoet volunteer event today and tomorrow. She usually joins her…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima visit Germany
6th March 2019
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima were in Bremen today for a one-day visit. This visit is a part of a tour to all sixteen German states which began in 2013. This is the 13th state the Dutch King and Queen have visited since then. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Brandenburg…
Dutch royals hold first photo session of 2019
26th February 2019
Members of the Dutch Royal Family have held their first of two photo sessions this year in the Alps in Lech, Austria. Over 50 photographers and reporters travelled to the ski resort for the annual event.
Unlike last year, King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima, Princess Amalia (The Princess of Orange), Princess Alexia, and Princess Ariane were joined by their grandmother, Princess Beatrix; uncle…