When Baby Sussex is born in a few weeks
time, he or she will be seventh in line to the British throne. They
are not the only royals to hold the lucky number seven position in
a line of succession. Let’s take a look at Baby Sussex’s
counterparts in their lines of succession. Belgium: Archduchess
Anna Astrid, 2 – Anna Astrid is the only child of Prince Amedeo and
Princess…
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…
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 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, the second in a trilogy of
exhibits dedicated to a single image. In this exhibition, the image
is inspired by the work of Koen…
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…
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 seriously injured in an attack in
Utrecht. We feel intensely for the victims and their families. Acts
of violence are…
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…
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
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 are set to follow in May.
Embed from Getty Images The King and Queen were welcomed at the
Hans Koschnick airport by the…
