The Netherlands

Queen Máxima speaks in native Spanish at FORMIC 2018 on financial inclusion

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31st October 2018
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, who was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, spoke this week via video at the FORMIC 2018 conference which took place in Barranquilla, Colombia. Speaking in her native Spanish, Máxima explained “how technology-led innovations are creating new solutions for customers” in the six-minute video. The main topic of her remarks revolved around…
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King of the Netherlands delivers an address to the Houses of Parliament

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23rd October 2018
King Willem-Alexander addressed the House of Commons and the House of Lords today and spoke of his regret that the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union but before he did so he touched on the unique relationship between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images “You are our North Sea neighbour, but…
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Confirmed guests at the banquet of the State Visit of the Netherlands to the UK

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23rd October 2018
The Dutch media has been informed that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will join Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at the state banquet on the first evening of the State Visit of Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands to the UK. King Willem-Alexander’s sister-in-law, Princess Mabel has also been invited. On Wednesday morning, King Willem-Alexander and Queen…
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Princess Mabel of Orange launches VOW to end child marriage

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17th October 2018
Twelve million girls a year are forced to marry before the age of 18. That’s one in five women worldwide or a girl every three seconds. 650,000,000 of the women who are alive today were forced to get married as a child. Princess Mabel van Oranje, the sister-in-law of King Willem-Alexander, has co-launched VOW For Girls, a new initiative to put an end to child marriage worldwide. Princess…
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