On Tuesday, 2 October, King
Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands visited the Royal
Netherlands Marechaussee in the Willem Lodewijk of
Nassaukazerne in Zoutkamp. His Majesty’s visit was aimed at
watching a military exercise promoted by the Royal Netherlands
Marechaussee where 200 guards take part in for two weeks in a
realistic scenario. The guards are responsible for securing a
fictional…
United States First Daughter, Ivanka
Trump, spoke about Queen Máxima of the Netherlands on Tuesday
evening regarding how much she has learned from the
Argentinian-born Queen of the Netherlands. Trump and Her Majesty
met for the third time in New York’s Four Seasons…
As the United Nations plans to hold its
annual General Assembly in New York, royals from several royal
families from across the globe will be in attendance for the 73rd
session. The royal families of Belgium, Denmark, Jordan, the
Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Tonga will be…
Queen Máxima: "There are no words" after four children are killed in a train accident
20th September 2018
Queen Máxima had just arrived in
Friesland in the north of the Netherlands today for a happy
occasion when news reached the Queen that a terrible accident had
taken place in Oss, in the south of the Netherlands. Four children
were killed, and one child and one adult were seriously injured
when the electric carrier cycle they were travelling on was hit by
a train on a crossing. The ANP news…
On Thursday, several royals and head of
states attended the state funeral for Kofi Annan in Accra, Ghana.
Kofi Annan was the Secretary-General of the United Nations, holding
the position from January 1997 to December 2006. Kofi Annan and
the UN received the Nobel Peace…
Yesterday, Queen Máxima of the
Netherlands visited one of the winners of Appeltje van
Oranje 2018 at the YETS Foundation in
Schiedam. The YETS Foundation is one of this year’s winners
of the Appeltje van Oranje 2018. The organisation provides
vulnerable young…
Princess Beatrix and Princess Mabel to attend funeral of Kofi Annan
7th September 2018
Princess Beatrix, the former Queen of the
Netherlands, and her daughter-in-law, Princess Mabel of Orange are
to attend the funeral of former Secretary-General of the United
Nations, Kofi Annan, who died on 18 August. Now it has been
announced that the former Queen of the Netherlands, Princess
Beatrix will attend the state funeral of Koffi Annan, and she will
be accompanied by her daughter-in-law…
On Saturday, 27 April 2019 the city of
Amersfoort will host Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands for the annual celebration of
Koningsdag, or ‘King’s Day’, which marks the birthday of His
Majesty. King’s Day is a national holiday…
This last week, Princess Beatrix opened
an exhibition of sculptures at House Doorn near Utrecht. The
exhibition is entitled “Resistance and Sadness in the picture” and
features work from Germany and the Netherlands – the former
representing links with World War I and…
King Willem-Alexander to attend 125th anniversary of The Hague Conference on Private International Law
14th August 2018
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the
Netherlands is due to attend the 125th anniversary of The Hague
Conference on Private International Law (HCCH). The King will
attend on the afternoon of Wednesday, 12 September at the Theater
Diligentia in The Hague. The HCCH, an intergovernmental
organisation, works to create international treaties, also
called Hague Conventions, to have consistent…
