The Netherlands

King and Queen of the Netherlands to undertake state visit to Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania

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21st May 2018
It was announced by the Dutch Government Information Service (RVD) that King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands will undertake state visits to Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania next month. The visit will start in Latvia on 11 June. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will be officially welcomed at the Presidential Palace in Riga by the President. They will then lay flowers at…
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Princess Margriet opens new exhibition on emigration to Canada

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3rd May 2018
Princess Margriet, sister of former Queen Beatrix and aunt to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, opened a new exhibition on emigration to Canada at the Open Air Museum in Arnhem called “We are going to Canada.” The exhibition hopes to present the dilemmas facing potential emigrants in the 1950s. The exhibition is sponsored by the Heersink family, who emigrated to Canada with…
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Dutch royals are hiding spending from public

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27th April 2018
The Royal Family in the Netherlands costs the country around six times more than stated in the national budget, according to Republikeins Genootschap, an anti-monarchy group. The official budget for the royals is around €60 million. However, the republicans claim the real cost to society is €350 million per year, with the family having hidden numerous costs. The fact the Oranjes pay little…
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Who is Princess Annette of the Netherlands?

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18th April 2018
Princess Annette is the wife of Prince Bernhard, second son of Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven. She was born, Annette Sekrève on the 18th April 1972 in The Hague, and after she had passed the highest award in Dutch secondary education, she went to the University of Groningen and obtained an MSc in psychology in 1996. It was while she was studying at Groningen that she met Prince…
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