Today, King Willem-Alexander and Queen
Máxima officially started their three days state visit to
Luxembourg. © Cour grand-ducale / Cyril Moreau / Best image They
were welcomed at the airport by Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and
Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie. There was a funny moment when
Queen Máxima and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie greeted each
other as their hats collided and…
Various royal houses have announced the
attendance of their members at the 50th birthday celebrations for
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark this weekend. The Crown Prince
will turn 50 on 26 May. Photo released for Crown Prince Frederik’s
50th. © Photographer Steen…
King and Queen of the Netherlands to undertake state visit to Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania
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…
Yesterday Their Majesties King
Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima and Her Royal Highness Princess
Mabel of the Netherlands attended a Red Ribbon Concert at AFAS Live
in Amsterdam. The concert was put on to raise international
interest and attention for AIDS research and response worldwide,
and to show solidarity for those living with HIV and AIDS. For more
than 15 years Princess Mabel has been…
The Dutch King and Queen took part in a
two-minute silence on Friday to remember the atrocities of World
War II and commemorate those who died in the war and other armed
conflicts. Also attending the commemoration was Dutch Prime
Minister Mark Rutte. The silence took place…
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…
Willem–Alexander Claus George Ferdinand
was born in the Utrecht at University Medical Centre on 27 April
1967. He is the oldest child of (the former Queen) Princess Beatrix
and German diplomat Claus Von Amsberg. King Willem- Alexander is
the first grandchild of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. He was
baptised on 2 September 1967 in St Jacob’s Church in the Hague. His
godparents are…
Several new photos released to mark five years on the throne for Dutch King Willem-Alexander
27th April 2018
Several new photos of the Dutch Royal
Family have been released by the Government Information Service
(RVD) in celebration of the five year anniversary of being on the
throne for King Willem-Alexander on 30 April. They were released
yesterday, the day before his 51st…
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…
In a message shared on the website of the
Royal House of the Netherlands at the end of last week, it was
announced that Dutch King Willem-Alexander has no personal shares
in companies which have a ‘Royal’ predicate. The short message did
not state whether other members of the Royal Family currently have
or previously have had shares in royal companies, saying only: “The
predicated does…
