Close to 1.7 million people tuned in to
watch King Willem-Alexander’s Christmas address in the Netherlands
on Monday. The King of the Netherlands delivered his annual
Christmas speech from his home in Wassenaar. According to
Vorsten, 1,259,000 people in the Netherlands during the
afternoon watched the King on four different television channels:
NPO 1, NPO 2, RTL 4 and SBS 6. Another…
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands urges for a "greater we" in Christmas speech
25th December 2017
King Willem-Alexander has made his annual
Christmas speech from his home in Wassenaar. The speech was
broadcast today on Dutch national television. The King began his
speech with a look back on his private life. He turned 50 years in
2017 and called it “an amazing…
Her MajestyQueen Máxima of the
Netherlands has written a blog post called “Crescendo” after
attending the Christmas Music Gala last week in Rotterdam. She is
the honorary chairman of More Music in the Classroom (Méér Muziek
in de Klas). Among those performing…
I have long been advocating for more
books to be written in English about the royals of mainland Europe,
so I was thrilled to hear about and read Darling Queen – Dear Old
Bones: Queen Wilhelmina’s correspondence with her English
governess Miss Saxton Winter by Emerentia van Heuven-van
Nes and published by Amsterdam University Press. It was
initially printed in Dutch several years ago…
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands
revealed the results of a commission’s investigation into whether
the Dutch Royal Family received a secret tax deal with the
government, confirming that there is no deal. “The conclusion of
the historical investigation is that…
Flashback Friday: King Willem-Alexander makes special agreement with daughters' bodyguards
6th October 2017
Earlier this year, King Willem-Alexander
made a special agreement with his daughters’ bodyguards. This news
was announced by His Majesty in a longer television interview
broadcast on the Dutch television channel NPO1 in connection with
the King’s 50th birthday in…
After yet another senseless tragedy, this
time in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Their Majesties King
Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands have reacted
to the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history that left
at least 59 dead and over 500 injured when 64-year-old Stephen
Paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay
Hotelonto a country music festival, with…
Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma has
granted his two daughters Italian titles in his capacity as titular
Duke of Parma and Piacenza. He granted the titles last Friday after
the mass in the Steccata Basilic in Parma during a meeting of the
ancient orders of knighthood of the…
Next year the Royal House of the
Netherlands will receive more resources to cover their expenses.
The government has approved the rise of funds for the Royal House
and made the decision public. While most of the royal families are
confronted with a declining budget to cover…
Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the
Netherlands has had transparent braces put on her teeth. The clear
braces were noticed this past week while she was conducting
engagements. Her first event this past week was on Tuesday when she
made a surprise appearance in Delft, and then on Thursday, the
46-year-old Queen was in Utrecht and Amerongen. The Government
Information Services (RVD) in the…
