Several new photographs were revealed
yesterday by the Royal House of the Netherlands ahead of Princess
Beatrix’s 80th birthday today. They were taken by Jeroen van
der Meyde who has snapped many images of the Dutch Royal Family in
the past. The seven pictures were taken in the autumn of 2017
at Drakensteyn Castle in Lage Vuursche with one image
featuring the former Queen of the…
How Princesses Beatrix and Margriet will celebrate their upcoming birthdays
14th January 2018
The Royal House of the Netherlands
recently announced how Princess Beatrix and Princess Margriet would
celebrate their upcoming birthdays. The former Queen of the
Netherlands, Princess Beatrix, will celebrate her 80th birthday on
31 January privately in the presence of…
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…
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 gift” to be able to celebrate it
with so many people. There were also moments of sadness and grief,
like the loss of his…
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…
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 nothing in the studied
documents showed that there was such a specific compensation
scheme, or so-called ‘secret tax deal,”…
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…
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 former duchies of Parma and
Piacenza. His eldest daughter Princess Luisa Irene was granted the
title of “Marquise of…
