Princess Irene, sister of former Queen
Beatrix and aunt to current King Willem-Alexander of the
Netherlands, is “deeply hurt” by the content of the new biography
on her mother, Queen Juliana, which was accompanied by a TV
documentary. She spoke on NPO Radio 2, “I find it to be a shocking
book. It really hurt me”. The new Dutch-language biography of Queen
Juliana (Juliana…
Schedule for King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima's visit to Australia and New Zealand
26th October 2016
At the special invitation of the
Governor-Generals of Australia and New Zealand, King
Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will pay a visit to the two
countries at the end of this month. The King and Queen of the
Netherlands will be in Australia from 31st October to 4th…
Queen Máxima has returned to her home
country of Argentina for the first time in her role as the United
Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance.
Her Majesty was in the Argentinian capital city of Buenos Aires for
her two-day trip. The Dutch…
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands opened an
exhibition on a colourful predecessor of hers this morning at the
Loo Palace in Apeldoorn. The exhibition about Anna Pavlovna of
Russia, wife of King William II of the Netherlands will open its
doors to the public tomorrow but was officially opened this morning
by Her Majesty, who arrived promptly at 11am with all due fanfare
and plenty of fans waiting to…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima opened the "Mapping Australia: Country to Cartography" exhibition
5th October 2016
Last Monday King Willem-Alexander
and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands opened the exhibition “Mapping
Australia: Country to Cartography” in the Aboriginal Art
Museum (AAMU) in Utrecht. The Royal Couple visited the exhibition
in preparation for the state visit…
Princess Laurentien, the sister in law of
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands is well-known for her
campaigns of literacy, and this week she paid a visit to the launch
of a special project for those where literacy has an added
difficulty – they are visually impaired.
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of
the Netherlands had knee surgery yesterday in the
Franciscus/Vlietland Hospital in Schiedam. During the surgery a
prosthesis was inserted in the right knee. The surgeons were doctor
M.J.M Driessen en doctor S. Breugem. Doctor Driessen also performed
surgery on Princess Beatrix’s left knee in 2005. It was the same
procedure that was done today on the…
Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the
Netherlands has been in Jakarta, Indonesia, to speak on financial
inclusion at the Indonesia Fintech Festival and Conference. She is
in the country as part of her role as the United Nations
Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for…
A 44-year-old man from Kampen, in the
province of Overijssel in The Netherlands, was convicted of
insulting King Willem-Alexander today. He used his Facebook page to
insult King Willem-Alexander, by calling him a murderer, rapist and
a thief. He also posted a doctored photo…
She was born Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti
17 May 1971 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Jorge Horacio
Zorreguieta and Maria del Carmen Cerruti de Zorreguieta. Her
Majesty has two brothers, one sister and three paternal
half-sisters. She was named after her paternal great-grandmother
Máxima Bonorino González. Máxima grew up in in the Recoleta
neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. Máxima…
