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Schedule for King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima's visit to Australia and New Zealand

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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 November, and in New Zealand from 7th to 9th November. The schedule for the King and Queen’s visit has recently been…
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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima opened the "Mapping Australia: Country to Cartography" exhibition

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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 to Australia and New Zealand that  will take place in late October and early November. Exactly 400 years ago, Dutchman Dirk…
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Princess Beatrix undergoes knee surgery

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2nd October 2016
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…
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Queen Máxima in Indonesia to speak on financial inclusion

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2nd September 2016
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 Inclusive Finance for Development. Upon arrival at the conference, she was greeted by Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi.
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Queen Wilhelmina used drugs during the Second World War

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16th June 2016
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands used the drug perventine, now better known as crystal meth, during the Second World War. It is reported by Marcel Verburg, who is a legal historian, in his new book about the history of the Ministry of Justice during the years 1940 to 1945. He is not the first to report the drug use, but he is the first to draw significant attention to it. Cees Fasseur, a royal…
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