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. The project which runs
until 14th October is entitled “Read Fest: all children should be
able to read”. The event was…
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…
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 of an execution, where the
head of one of the victims was replaced by King Willem-Alexander’s
head. He appeared in…
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…
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…
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark was among
the speakers at the Opening Ceremony of the Women Deliver
Conference in Copenhagen yesterday. The Crown Princess spoke about
how she was inspired to take up the cause of women’s rights seven
years ago, when someone from Chad told her that in their country
“when a woman gives birth she has one foot in the grave.” “That 300
000 women…
In the second edition of “Who Is?”,
Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau is the focus. She was
born Mabel Martine Los on 11 August 1968 to Hendrik Los
and Florence Kooman in Pijnacker, Netherlands. The Princess
has three sisters, in which the youngest two are from…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of
the Netherlands attended the Remembrance Day commemoration on Dam
Square, opposite the Royal Palace in Amsterdam. Remembrance Day is
the day before the official liberation day in the Netherlands and
used to commemorate only the Dutch…
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has been
named among those on Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People
list for 2016. The Queen is the only Dutch citizen and the only
member of royalty in this year’s list. In a short article that he
wrote about her for Time Magazine, Tilman Ehrbeck praised Queen
Máxima’s work towards financial inclusion in developing countries.
“To…
