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…
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…
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 her mother’s
second marriage. Her father passed away when she was just
nine-years-old from a skating accident, and her…
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…
Dutch King to commemorate anniversary of United Nations International Court of Justice
26th March 2016
Wednesday, 20th April will mark the 70th
aniversery of the founding of the United Nations International
Court of Justice, ICJ and will be attended by King
Willem-Alexander. His Excellency, President Judge Ronny Abraham
will deliver a commemorative speech. Other prominent members of the
UN, including His Excellency Mr Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General and
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bert Koenders will…
By Charlie Proctor, with additional
reporting by Moniek Bloks The royals of Europe have today been
sending messages of condolence to the King of Belgium and the
Belgian people following the terror attacks which took place in the
early hours of Tuesday morning. Several…
The Duke of Parma’s objections to his
illegitimate’s son request to change his last name to ‘de Bourbon
de Parme’ have been denied by the Dutch Secretary of Security and
Justice on 9 March. The name change will soon be announced by royal
decree. The…
From left to right: Catharina-Amalia,
Princess of Orange, King Willem-Alexander, Princess Ariane, Queen
Maxima and Princess Alexia via Flickr.com Princess Alexia of the
Netherlands, who is the second daughter of King Willem-Alexander
and Queen Máxima, has broken her leg during a family skiing holiday
in Lech, Austria. The ten year old was rushed to a local
hospital by helicopter where a…
