The Dutch Royal Family are wrapping up
their orange Olympic adventures for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris
and had a packed Tuesday before they headed home. On day four, King
Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima, Princess Catharina Amalia, and
Princess Alexia packed their schedule to see as many Dutch athletes
compete as possible. They started out their day by watching
both the…
The ‘A-Team’ has arrived in Paris for the
Olympic Games. Princess Catharina-Amalia, the Princess of Orange,
and her younger sister Princess Alexia took in a hockey match with
their parents on the first full day of competition Saturday. The
young royals are fixtures…
The King of the Netherlands has joked
that he is ”too Dutch” after his good manners left him waiting at
an important event. King Willem-Alexander was among the guests of
honour at a reception in Paris on the eve of the Olympic Games.
However, the first man…
The Dutch King often welcomes ambassadors
and dignitaries in a very specific room in Palace ten Bosch. While
the room looks like it may simply be a design choice, it actually
holds the family’s history. The Dutch State commissioned the DNA
Room in 2019 and artist Jacob van der Beugel created the room. The
room is created out of 80,000 handmade ceramic blocks that have
been divided up…
The Dutch Royal Family posed for their
annual summer photos at Huis ten Bosch Palace Friday, and it was
the royal sisters who stole the show. King Willem-Alexander, Queen
Máxima, Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess Alexia and Princess
Ariane gathered for a series of…
The Princess of Orange has announced that
beginning in 2025, she will no longer reimburse her public
allowance. In a letter to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on
Tuesday, Princess Amalia wrote that she will stop refunding her
constitutional allowance “With the passing…
For centuries, tiaras have been a symbol
of royalty and some gems hold more significance than others when
used in these sparkling signs of power. The ruby. It’s been used in
royal jewellery collections for centuries and it now features in
some of the most striking pieces in European vaults. The Dutch
royal gem collection has some famous examples of the stone
including a once forgotten piece…
It’s not the most talked about royal
wedding of all time but the marriage that took place on a cold,
January day in 1967 has proved to be an important one for the Dutch
Royal Family. Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, aunt of the
current monarch King Willem-Alexander…
The diamond tiara hidden for decades that is now the favourite of a queen
14th March 2024
It’s perhaps the most talked about tiara
in the Dutch royal collection and it’s been chosen by Queen Maxima
for her latest official portrait. The queen wears it in a set of
photos marking the tenth anniversary of the accession of her
husband, Willem-Alexander, as…
Queen Máxima began a four-day visit to
Colombia on Sunday, focusing on financial health and innovation as
she continues her work with the United Nations. Queen Máxima has
been the UN’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for
Development since 2009. The Dutch queen has made financial
inclusion a cornerstone of her royal work, and this visit to
Colombia is billed as one that will…
