The Netherlands

Dutch Royal Family congratulates athletes on successful Olympics

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12th August 2024
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima have shared their congratulations for Dutch athletes on social media at the close of the 2024 Summer Olympics. King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima, Princess Catharina Amalia and Princess Alexia were in Paris for the first week of the 2024 Games and were able to see several historic medals won for the Netherlands.  While the family was not able to…
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The Dutch 'A-Team' arrives in Paris

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27th July 2024
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…
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The King of the Netherlands jokes he's ''too Dutch''

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26th July 2024
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 to rule the Netherlands for over a century got there ten minutes early and had to hang about on the red carpet making small…
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Princess Amalia to stop reimbursing her public allowance in 2025

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8th May 2024
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 of time and following surprising circumstances, it is now foreseeable that I will have to take into account personnel and…
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The diamond tiara hidden for decades that is now the favourite of a queen

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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 King of the Netherlands. And this diadem packs plenty of history for some truly historic pictures. The Stuart Tiara is…
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