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Máxima at 50: An interview at the palace

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18th May 2021
Queen Máxima received Matthijs van Nieuwkerk at her home at Huis ten Bosch Palace for an interview for her 50th birthday.The interview took place in her office at the Palace and was broadcast on the evening of her birthday. The interviewer brought her a present of a book of poetry, and Queen Máxima indulged him by reading a piece in Spanish. She returned the favour by surprising him with a…
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Serbia

Serbia’s Crown Prince Couple greets winners of drawing competition

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18th May 2021
Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia hosted fifteen children from the Municipality of Subotica, who are the winners of the competition “How Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses live in the 21st century”, at the Royal Palace.Children aged 6 to 15 competed in drawing and writing essays, and the competition was organized by the Kolibri…
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Norway

Norway's Royal Family lead celebrations on country's national day

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17th May 2021
Norway has been celebrating its national day and although events were smaller this year, due to the pandemic, the Norwegian royal family had a central role during the celebrations. Led by King Harald, they remained the centre of this second, consecutive scaled back National Day celebrations.The National Day started traditionally for the Crown Prince’s family at home in Asker, where they…
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The Netherlands

Queen Máxima at 50: her childhood

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17th May 2021
As Queen Máxima celebrates her 50th birthday today, we are taking a look at her childhood in Argentina and how she grew up to become the Queen Consort of the Netherlands.Born Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti on 17 May 1971, the fourth daughter of Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta (1928-2017) and the first child of Maria del Carmen Cerruti de Zorreguieta came into the world in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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