Queen Máxima paid a virtual visit to the
Elance Academy on International Women’s Day to learn more about the
projects from the Dutch coaching academy. At Elance, an
organisation first supported by King Willem-Alexander’s and Queen
Máxima’s Oranje Fonds Growth Program, girls and young women are
mentored and trained to “become strong, ambitious women and role
models for the next…
Queen Maxima gives speech about financial equality for International Women's Day
9th March 2021
Queen Máxima has given a speech about
financial equality between men and women to mark International
Women’s Day. The online event, A Call to Action for Reaching
Financial Equality, was hosted by the Better Than Cash Alliance,
UNCDF, World Bank Group and Women’s…
Crown Princess Mary on women's rights: "We must continue to be ambitious"
9th March 2021
Crown Princess Mary celebrated
International Women’s Day with a series of virtual engagements,
including a welcome message for KVINFO’s online event. In her
speech, shared to the Danish Royal House social media accounts, the
Crown Princess said, “[International…
Denmark's Crown Princess Mary and Princess Josephine mark International Women's Day
8th March 2021
Crown Princess Mary shared a personal
story to the Danish Royal Family’s Instagram on International
Women’s Day. The story involves her youngest child, Princess
Josephine, seeing a headline about International Women’s Day and
wondering what it meant. “For breakfast this morning my youngest
daughter Josephine spotted a headline that it was International
Women’s Day. She asked…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway pays tribute to his mother Queen Sonja on International Woman’s Day
8th March 2021
Monday marks International Woman’s Day –
a global day of celebration for women around the world. In a new
interview with the Norwegian newspaper Vårt Land, Crown Prince
Haakon pays tribute to his mother, Queen Sonja. The Crown Prince
gave the interview in connection…
Serbia's Crown Princess Katherine praises all of the "mothers, grandmothers, daughters and wives" on International Woman’s Day
8th March 2021
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess
Katherine of Serbia celebrated International Woman’s Day, although
with some sadness due to the fact that the traditional Ladies Lunch
will not be taking place this year at the Royal Palace in Belgrade.
Her Royal Highness said: “In…
There are five teenagers in Europe who
will one day assume the throne in their countries. Let’s take a
look at the future monarchs. Princess Elisabeth of Belgium: Also
known as the Duchess of Brabant (the title of the heir to the
Belgian throne), Elisabeth will come of age on 25 October.
Elisabeth, as the eldest of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde’s four
children, is first in…
Queen Letizia met with the winner of this
year’s Princess of Girona 2021 Arts and Letters Award on Thursday,
and held a roundtable talk with previous winners, ahead of this
year’s virtual awards ceremony. María Sánchez Rodríguez was named
as the 2021 Arts and…
Queen Máxima received the first published
copy of Transition from Head to Toe, a new book about menopause
during a virtual visit to the Gelderse Vallei Hospital on Thursday.
The book was written by Mirjam van’t Veld and Marcelle Meesters,
the Chairman of the Board…
Queen Máxima paid a virtual visit to
Karakter, a child- and youth-based academic and psychiatry centre
on Thursday. On their official website, Karakter noted that, “The
corona measures are difficult for many children, young people and
their parents. Character is extremely proud of the dedication of
employees in these complicated times. This was an important reason
to invite Queen Máxima to…
