It was as if it was meant to be, the rain in Amersfoort stopped just long enough to allow the Dutch Royal Family to meet everyone along the route. Afterwards, King Willem-Alexander said, “We, and the sun, have had an amazing party! I would like to come back, and often too!” King Willem-Alexander celebrated in his 52nd birthday today.
The visit began with a performance by artist Wudstik…
With the accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in 1980, Queen’s Day truly became a day of interacting with the public. Let’s take a look at some of the best moments from Queen’s Day and King’s Day.
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Prince Claus, the…
Though Queen’s Day is now celebrated as King’s Day in the Netherlands, the 2009 celebrations in Apeldoorn will forever be marked by tragedy.
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Ten years ago – on 30 April 2009 – Karst Tates…
The city of Amersfoort is slowly turning orange as it awaits the arrival of the Royal Family tomorrow for King’s Day. Although the royals are not expected to arrive by train, most of the public will be using public transport, and the Amersfoort Central Station welcomes its travellers with huge orange banners wishing everyone a happy King’s Day, there are orange menus on the ticket…
On 25 April, Princess Marie attended the presentation of Princess Marie-Esmeralda of Belgium’s 2014 book 10 Femmes Prix Nobel de la Paix (10 Women who won the Nobel Peace Prize) in Rungsted.
In 2014, Princess Marie-Esmeralda interviewed the nine women who won the Nobel…
It was in February that Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway opened a brand new exhibition in Queen Sonja Art Stable in Oslo. On Friday, another art piece was added to the ongoing show, and Royal Central’s Senior Europe Correspondent Oskar Aanmoen was invited to the…
Surprise! The Duchess of Brabant joins her father King Philippe on visit to firefighters of Brussels
26th April 2019
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium has unexpectedly joined her father, King Philippe on a visit to the firefighters of Brussels. The Duchess of Brabant seemed very interested and asked a lot of questions such as “Are there also many women here?”
King Philippe of Belgium was scheduled to visit the firefighter formation centre on Friday morning. Surprisingly, he showed up alongside his…
Royal Central takes a look at the tradition of celebrating the monarch’s birthday that began as Princess’s Day.
In the 19th century, King William III of the Netherlands faced quite a bit of unpopularity but his four-year-old daughter Wilhelmina, his future…
Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia visited a children’s hospital in Serbia on Thursday. This was part of an annual tradition that the Crown Princess has to visit a hospital every Easter. Crown Princess Katherine visited children in the Children’s Hospital for Pulmonary…
More details released for Grand Duke Jean's funeral, Grand Ducal Court in mourning for six weeks
26th April 2019
More details have been released for the state funeral for Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg by the Grand Ducal Court, which will take place on 4 May.
The Marshal of the Court announced yesterday that the Grand Ducal Court would be in mourning for six weeks.
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It was also revealed that the Grand Duke’s body would be transported from Luxembourg’s Berg…
