The Netherlands

Queen Máxima returns home to Argentina for UN Inclusive Finance

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12th October 2016
Queen Máxima has returned to her home country of Argentina for the first time in her role as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance. Her Majesty was in the Argentinian capital city of Buenos Aires for her two-day trip. The Dutch Royal House said in a press release, “She will speak about the government’s plans to develop a national strategy…
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Spain

Spanish royals commemorate National Day

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12th October 2016
The 12th of October is the National Day holiday, or Fiesta Nacional de España, in Spain. It is held each year on this date to commemorate Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas on behalf of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in 1492. Eugene Delacroix painting…
Monaco

A Visit To The Kremlin For Monaco’s Prince Albert

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9th October 2016
Prince Albert II of Monaco paid a visit to Russia on 6 October to mark the tenth anniversary of renewed diplomatic relations between Monaco and Russia. He had an audience with President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin. Afterwards the two heads of state opened the exhibition…
Sweden

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia visit Germany for Official State Visit

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9th October 2016
From 5 October to 8 October, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden made an official State Visit to Germany. German-born Queen Silvia seemed happy to return again to her home country when they arrived at Berlin’s Tegel Airport on the morning of 5 October. They were received by  German Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Head of Protocol Jürgen Christian Mertens and Sweden’s…
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Sweden

Some Swedish lawmakers want to abolish the monarchy

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7th October 2016
Swedish media, Expressen and Nyheter 24, have reported that several top Swedish lawmakers want to abolish the monarchy and turn the castles into museums. Politicians from the Centre Party, Social Democrats, Left Party, Green Party, and Liberal Party have filed a joint motion…
InsightThe Netherlands

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima opened the "Mapping Australia: Country to Cartography" exhibition

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5th October 2016
Last Monday King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands opened the exhibition “Mapping Australia: Country to Cartography” in the Aboriginal Art Museum (AAMU) in Utrecht. The Royal Couple visited the exhibition in preparation for the state visit to Australia and New Zealand that  will take place in late October and early November. Exactly 400 years ago, Dutchman Dirk…
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Norway

King Harald V of Norway stumbles during the opening of Parliament

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3rd October 2016
King Harald V of Norway formally opened Norway’s 161st session of Parliament this afternoon in Oslo. The day began with His Majesty being driven in his 1966 Lincoln Continental convertible with Queen Sonja through downtown Oslo before arriving at the Storting building, where the Storting Norwegian Parliament is housed. This is the only day of the year where the King, Parliament, Supreme…
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