European RoyalsThe Netherlands

King Willem-Alexander invites 150 citizens for his 50th birthday dinner

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21st February 2017
King Willem-Alexander has invited 150 people to join him at the dinner for his 50th birthday. There is just one catch if you want to be in for a chance of an invite, your birthday should also be on the 27th, and it has to be a milestone (or a so-called “Crown”-year, which can be divided by five) birthday. The formal dinner is set to take place the day after King’s Day, on 28…
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King Willem-Alexander calls for reason in Christmas speech

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26th December 2016
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands has called for the return of reason in his annual Christmas speech. “Celebrating Christmas can be confrontational and make us think. Close to the place where the crib once stood, there is now fear and violence. The hardships of the regular people there – including many young children – in Syria, but also in other countries are…
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Schedule for King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima's visit to Australia and New Zealand

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26th October 2016
At the special invitation of the Governor-Generals of Australia and New Zealand, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will pay a visit to the two countries at the end of this month. The King and Queen of the Netherlands will be in Australia from 31st October to 4th November, and in New Zealand from 7th to 9th November. The schedule for the King and Queen’s visit has recently been…
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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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