The Netherlands

Queen Máxima opens Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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2nd October 2020
Queen Máxima officially opened Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the Netherlands on Thursday during a visit to the Breast Cancer Association Netherlands in The Hague.During her visit, Queen Máxima met with some of the 230 volunteers who help out with BCAN to hear about how they’re involved with the organisation.Her Majesty also received a copy of the book Everything About Breast Cancer…
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The Netherlands

Queen Máxima discusses debts in a series of video calls

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2nd October 2020
Queen Máxima paid a digital visit to the community of Alphen aan den Rijn on Wednesday to discuss debt problems and solutions with a local financial foundation.Queen Máxima was joined by State Secretary Bas van t’ Wout, the State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment, on three video calls with working groups on how to tackle debt. Their goal was to learn how SchuldenlabNL Foundation…
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BelgiumFeatures

King Philippe of the Belgians appoints new federal government

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1st October 2020
King Philippe of the Belgians has appointed the ministers of the new federal government at the Royal Palace. After nearly 500 days of forming a government, the new ministers have taken the oath before His Majesty the King.At 10 am sharp King Philippe received the Prime Minister and other ministers who will form the new federal government in an audience at the Royal Palace of Brussels. One by…
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Norway

Ari Behn's urn buried in private ceremony

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1st October 2020
On Christmas Day 2019, Ari Behn, the former husband of Princess Martha Louise of Norway, took his own life. His funeral in Oslo Cathedral on January 3 was attend by royals from Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands and Crown Prince Haakon was one of the pallbearers.On his…
Denmark

Princess Marie stays busy with DanChurchAd while in Denmark

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1st October 2020
Princess Marie of Denmark had a busy Tuesday and Wednesday with the opening of DanChurchAid’s new Wefood store in Tingbjerg and a staff meeting with the organisation’s employees across the globe.On Tuesday, the Princess, as patron of DanChurchAid, opened the new Wefood store which will food, cosmetics and household products that cannot be sold in a normal supermarket. These items…
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