The Netherlands

Dutch royals pose for summer photos

King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and their daughters Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane have posed for their annual summer photos. This photocall is part of an agreement that allows the royals’ privacy for the rest of the year. They also pose at their annual winter holiday – usually at Lech in Austria. © RVD Wesley de Wit This is the first…
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King Willem-Alexander visits psychiatric clinics alongside the Minister for Legal Protection

His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands visited the Oostvaarderskliniek and the Pieter Baan Centrum in Almere alongside Sander Dekker, the Minister for Legal Protection. The Oostvaarderskliniek is a forensic psychiatric centre which treats patients that have been ordered by a judge to be detained under hospital orders (terbeschikkingstelling or tbs). This usually means that the…
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Denmark

Queen Margrethe gets family welcome at Gråsten Palace

Queen Margrethe of Denmark arrived at Gråsten Palace, her summer residence, on Tuesday for her summer stay in South Jutland. She received a warm welcome upon arrival by her grandchildren, and it was documented on the Danish Royal Family’s Instagram account. View this post on Instagram A post shared by DET DANSKE KONGEHUS ?? (@detdanskekongehus) Her…
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Taking a look at Zarzuela Palace

Today we’re looking at the history of the Palace of Zarzuela, which is the home of King Felipe, his wife, Queen Letizia, and their two daughters, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía; as well as King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía. Construction began on Zarzuela Palace back in the 1600s, though the then-King Felipe IV meant for it to function as a hunting lodge or country palace instead of an…
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