While many of Europe’s royal families are
celebrating many happy anniversaries this year, the same is not the
case for the Dutch Royal Family. On 17 February, it will be ten
years since the Dutch Royal Family was struck by a sudden and
tragic accident. Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau was the son of Queen
Beatrix and Prince Claus of the Netherlands and thus the younger
brother of the current…
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the
Netherlands is a well-known pilot. He thinks flying is fun and
trained as a pilot for the national Dutch air-operator, KLM. This
week, a special thing happened on one of a KLM flight from
Amsterdam to Paris, under the charge of the…
On Saturday, 27 April 2019 the city of
Amersfoort will host Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands for the annual celebration of
Koningsdag, or ‘King’s Day’, which marks the birthday of His
Majesty. King’s Day is a national holiday…
The Dutch King and Queen took part in a
two-minute silence on Friday to remember the atrocities of World
War II and commemorate those who died in the war and other armed
conflicts. Also attending the commemoration was Dutch Prime
Minister Mark Rutte. The silence took place at 8 PM without
disruption. A group of protestors claimed they would hold a “noisy
demonstration” during the…
In a message shared on the website of the
Royal House of the Netherlands at the end of last week, it was
announced that Dutch King Willem-Alexander has no personal shares
in companies which have a ‘Royal’ predicate. The short message did
not state whether other members…
