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Queen Máxima: "Financial literacy and inclusion issue not limited to developing countries"

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27th September 2019
While attending events surrounding the 74th UN General Assembly, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has also been at events regarding her role as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA).Yesterday, she spoke to Bloomberg television about financial inclusion, stressing that the financial literacy and inclusion issue going on is not limited…
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King Willem-Alexander and daughters take in World Cup final dominated by USA

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8th July 2019
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and two of his daughters, Princesses Amalia (15) and Ariane (12) took in the World Cup final game in Lyon, France, yesterday to watch the Netherlands face off against the United States. His wife, Queen Máxima and their middle daughter, Princess Alexia (14) were not in attendance. The family was decked out in the country’s famous orange to root on…
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Queen Máxima praised by Ivanka Trump

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6th June 2019
Fresh off the three day US state visit of her father to the United Kingdom, Ivanka Trump, Special Advisor to the President, has travelled to the Hague, in the Netherlands, for the Global Entrepreneur Summit to give the closing remarks. Ahead of her arrival, she gave an…
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Queen Máxima opens FT Future of Health Coverage event

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11th May 2019
On Thursday, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands opened the FT Future of Health Coverage event in Amsterdam delivering remarks in her role as the United Nations’ Secretary General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development. She began her remarks discussing the lack of affordable healthcare across the globe, “At least half of the world’s population is unable to obtain…
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This Week in Royal Fashion: The Queen and Eugenie on Maundy Thursday, Danish Royals Celebrate Queen Margrethe's Birthday, and Máxima at King's Day Concert

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20th April 2019
It looked to be another quiet fashion week for the British royals, but it was a pleasant surprise to see Princess Eugenie appear with The Queen in Windsor on Thursday. Meanwhile, Crown Princess Mary sported an amazing green look for her mother-in-law’s birthday, and…
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#OnThisDay 15 years ago, the former Queen Juliana of the Netherlands died

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20th March 2019
Today marks 15 years since the former Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, the grandmother of the Netherlands’ current monarch, King Willem-Alexander, died after suffering years of ill health at the hands of dementia. By the mid-1990s, Princess Juliana, who had reverted to being called Princess after her reign as Queen, was diagnosed with a progressive onset form of dementia and no longer…
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