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Royal reactions to New Zealand tragedy

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16th March 2019
The British royals are not the only royals who have sent condolence messages and condemned the terror attack in Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday. Denmark’s Queen, the King and Queen of the Netherlands, Sweden’s King and a Jordanian Queen as well as others have shared messages via press releases or on social media. On Friday, a white supremacist terrorist live streamed his attack…
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Queen Máxima visits Jordan in her UN role

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13th February 2019
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has visited Jordan in her role as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development. She was in the Middle Eastern kingdom from 10 through 12 February. The Dutch Information Services (RVD) explained ahead of her visit, “In recent years, the number of adults with access to financial services has increased from…
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Queen Máxima busy in Davos

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24th January 2019
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has been very busy in Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum (WEF). She was in Switzerland from Tuesday evening through Thursday. She is attending as part of her role at the United Nation’s Secretary-General’s Special…
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Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands questions social media discourse

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14th January 2019
Over the weekend, Dutch Prince Constantijn questioned social media discourse in a tweet. Prince Constantijn, who is a younger brother to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, commented on a retweet about civil disagreements on social media. Constantijn retweeted Peter Burger’s tweet which shared an interview with political scientist Rebekah Tromble, who discussed “intolerance…
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Queen Máxima ordered rest by her doctors, cancels trip to Tanzania

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3rd November 2018
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has been ordered to rest by her doctors. As a result, her upcoming trip to Tanzania that she was to undertake as the Special Advocate of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Inclusive Finance for Development has been cancelled. She was due to visit the African country on the 6th and 7th of this month. The Queen is believed to be suffering from a bowel…
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