Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau is
to receive an honorary doctorate from Glasgow Caledonian
University’s law faculty today at the Glasgow Royal Concert
Hall. The Princess is receiving the honour in recognition of her
work and contribution to human rights across the globe, as well as
her dedicated commitment to non-profit organisations
like Malala Fund, Crisis Action, Girls Not Brides and…
In the series “Before they were royal” we
are taking a look at their young lives, education, and professional
lives before gaining their royal title. The second edition focuses
on Queen Máxima of the Netherlands or Máxima Zorreguieta
Cerruti as she was known…
Princess Christina, the aunt of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, has bone cancer
21st June 2018
The Dutch Government Information Service
(RVD) has announced that Princess Christina, 71, has bone cancer.
It was discovered in the autumn of 2017, and she is in stable
condition. A statement was released yesterday on her behalf saying,
“In the fall of 2017 showed that…
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has
spoken about the death of her younger sister, Inés
Zorreguieta, at her first event since her 33-year-old sister’s
tragic passing earlier this month in Argentina. During an event
at a hospital in Groningen, which had been postponed after the
news of her sister’s death so that Máxima and her family could
travel home to Argentina, Her Majesty paid…
Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the
Netherlands arrived in Mumbai yesterday to continue her official
visit to India as United Nations Secretary General’s Special
Advocate for Inclusive Finance and Development. The four-day trip
began on Monday in New Delhi where the Queen…
On Wednesday and Thursday this week, His
Royal Highness Prince Daniel of Sweden visited Amsterdam to attend
the seminar “Startup Summit Sweden-Netherlands” and The Next Web
Fair. The visit took place at the digital innovation house
Epicenter. The seminar was…
Yesterday Their Majesties King
Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima and Her Royal Highness Princess
Mabel of the Netherlands attended a Red Ribbon Concert at AFAS Live
in Amsterdam. The concert was put on to raise international
interest and attention for AIDS research and response worldwide,
and to show solidarity for those living with HIV and AIDS. For more
than 15 years Princess Mabel has been…
Willem–Alexander Claus George Ferdinand
was born in the Utrecht at University Medical Centre on 27 April
1967. He is the oldest child of (the former Queen) Princess Beatrix
and German diplomat Claus Von Amsberg. King Willem- Alexander is
the first grandchild of Queen…
Several new photos released to mark five years on the throne for Dutch King Willem-Alexander
27th April 2018
Several new photos of the Dutch Royal
Family have been released by the Government Information Service
(RVD) in celebration of the five year anniversary of being on the
throne for King Willem-Alexander on 30 April. They were released
yesterday, the day before his 51st…
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 of the Royal Family currently have
or previously have had shares in royal companies, saying only: “The
predicated does…
