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New photos revealed of Princess Beatrix for 80th birthday

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31st January 2018
Several new photographs were revealed yesterday by the Royal House of the Netherlands ahead of Princess Beatrix’s 80th birthday today. They were taken by Jeroen van der Meyde who has snapped many images of the Dutch Royal Family in the past. The seven pictures were taken in the autumn of 2017 at Drakensteyn Castle in Lage Vuursche with one image featuring the former Queen of the…
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Report shows NO secret tax deal for Dutch Royal Family

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2nd December 2017
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands revealed the results of a commission’s investigation into whether the Dutch Royal Family received a secret tax deal with the government, confirming that there is no deal. “The conclusion of the historical investigation is that nothing in the studied documents showed that there was such a specific compensation scheme, or so-called ‘secret tax deal,”…
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Queen Máxima gets transparent braces

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27th August 2017
Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has had transparent braces put on her teeth. The clear braces were noticed this past week while she was conducting engagements. Her first event this past week was on Tuesday when she made a surprise appearance in Delft, and then…
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Royal reactions and condolences for Barcelona stream in

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18th August 2017
After yet another deadly terror attack, this one in Barcelona, Spain, royals have reacted on social media and sent their condolences. At least 13 have been killed and over 100 injured after a terrorist ran over pedestrians with a van in the Las Ramblas district of Barcelona. Later, five terrorists were shot dead, and one was wounded by Spanish police in the nearby tourist town of Cambrils. Police…
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Dutch Royal Family poses for summer photos

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7th July 2017
King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and their three daughters, Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane posed for the press today. In agreement with the media, the family poses twice a year for photos, and in return, they are left alone in…
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Dutch princesses on bank’s black list

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28th June 2017
Thousands of known Dutch citizens are on a “black list” of banks. The three daughters of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, Princesses Amalia, Alexia and Ariane, are also on the list. According to Nos, the World-Check database contains “2.2 million…
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King Willem Alexander can now fly a Boeing 737

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21st June 2017
It has now been revealed that earlier this month, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands received his final training in flying a Boeing 737 aircraft. Therefore, the King has obtained his certificate of flying one of the largest aircraft for the company he has worked for secretly in recent years – the Dutch national airline KLM. This has also been confirmed by the Dutch…
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