Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands will travel on a state visit to
Luxembourg in May. They will visit the small country from 23
to 25 May 2018 on the invitation of Their Royal Highnesses Grand
Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg. The trip
will begin just a few days after Queen Máxima celebrates her
47th birthday. Their Majesties will…
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…
Close to 1.7 million people tuned in to
watch King Willem-Alexander’s Christmas address in the Netherlands
on Monday. The King of the Netherlands delivered his annual
Christmas speech from his home in Wassenaar. According to
Vorsten, 1,259,000 people in the…
I have long been advocating for more
books to be written in English about the royals of mainland Europe,
so I was thrilled to hear about and read Darling Queen – Dear Old
Bones: Queen Wilhelmina’s correspondence with her English
governess Miss Saxton Winter by Emerentia van Heuven-van
Nes and published by Amsterdam University Press. It was
initially printed in Dutch several years ago…
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…
Flashback Friday: King Willem-Alexander makes special agreement with daughters' bodyguards
6th October 2017
Earlier this year, King Willem-Alexander
made a special agreement with his daughters’ bodyguards. This news
was announced by His Majesty in a longer television interview
broadcast on the Dutch television channel NPO1 in connection with
the King’s 50th birthday in…
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 on Thursday, the
46-year-old Queen was in Utrecht and Amerongen. The Government
Information Services (RVD) in the…
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…
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…
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 people worldwide who are linked
to money laundering or terrorism, are prone to corruption or
politically…
