Yesterday, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands visited one of the winners of Appeltje van Oranje 2018 at the YETS Foundation in Schiedam.
The YETS Foundation is one of this year’s winners of the Appeltje van Oranje 2018. The organisation provides vulnerable young people, through sport and guidance with homework and eating habits, a good start in society.
They were given the award in…
King Willem-Alexander to attend 125th anniversary of The Hague Conference on Private International Law
14th August 2018
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands is due to attend the 125th anniversary of The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH). The King will attend on the afternoon of Wednesday, 12 September at the Theater Diligentia in The Hague.
The HCCH, an…
Europe Editor, Brittani Barger gives her opinion on the top ten tiaras across the globe:
10: Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s Wedding Tiara
I just love the simplicity of this piece, which fits so well with Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s personality. She wore it…
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands is on the cover of Vanity Fair España‘s August issue. It was available for purchase at kiosks beginning this past Wednesday, 18 July.
On the cover, it states, “MÁXIMA IS MAXIMUM” in bold with “THE SECRET OF THE SMILE OF EUROPE’S MOST POPULAR QUEEN” underneath.
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The traditional summer photo session for the Dutch Royal Family took place yesterday afternoon at Villa Eikenhorst in Wassenaar.
King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima, 14-year-old Princess Amalia (The Princess of Orange), Princess Alexia, 13, and Princess Ariane, 11, took…
Royals from three nations gathered in The Hague in the Netherlands to attend the Volvo Ocean Race this past weekend. Swedish Prince Carl Philip, Dutch King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Infanta Elena of Spain and her father, King Juan Carlos of Spain were all present…
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…
