The Netherlands

Dutch royal visit lands in Sint Maarten

The Dutch Royal Family is continuing on their tour of the Dutch Caribbean and landed in Sint Maarten on Monday, 6 February. King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands briefly switched royals to his “other” job and co-piloted the plane that flew the Dutch royals to Sint Maarten for the final leg of their Caribbean tour. The King shared in 2017 that he had been flying as a pilot for the Dutch…
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A photo session at a special location for the Dutch royals

The Dutch Royal Family has taken part in a photo session in a special location.King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima, Princess Amalia, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane visited the exhibition ‘The century of Juliana’ at Amsterdam’s De Nieuwe Kerk and posed for a photo session.Copyright RVDThe exhibit honours Queen Juliana – the King’s grandmother &#8211…
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Dutch Royal Family holds annual photo session

The Dutch Royal Family has held one of their annual photo sessions.They invited the media to Noordeinde Palace, where they posed for photos and answered questions.King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima, the Princess of Orange, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane attended the session after Alexia returned from school in Wales.© RVD – Patrick van Emst© RVD – Patrick…
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Queen Maxima happy to travel abroad again

The pandemic put a severe brake on most royal activity, worldwide. Perhaps the biggest was related to travel. For them, like many, the solution was digital travel over the internet. Nevertheless, this was by no means the same, and did not attract nearly the attention that a…
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Flashback Friday: Princess Máxima swims the Amsterdam City Swim for ALS

On Sunday, 9 September 2012, the then Princess Máxima of the Netherlands swam the two-kilometre Amsterdam City Swim to raise money for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) through the canals of the city. She finished the course in just under an hour.Dressed in a wetsuit and goggles, Máxima swam through theancient, murky canals, which have not been officially designated as safe for…
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