The Netherlands

King Willem-Alexander celebrates diplomats working in "a turbulent world"

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13th May 2025
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands have hosted a Gala Dinner for the Diplomatic Corps with powerful words on the importance of peace. The Dutch Royal Family hosts an annual dinner for the hundred plus diplomats who are stationed in the country. However, this year there was an added focus with the royals saying “In a turbulent world with increasing tensions, the…
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A king reveals birthday plans and he's starting the party early

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17th March 2025
The Dutch Royal Family have announced how they will be marking one of the biggest events in their calendar. Each year, there is a public holiday held to celebrate the Dutch monarch’s birthday. King Willem-Alexander’s birthday is 27 April, so it is celebrated as Koningsdag and because the 27th falls on a Sunday this year, events take place on Saturday, 26 April.  A couple of cities are…
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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima begin State Visit to Cyprus

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4th March 2025
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands have begun their State Visit to Cyprus. The royal couple fly to Cyprus the evening before, with Willem-Alexander co-piloting the flight as he often does as a commercial pilot.  The Dutch king and queen were officially welcomed on March 4 to the Presidential Palace by President Nikos Christodoulides, as well as his wife Philippa…
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King Willem-Alexander takes to the pitch

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14th February 2025
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands has visited an inclusive sports club in Amsterdam.  The Dutch King visited Only Friends sports club, an Amsterdam organisation that allows children, teens, and adults with physical and developmental disabilities a place to…
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Going Dutch: how King Willem-Alexander won the heart of his Argentinean bride

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10th February 2025
Theirs may be the only royal proposal that happened on ice—but we’ll get to that. Máxima Zorreguieta was a hotshot banker living and working in New York City when she travelled to Seville, Spain, for a party in April 1999. How could she know that her future husband, a prince in hiding, would be there? “Spain has a special place in our hearts,” King Willem-Alexander said at a 2024…
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