The coffin containing the remains of
Princess Christina of the Netherlands – who died last week at the
age of 72 – has been placed in the mourning chapel of the Fagel’s
Garden Pavilion on the grounds of Noordeinde Palace. [getty
src="1162848023" width="594" height="396"] The simple wooden coffin
is decorated with her sunflowers – Princess Christina’s favourite…
King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and
their daughters Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange, Princess
Alexia and Princess Ariane have posed for their annual summer
photos. This photocall is part of an agreement that allows the
royals’ privacy for the rest of the…
King Willem-Alexander visits psychiatric clinics alongside the Minister for Legal Protection
17th July 2019
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the
Netherlands visited the Oostvaarderskliniek and the Pieter Baan
Centrum in Almere alongside Sander Dekker, the Minister for Legal
Protection. The Oostvaarderskliniek is a forensic psychiatric
centre which treats patients that have…
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
spoke to a group of demonstrators after opening the new Sophiahof
Museum in The Hague. The Sophiahof Museum is meant to be a centre
of knowledge, culture and remembrance for everyone who had anything
to do with the former Dutch East Indies. Five Indonesian
organisations are also involved: the Indisch Herinneringscentrum,
the Stichting Moluks Historisch…
The Queen invests King Felipe and King Willem-Alexander as Supernumerary Knights of the Order of the Garter
17th June 2019
The King of Spain and the King of the
Netherlands have been invested as supernumerary Knights of the
Garter by the Queen at Windsor Castle. Their official welcome to
the ancient Order of the Garter came just ahead of the traditional
procession and service at St.
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima's State Visit to Ireland - Day 1
13th June 2019
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of
the Netherlands have begun a three-day State Visit to Ireland. If
Brexit goes ahead, Ireland will be more isolated from the European
Union, and the Dutch and Irish are eager to retain their ties. The
Dutch Royals were received in…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima
visited the Betuwe region in the Netherlands this week. The visit
is part of their so-called regional visits and is the 14th regional
visit in the country and the second visit to the province of
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The King and Queen were welcomed…
Several explosions rocked hotels and
churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, causing the deaths of at
least 157 people and injuring dozens more. Sri Lanka’s president,
Maithripala Sirisena, said that he was shocked by the explosions
and appealed for calm. The prime…
Today, Princess Beatrix of the
Netherlands turns 81-years-old. So we are going to have a little
look at who she is and what has happened in her life so far.
Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard was born in 1938 in Soestdijk
Palace in Baarn, the Netherlands as the eldest child
of…
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander, Her
Majesty Queen Máxima and their three daughters officially
moved into Huis ten Bosch in The Hague today. Early this morning,
the royal standard was raised over the palace. The Huis ten Bosch
Palace is one of the three palaces made available by the state to
the Royal Family. The others are Noordeinde Palace in The Hague and
the Royal Palace in Amsterdam. It…
