The Government Information Service of the
Netherlands has announced that, due to the current travel
restrictions, King Willem-Alexander will not be able to travel to
Tokyo for the Olympic Games as previously scheduled. With the
Games set to start on the 21st of July, and the opening ceremony
being scheduled for the 23rd of July, Japan, and the Tokyo
Prefecture, in particular, are struggling…
On Thursday, His Majesty King
Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands made a surprise visit to the
street winner of the “Most beautiful orange street” prize. The
prize was created to highten the sense of community during the
Euro2020 football championships and was awarded…
On Tuesday, Queen Máxima of the
Netherlands presented the ‘Apples of Orange’ prize from the Orange
Foundation at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague. King Willem-Alexander
was also present for the ceremony. The prize winners are awarded a
cash prize of €15,000…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima lead the nation in remembering the war dead
4th May 2021
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of
the Netherlands attended the annual Remembrance of the Dead
tonight. The ceremony took place on an empty Dam Square in
Amsterdam for the second year in a row. The public, which usually
attends en masse, was asked to remain at home. Although the
Remembrance began as a commemoration of the victims of the Second
World War, it now includes all Dutch…
King's Day survey shows King Willem-Alexander's approval rating still low
27th April 2021
King Willem-Alexander may celebrate his
54th birthday today, but his approval rating is still recovering
from his ill-timed holiday to Greece. A survey held by Ipsos late
last year showed a steep decline from 76% in April 2020 to just
47%. This figure has now risen…
King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and
their daughters, the Princess of Orange, Princess Alexia and
Princess Ariane, have left Paleis Huis ten Bosch to travel to
Eindhoven to celebrate a scaled-down King’s Day. A photo was
released in which the royals posed in front…
Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau, a niece
of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, has written a
lifestyle book. Her book “Learning by doing”, which despite its
English title will be in Dutch, will be released in June and is
already available for pre-order. The Countess took to Instagram to
say that she didn’t think it would have been possible for her to
write the book…
King Willem-Alexander reenacts proposal in Valentine's Day gesture
14th February 2021
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
shared a romantic photo on Instagram earlier today in which he
reenacted his proposal to Queen Maxima. King Willem-Alexander
famously proposed to his now-wife Queen Maxima on the icy pond at
Huis Ten Bosch over twenty years ago.
Pseudonym Prince - the day a future King took part in an ice skating competition under a fake name
9th February 2021
As the temperature drops below freezing
in the Netherlands, talk inevitably turns to the Elfstedentocht
(Eleven Cities Tour) which has not taken place for 24 years, but it
remains known as “The Tour of Tours.” But did you know that a
future King skated in the…
The Dutch Royal Family has released a new
photo of Princess Beatrix to celebrate her 83rd birthday. The
former Queen will celebrate her birthday with limited visitors to
abide by the governemental advice regarding the COVID-pandemic.
Princess Beatrix was born on Monday morning, 31 January 1938, at
Soestdijk Palace. She was given the names Beatrix Wilhelmina
Armgard for both her…
