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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima congratulate Max Verstappen on F1 World Championship win

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13th December 2021
It has been one of the most intense Formula 1 seasons in memory, with Dutchman Max Verstappen, who drives for Red Bull, inching closer and closer to British Lewis Hamilton over the last few laps of the competition that determined the winner of the 2021 world championships.  It was a bizarre day on Abu Dhabi’s asphalt. Right from the beginning, the competition’s director, Michael…
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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima tackle cyberbullying and praise special relationship on State Visit to Norway

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11th November 2021
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima had a second busy day of engagements in Norway this week as Their Majesties continue their state visit to the country. While the first day of the visit was more focused on the official events, the second and third days are often utilised so the visiting Head of State is able to fit engagements in areas that concern the purpose of the visit. The…
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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima touch down in Oslo for State Visit to Norway

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9th November 2021
Following almost two years of restrictions and shutdowns, life is beginning to go back to how it was before, albeit with some remanence of the trauma we collectively lived through. State visits are starting to reappear on heads of states’ calendars, and on 9 November, the Dutch state visit to Norway began.  King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and the outgoing Dutch Minister of…
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Queen Máxima opens exhibition on Frida Kahlo

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9th October 2021
To close her work week, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands made the two and a half hour trip from The Hague to Assen to open the exhibition ‘Viva la Frida!-Art and work of Frida Kahlo,’ which will be open to the public at the Drents Museum from 8 October 2021 to 27 March 2022.  Before receiving a tour of the exhibition on its opening day, on Friday, 8 October, Queen Máxima sat down for an…
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