Queen Máxima presented the Apples of Orange prize on Thursday, in a surprise digital ceremony as the regular ceremony needed to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Traditionally, the winners are announced and presented at Noordeinde Palace, however this year, the winners were surprised by presenter Giovanca Ostiana, Queen Máxima, and representatives from the Orange Fund, with three…
Queen Máxima has visited a funeral home in The Hague to discuss how COVID-19 has impacted the funeral industry in the Netherlands.
During her visit on July 2nd 2020, Queen Máxima spoke with directors of the Engelen & Spoor Funeral Services, the director of the…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima held a lunch on Tuesday at Noordeinde Palace for distinguished Dutch citizens to honour them for their success.
The King and Queen welcomed 16 people to the palace for lunch. The art, culture, media, science, sports and business…
Queen Máxima attended the signing of the Music Agreement Hoeksche Waard on Tuesday, as schools in the western region of the Netherlands agreed to work on musical education for their students.
“Music provides a structural basis for empathy, social bonding, quality of life, creativity, listening to each other and being open to differences,” according to the More Music in Classroom…
May is the month of emeralds. The green stone is among the most striking found in any jewellery collection and features in some of the best known royal Europe. To mark its role as May’s birthstone, we’re celebrating all things emerald throughout the month on…
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands undertook two working visits on 8 April to see the impact of COVID-19 on the Netherlands.
The Queen, abiding by all government and health restrictions, visited a hotel and catering facility in Amsterdam on Wednesday morning, as well as…
As King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima begin their State Visit to Indonesia today we’re looking back at some of Queen Máxima’s finest tiaras worn to state banquets all over the world. Here are nine of the finest tiaras Queen Máxima has worn to give us a few options.
Württemberg Ornate Pearl Tiara: State Visit to Japan, 29 October 2014
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King Willem-Alexander apologises for violence during the Indonesian struggle for independence
10th March 2020
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands has offered a historic apology for the violence shown by the Dutch during the Indonesian struggle for independence shortly after the Second World War.
He said, “In line with earlier statements by my government, I would like…
The Dutch Royal Family has posed for their annual winter photoshoot in Lech. They hold the photoshoot in exchange for being left alone during their holidays. The Dutch royals have been visiting Lech for many years.
King Willem-Alexander’s brother, Prince Friso, was…
The programme for King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima’s upcoming
state visit to Indonesia has been released by the Royal House.
Their Majesties will visit Indonesia from 10-13 March and will tour Jakarta, Yogyakarta, and the islands of Kalimantan and Sumatra during their visit.
Per the Royal House, “The state visit affirms the close,
wide-ranging relationship between the two…
