Queen Máxima of the Netherlands spoke to
students and scientists about the impact Brexit has on science
yesterday during a working visit to the Royal Netherlands Academy
of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) in Amsterdam’s Trippenhuis. Upon the
arrival of Her Majesty, she was first received by a robot named
Leolani that was designed and programmed by international students
studying at VU…
Just like us! Working Queen Máxima gets a call from daughter wanting permission to attend event
3rd October 2019
Queen Máxima is like any other working
mother. While attending events overseas for her role as the UN
Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for
Development (UNSGSA), the Queen received a call from one of her
daughters who wanted to attend an…
Queen Máxima: "Financial literacy and inclusion issue not limited to developing countries"
27th September 2019
While attending events surrounding the
74th UN General Assembly, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has also
been at events regarding her role as the UN Secretary-General’s
Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA).
Yesterday, she spoke to…
Queen Máxima celebrates 10 years as UNSGSA at General Assembly in New York
25th September 2019
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
celebrates 10 years as the United Nations Secretary-General’s
Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA).
Today, the anniversary will coincide with a side event at the 74th
UN General Assembly focusing on inclusive finance at 16.30 New York
time. The meeting today will discuss results over the past ten
years in the area and look to…
The Dutch government has revealed the
cost associated with Queen Máxima’s work as the UN
Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for
Development. The cost, which averages around €150,000 per year,
factors in travel and accommodation costs for…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima
paid a visit to Southwest Drenthe on Wednesday to meet with the
residents, as well as to support entrepreneurs and their business
initiatives – and the Queen got to meet a parrot, as well. Their
visit to Southwest Drenthe saw…
The third Tuesday of September is
traditionally Princes’ Day, the day on which the reigning monarch
of the Netherlands addresses a joint session of the Dutch Senate
and House of Representatives to give the speech from the throne.
The speech sets out the main policy items of the coming
parliamentary session. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima
arrived at the Knight’s Hall in the…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima
joined their Belgian counterparts, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde
in Terneuzen yesterday to mark the start “75 Years of Freedom.”
This will be followed by a year of commemorations for the 75th
anniversary of the end of…
Queen Máxima will honour the 35th
anniversary of Alzheimer Nederland with a visit to Alzheimer
Trefpunt De Til in Giessenburg on Tuesday, 10 September. Since 1997
Alzheimer Nederland has set up 246 cafés or “trefpunt” around the
country where patients…
Queen Máxima will attend the launch of
the National AI Junior course in Toldijk, which will be the first
artificial intelligence course taught to young students in the
Netherlands, next month. The National AI Junior course was
developed by the National AI Course, FutureNL and UpgradeNL to
teach young people the principles of artificial intelligence. The
three organisations hope to “make…
