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Queen Máxima visits Jordan in her UN role

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13th February 2019
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has visited Jordan in her role as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development. She was in the Middle Eastern kingdom from 10 through 12 February. The Dutch Information Services (RVD) explained ahead of her visit, “In recent years, the number of adults with access to financial services has increased from…
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Queen Máxima busy in Davos

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24th January 2019
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has been very busy in Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum (WEF). She was in Switzerland from Tuesday evening through Thursday. She is attending as part of her role at the United Nation’s Secretary-General’s Special…
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Queen Máxima ordered rest by her doctors, cancels trip to Tanzania

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3rd November 2018
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has been ordered to rest by her doctors. As a result, her upcoming trip to Tanzania that she was to undertake as the Special Advocate of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Inclusive Finance for Development has been cancelled. She was due to visit the African country on the 6th and 7th of this month. The Queen is believed to be suffering from a bowel…
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Queen Máxima of the Netherlands dazzles in the full Stuart Tiara during state banquet

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24th October 2018
As many had hoped, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands was finally seen wearing the full Stuart Tiara last night during the state banquet. She wore a version of the Stuart Tiara in May 2018 during a state visit to Luxembourg but the elusive Stuart Diamond of a whopping 40 carats was missing from the tiara. Embed from Getty Images The Stuart Tiara was perhaps the perfect tiara to wear for a state…
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King of The Netherlands appointed a supernumerary Knight of the Garter

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23rd October 2018
King Willem-Alexander has been appointed a supernumerary Knight of the Garter by Her Majesty The Queen today on the first day of the state visit. Embed from Getty Images Membership in the Order is limited and includes the Monarch, the Princes of Wales, no more than 24 companion members and various supernumerary members. Her Majesty The Queen is known as the Sovereign of the Garter, and only she…
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