The Dutch Royal Family was out in full
force, just like previous years, to do volunteer work for NLdoet.
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima were in Breda in the
communal gardens, where the King helped build a greenhouse while
the Queen was painting. The communal gardens are maintained by
volunteers in the area and the local care home, child care
facilities and other social organisations are…
Before embarking on their current visit
to Germany, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima were in London
on Saturday, 4 February with their daughters to attend the wedding
of Greek socialite Marianna Goulandris to shipping heir Filippos
Lemos. Queen Máxima is close to the…
Queen Máxima has returned to her home
country of Argentina for the first time in her role as the United
Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance.
Her Majesty was in the Argentinian capital city of Buenos Aires for
her two-day trip. The Dutch…
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands opened an
exhibition on a colourful predecessor of hers this morning at the
Loo Palace in Apeldoorn. The exhibition about Anna Pavlovna of
Russia, wife of King William II of the Netherlands will open its
doors to the public tomorrow but was officially opened this morning
by Her Majesty, who arrived promptly at 11am with all due fanfare
and plenty of fans waiting to…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima opened the "Mapping Australia: Country to Cartography" exhibition
5th October 2016
Last Monday King Willem-Alexander
and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands opened the exhibition “Mapping
Australia: Country to Cartography” in the Aboriginal Art
Museum (AAMU) in Utrecht. The Royal Couple visited the exhibition
in preparation for the state visit…
Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the
Netherlands has been in Jakarta, Indonesia, to speak on financial
inclusion at the Indonesia Fintech Festival and Conference. She is
in the country as part of her role as the United Nations
Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for…
She was born Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti
17 May 1971 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Jorge Horacio
Zorreguieta and Maria del Carmen Cerruti de Zorreguieta. Her
Majesty has two brothers, one sister and three paternal
half-sisters. She was named after her paternal great-grandmother
Máxima Bonorino González. Máxima grew up in in the Recoleta
neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. Máxima…
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark was among
the speakers at the Opening Ceremony of the Women Deliver
Conference in Copenhagen yesterday. The Crown Princess spoke about
how she was inspired to take up the cause of women’s rights seven
years ago, when someone from Chad…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of
the Netherlands attended the Remembrance Day commemoration on Dam
Square, opposite the Royal Palace in Amsterdam. Remembrance Day is
the day before the official liberation day in the Netherlands and
used to commemorate only the Dutch…
In the Netherlands, Christmas is very
much the same, but earlier in the month, they also celebrate on
December 5 with Sinterklaas (the Dutch name for Saint Nicholas)
bringing presents. There is a large public event when Sinterklaas
arrives, which the Dutch Royal Family has taken part in . Arriving
from Spain (no chilly North Pole weather for Sinterklaas!) on a
steamboat with his white horse, the…
