The Dutch Royal Family have announced how
they will be marking one of the biggest events in their calendar.
Each year, there is a public holiday held to celebrate the Dutch
monarch’s birthday. King Willem-Alexander’s birthday is 27 April,
so it is celebrated as Koningsdag and because the 27th falls on a
Sunday this year, events take place on Saturday, 26 April. A
couple of cities are…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of
the Netherlands went back in time as they wrapped up an important
visit. As their two day State Visit to Cyprus concluded, the royals
headed to a heritage site where they were shown evidence of the
very earliest known settlements…
Queen Máxima's diamond-dripping tiara steals the show at Cyprus state dinner
5th March 2025
For a history-making State Visit to
Cyprus, Queen Máxima chose an appropriately historic tiara. The
Dutch Diamond Bandeau was fashioned from the diamonds in a necklace
given to Queen Emma upon her marriage to King Willem III in 1879.
In 1937, Queen Wilhelmina had the…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of
the Netherlands have begun their State Visit to Cyprus. The royal
couple fly to Cyprus the evening before, with Willem-Alexander
co-piloting the flight as he often does as a commercial
pilot. The Dutch king and queen were officially welcomed on
March 4 to the Presidential Palace by President Nikos
Christodoulides, as well as his wife Philippa…
Queen Máxima in New York and made a
special visit to The Center for Jewish History to view the Anne
Frank Exhibition. The Queen of the Netherlands, in town for
meetings with the United Nations in her role as Special Advocate
for Financial Health, paid a visit to the…
Going Dutch: how King Willem-Alexander won the heart of his Argentinean bride
10th February 2025
Theirs may be the only royal proposal
that happened on ice—but we’ll get to that. Máxima Zorreguieta was
a hotshot banker living and working in New York City when she
travelled to Seville, Spain, for a party in April 1999. How could
she know that her future husband…
King Charles speaks of need to remember the past on anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz
28th January 2025
On the 80th anniversary of the liberation
of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, King Charles spoke
of the importance of learning from the past. His words came as
people around the world stopped to remember the six million Jewish
people as well as the thousands of members of Roma, LGBTQ
communities and disabled people who were killed in the Holocaust.
The King was very visibly…
The Dutch Royal Family is a close family
that keeps an extremely busy schedule. King Willem-Alexander and
Queen Maxima went into the eleventh year of their reign with a
renewed dedication to their royal roles. Paleis Het Loo exhibits
Andy Warhol’s Reigning Queens…
Queen Máxima is a bonafide style maven
prone to bold colours, loud patterns, big jewellery and to-die-for
accessories and its always a treat to see her fashion sense in
action. Whether she’s opening museums or financial conferences or
welcoming heads of state from around…
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands is never
afraid to make a statement with her clothing and it tends to pay
off for her. She confidently pulls off structural, bright and bold
looks that most people would hesitate to wear and she does it well.
In 2024, her daytime looks dominated her wardrobe in the best way.
Massimo Dutti Checked Coat and Culottes, The Hague (May 2024) For a
visit…
