The pandemic put a severe brake on most royal activity, worldwide. Perhaps the biggest was related to travel. For them, like many, the solution was digital travel over the internet. Nevertheless, this was by no means the same, and did not attract nearly the attention that a real royal journey does.
It is probably no secret that the royals are happy to be able to travel again, meet people and…
Queen Máxima has landed in Ivory Coast’s capital Abidjan as part of a four-day visit that will also take her to Senegal as UN Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development.Â
Her Majesty landed aboard an Air France flight at around 9 pm local time on Sunday…
The Dutch Royal Household has announced that King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will undertake a State Visit to Austria at the end of next month.Â
The visit’s programme has been already released, and the first day, Monday, 27 June, will see all of the traditional…
Queen Máxima stepped out for the award ceremony of the King Willem I business prizes, one of the most prestigious acknowledgements in the Netherlands.
The ceremony took place in the evening of Monday, 23rd May, at Groningen’s Forum, in the presence of Her Majesty, the CEO of De Nederlandsche Bank and chairman of the Koning Willem I Foundation, Klaas Knot, as well as representatives for…
On Sunday, 9 September 2012, the then Princess Máxima of the Netherlands swam the two-kilometre Amsterdam City Swim to raise money for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) through the canals of the city. She finished the course in just under an hour.
Dressed in a…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima are headed state-side this fall, with a working business visit to California and Texas added to their diaries.
From 6-9 September, the Dutch royals will visit San Francisco, the Silicon Valley, Dallas and Houston in an economic…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima hosted a dinner for government members at Huis ten Bosch Palace.
On the evening of Tuesday, 29 March, Their Majesties offered dinner to the members of the new Rutte government, who were installed on 10 January.
The dinner marked the conclusion of the rounds of welcome audiences that King Willem-Alexander held with all 20 ministers plus the nine…
European royals cheer on their athletes as Beijing Winter Olympics are officially opened
5th February 2022
The Beijing Winter Olympics officially started on Friday, and members of European royal families have already expressed their best wishes for athletes and other staff members competing.Â
Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, who is a member of the International Olympic…
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has shared some advice on what has been dubbed “Blue Monday.”
The Queen posted two photographs on Instagram, sharing how she takes care of her mental and physical health while also encouraging others to get outside and take a…
January
Our coverage of the Dutch Royal Family began with a look back at the wedding of Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven, continued with the news that King Willem-Alexander would accept the Prime Minister’s resignation, and also included the report that Countess Eloise (daughter of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien) was writing a book.
King Willem-Alexander and Queen…
