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New series about Queen Máxima to premiere in the spring of 2024

Monday, 16 October 2023, 10:15 Moniek Bloks 0

A new Dutch series called “Máxima” will premiere in the spring of 2024. Its producer, Videoland, has shared the first images of the show, where Máxima Zorreguieta meets the then Prince of Orange. Although there is some foreign interest in the show, no international release date is known.

Noordeinde Palace opens to the public

Saturday, 23 July 2022, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Noordeinde Palace in The Hague will open its door for four Saturdays in a row. Noordeinde Palace began its life as a medieval farmhouse in 1533. This was converted into a spacious residence, which was bought for Louise de Coligny, the widow of William I, Prince of Orange, in 1595. Her son enlarged the house [read more]

Royal Wedding Recollections – The Prince of Orange & Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti

Wednesday, 2 February 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

On 2 February 2002, Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti married the heir to the Dutch throne, Willem-Alexander, the Prince of Orange. They had met in Spain in 1999, and he proposed to her in late 2000 while skating on a frozen pond behind Huis ten Bosch. He proposed to her in English to make sure she would [read more]

Review: MAISON AMSTERDAM City, fashion, freedom – Queen Máxima’s wedding dress

Friday, 29 October 2021, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

I’ll be the first to admit that I know absolutely nothing about fashion and so going to a fashion exhibition is quite outside my comfort zone. However, the end of the MAISON AMSTERDAM exhibition at the New Church in Amsterdam had a very special surprise – Queen Máxima wedding’s dress. They had kept the whole [read more]

Queen Máxima’s 50th birthday interview

Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 11:45 Moniek Bloks 0

Queen Máxima received Matthijs van Nieuwkerk at her home at Huis ten Bosch Palace for an interview for her 50th birthday. The interview took place in her office at the Palace and was broadcast on the evening of her birthday. The interviewer brought her a present of a book of poetry, and Queen Máxima indulged [read more]

Women of Orange Exhibition at the Jan Cunen Museum in Oss

Wednesday, 25 October 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

The Women of Orange – Portraits of Five Queens Exhibition in Oss in the Netherlands has only just opened two weeks and already looks like it’s going to be a great success. I visited on an early Saturday morning to beat the possible crowds. The museum has three floors and the second floor is entirely [read more]