Máxima at the Opening of the Women Inc. Festival

Princess Máxima attended the opening of the Women Inc. Festival yesterday, at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam - not too far from where Máxima and her husband, Prince Willem-Alexander, had their civil wedding service in February 2002.

PPE Picture Gallery

ANP Picture Gallery

Copyright: PPE/Nieboer

Joachim & Marie are Engaged; May 24 Wedding

On October 3rd, Kongehuset.dk announced that HRH Prince Joachim was engaged to Miss Marie Cavallier.

On November 21st, the wedding date was announced - May 24th, 2008. Joachim and Marie will marry at the church of Møgeltønder in Southern Jutland. The wedding banquet will be held privately at Shackenborg Castle, Joachim's estate

December 2007 Calender

December 2007 Calender for the Danish, Dutch and Norwegian Royal Families

December 1: NED – Máxima will attend the Women Inc. Festival
December 1: NOR – Sonja will open the Bridge which will connect Lofoten to the Mainland
December 2-9: DEN – Frederik is Regent
December 3: NOR – 2nd Birthday of Sverre Magnus
December 3: NOR – Harald grants an audience to the Chief of the Naval Staff and the sculptor Skule Walsvik (appointed Officer of the Order of St Olav)
December 3: NOR – Harald hosts a Luncheon for the Council Members of The Order of St Olav
December 3-4: NED – Willem-Alexander will attend the Asia Pacific Water Summit in Japan
December 4: NED – Máxima, together with Princess Mathilde of Belgium, will receive the Overview of the Art of Painting
December 4: NOR – Harald, Sonja, Haakon and Mette-Marit host a Dinner for the County Governors
December 6: NOR – Harald grants an audience to the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
December 6: NOR – Harald, Sonja, Haakon and Mette-Marit host a Dinner for the Members of the Supreme Court
December 7: NED – 4th Birthday of Catharina-Amalia
December 7: NOR – Harald attends the Council of State
December 7: NOR – Haakon grants an audience to representatives of the Wergeland Year 2008
December 7: NOR – Harald grants an audience to Marie Aakre (appointed Officer of the Order of St Olav)
December 8: DEN – Mary attends a Christmas Concert by the Royal Danish Children’s Choir
December 10: NED – Catharina-Amalia will attend her first day of kindergarten
December 10: DEN – Mary visits the Rådmandsgades School
December 10: DEN – Mary attends a celebration of the 60th year of the United Nations’ World Declaration for Human Rights
December 11: DEN – Frederik opens the exhibition Danmark-ekspedition
December 12: DEN – Frederik visits the Korshærs Church's Christmas Distribution
December 12: DEN – Frederik participates in arrangement at the Royal Danish Geographic Society
December 12: NED – Beatrix, Willem-Alexander, Máxima, Constantijn and Laurentien will attend the Prince Claus Awards Ceremony
December 24-25: DEN – Margrethe, Henrik, Frederik, Mary, Christian, Isabella and Joachim will celebrate Christmas at Marselisborg Palace
December 25: NED – 38th Birthday of Bernhard Jr

Margrethe lunches with the Estonian President

Queen Margrethe welcomed the President of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, and his wife to Fredensborg Palace on September 7th for a lunch.

Photo of the 3

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Mette-Marit at the Grieg Gala

On September 6th, Crown Princess Mette-Marit attended the Grieg Gala with the Bergen Filharmonic Orchestra.Copyright: ANP

Joachim visits Moesgaard Museum

On September 4th, Prince Joachim visited the Moesgaard Museum.

Photos from Polfoto - one, two, three and four

Anita at the Paul Schulten Fashion Show

Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau, the wife of Prince Pieter-Christiaan, attended the Paul Schulten Fashion Show in Amsterdam last week.

Photo Gallery from Mario Nap

Máxima at opening of "Ik & De Ander, De Ander & Ik"

Yesterday Princess Máxima attended the opening of the art exhibition "IK & DE ANDER, DE ANDER & IK" (Me and the Other, the Other and Me) in Bussum.Photo Gallery from PPE
Copyright: ANP/RVD

Beatrix opens Wageningen University Campus

On September 4th, Queen Beatrix and the Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende officially opened the new campus of the Wageningen University.Photo Gallery from PPE
Copyright: RVD/ANP

Frederik wins last race of Farr40 Champs, Mary brings kids to watch

On Saturday September 1st, Crown Prince Frederik and his team aboard the Nanoq won the final race of the Farr40 World Championships. Crown Princess Mary was there to cheer on her husband, and brough Prince Christian, 23 months, and Princess Isabella, 4 months; along to cheer for Daddy.

Photo Gallery from Søren Steffen

Added: Article from HELLO! Magazine - "Isabella and Christian help royal dad celebrate sailing win"

Máxima opens De Kamers

Princess Máxima yesterday attended the opening of De Kamers (The Rooms), a house of culture, in Amersfoort.Photo Gallery from PPE

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Photo Session at Skaugum

Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit posed for the media with their three children; Princess Ingrid Alexandra (3 and a half years), Prince Sverre Magnus (21 months) and Marius (10 years); at their family home in Skaugum.Photo Gallery from PPE

Copyright: Scanpix

Willem-Alexander's 40th Birthday Party

The Prince of Orange - Willem-Alexander - hosted a belated birthday party celebrating his 40th year on Saturday September 1st. The party was held at Het Loo Palace, and went well into the night.The birthday boy arrived in a horse-drawn carriage with his wife, Princess Máxima, and their three daughters - Princess Catharina-Amalia (3 and a half years), Princess Alexia (27 months) and Princess Ariane (4 and a half months). The Prince's eldest daughter had a slight accident when the carriage pulled to a stop (see video), but otherwise all three girls were as cute as buttons in pink gowns. The other guests arrived via the Royal Bus.

The Prince's mother, Queen Beatrix, and brother's Constantijn and Friso - with wives Laurentien and Mabel - were also in attendance. Other family members invited were Willem-Alexander's aunt, Princess Margriet, and uncle Pieter van Vollenhoven; their children Maurits and wife Marilène, Bernhard Jr and wife Annette, Pieter-Christiaan and wife Anita, and Floris with his pregnant wife Aimée. Máxima's parents, Jorge Zorreguieta and Carmen Cerrutti, and brother Martin were also in attendance; as well as plenty of royal guests including Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Crown Prince Philippe and Crown Princess Mathile of Belgium, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, and Prince Felipe, Princess Letizia, Infanta Cristina and Inaki Urdangarin of Spain.

Added: Article from HELLO! Magazine - "Crown Prince Willem's daughters lead guests at royal birthday ball"

Copyright: ANP, Scanpix, PPE

Mary at the "Summer Ballet"

On August 30th, Crown Princess Mary attended the opening night performance of the "Summer Ballet" at the Bellevue Theatre.

Photo Gallery from Søren Steffen

Friso & Mabel Changed Mabel's Wikipedia Page

The RVD announced a few days ago, after much talk in the Dutch media, that Prince Friso and Princess Mabel had in fact altered the Princess' Wikipedia page in 2006. The pair had used a computer inside Huis ten Bosch - Queen Beatrix's residence in The Hague - to change the phrase "gave misleading and false information" (in reference to the information Mabel gave to the Dutch parliament about her relationship with a drug lord prior to her marriage to Friso) to "gave misleading information". The article has since been restored to its prior content.

Article from MSNBC.com - "Dutch royals caught revising Wikipedia"