Even today there are still people who have no choice but to keep their money under
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will be in New York from Sunday evening 22 September until Wednesday 25 September for the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Queen Máxima has been the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive…
Assembly From Monday 23 September to Wednesday 25 September Queen Máxima will have
We have Sweden to thank for the word ‘ombudsman’.
From the afternoon of Tuesday 16 January to Thursday 18 January, Her Majesty Queen Máxima will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in her capacity as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for…
According to the Global Findex Database 2021, 76% of adults worldwide now have a
On Prinsjesdag (Prince’s Day) the King delivers the Speech from the Throne during a Joint Session of the two Houses of the States General. The speech sets out the government’s main plans for the coming year. This takes place every year on the…
Since then, Prinsjesdag and the delivery of the Speech from the Throne have marked
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen Máxima will pay a state visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong. The visit will take place from 19 to 22 March 2024. The King and Queen will…
Both countries are situated in deltas and have a large agricultural sector.
The speech is prerecorded. Queen Máxima is the United-Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA) and Honorary Patron of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI).
In my work as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate, I have seen the remarkable
At the invitation of His Majesty the King, President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, will pay a state visit to the Netherlands on 10 and 11 December.
Portugal and the Netherlands have maintained diplomatic relations since 1664, and
On 28 January, shortly before her 75th birthday, Princess Beatrix announced her intention to abdicate on 30 April 2013.
successor did not mean stepping down from public life, and that she hoped still to have
Apart from its personal importance to the couple, a royal engagement also has constitutional significance.
The children of such a marriage have no right to the throne.
