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The Dutch Royal Couple visit to the War museum

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands was very moved this Wednesday, while King Willem-Alexander and herself were gathering at the Buchenwald camp.

It was certainly the highlight of the second day of their official visit to Germany. This Wednesday, February 8th 2017, Their Majesties visited the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar. More than 280,000 people from more than 50 countries, including from the Netherlands, were detained there, and more than 56,000 people died under torture, exhaustion or medical experiments during the Second World War. Dressed in a wearing a gray ensemble of fashion house Natan, a Fabienne Delvigne hat, SERGIO ROSSI thigh high boots and a bag from Chanel, Maxima was very moved as she gathered and deposited, like her royal husband, white roses in Memory of the victims.

In photos : Maxima and Willem-Alexander play tourists in Thuringia

The royal couple had previously visited the Museum of Jewish Life in Erfurt, housed in the ancient synagogue. Founded in 1094, it is considered the oldest existing in Europe. While attending this event Her Majesty change shoes from the boots to gray Louboutin peep toes heels

Willem-Alexander and Maxima continued their program in Weimar, discovering the very baroque Library of the Duchess Anna-Amalia, which was directed by Goethe, and the Goethe and Schiller Archives. These were born thanks to the Grand Duchess Sophia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, daughter of King Willem II of the Netherlands and Anna Paulowna.
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After a lunch with Bodo Ramelow, the Thuringian Minister-President, the Dutch royal couple joined Jena for a meeting with members of German and Dutch high-tech companies, their robots of tomorrow and students. The day ended with a German-Dutch trade dinner in Leipzig. The mother of three, who had changed, appeared there in a famous gown with sequins by Nina Ricci, CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN black open toes heels

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The Dutch Royal couple host the German Presidential Couple

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After being received by the Spanish Sovereign on Wednesday February 1st in Madrid at Zarzuela Palace, President of the Federal Republic of Germany Joachim Gauck and his companion Journalist Daniela Schadt were received by the Dutch Royal Couple, Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima at Noordeinde Palace.

Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands chose to welcome in turn, with her husband King Willem-Alexander, the German presidential couple. The wife of the Dutch ruler appeared on Monday, February 6, 2017 in a CAN $4770 silk-georgette gown from Valentino. The gown is crafted from fluid silk-georgette in a rich burgundy hue. This floor-skimming style has a elegant silhouette that floats languidly over the body. The 45-year-old woman was also adorned with earrings and a diamond and ruby necklace which is none other than the "peacock's tail" tiara created by the jeweler Eduard Schürmann & Co in 1897 for Queen Wilhelmina, the great grandmother of King Willem-Alexander and DIOR Lady Dior Clutch.

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The windmills of Holland

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Queen Maxima of the Netherlands wanted to know more the Nimegue-Betuwe wind park on Tuesday , a fellow citizens' initiative.

A working visit was on her agenda this Tuesday, January 31st 2017 in the afternoon for Queen Maxima of the Netherlands . The wife of King Willem-Alexander visited the region of Gelderland to discover their program the discovery of wind turbines, the 21st century version of the emblematic Dutch windmills.

For this appointment on the theme of sustainable development, Maxima had opted for a total brown-chocolate look. The 45-year-old woman was wearing a Natan paired a cedar coloured tweed suit with a pair of tanned leather boots which, despite their high heel, she had no problem steering through the mud. Her hair loose, the mother of the little princesses Catharina Amalia, Alexia and Ariane was adorned with ear pendants also in the browns color and a brown clutch from a brand we all know and one held by close friend from Spain Queen Letizia's spanish clutch favorite designer UTERQUE.

The wind turbines that the Queen of the Netherlands visited that day had the peculiarity of being installed as part of citizens' initiative. Just over 1,000 residents of the Nijmegen-Betuwe sector joined a cooperative to acquire wind shares totaling € 2 million. Today's four wind turbine fleet supplies electricity to approximately 7,100 households. Maxima had this pilot project detailed and did not hesitate to face muddy soils to be able to climb inside one of the masts.
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Queen Maxima in Wiesbaden for the G20 Financial inclusion conference

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Queen Maxima of the Netherlands was on Wednesday in the spa town of Wiesbaden in Germany, where she opened a G20 conference on financial inclusion.

Yesterday Wednesday, January 25th 2017, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands was on German soil more precisely in Wiesbaden. A city about forty kilometers west of Frankfurt best known to be one of the oldest spa towns in Europe. She was there to open a very serious G20 conference on financial inclusion.

The Queen of the Netherlands had in fact dressed her double cap as Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Inclusive Finance for Development and Honorary President of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion. Dressed in a sepia striped dress and navy blue of the Belgian brand Natan, under a short jacket of the same blue, Maxima was welcomed in the castle of Biebrich where the meeting was held. According to the Dutch media, the president of the Deutsche Bundesbank (Federal Bank of Germany) remarked to her, in his welcome, that this palace on the Rhine formerly belonged to the Nassau family. "Your husband's family," he said.

Entitled "Digitization of finance, financial inclusion and financial literacy", this conference was co-organized by the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Federal Ministry of Finance, while Germany is currently chairing the G20. The Palace said that Queen Maxima discussed, among other things, how technology and digital applications can be deployed to allow more people to use financial services in a safe and responsible manner.
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The Inauguration of the Dutch National Salon of Education

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This Tuesday, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands launched the National Salon of Education in Utrecht.

Maxima of the Netherlands is known for loving to wear hats of all kinds. The first she chose to draw in this new year 2017 is a brown fedora. She wore it on Tuesday, January 24th, 2017 to inaugurate the National Education Fair in Utrecht,

In addition to of the same color as his gloves, the wife of King Willem-Alexander opted for a rendezvous organized inside the exhibition hall Jaarbeurs Utrecht, for a NATAN camel jacket coordinated to a right skirt in tweed combining this tone with light green. The whole is enhanced by the touches of emerald green of her NATAN blouse, suede boots, clutch and green tassel earrings.

Accompanied by the Minister of Education, Culture and Science Jet Bussemaker, Maxima from the Netherlands officially opened the fair, the biggest Benelux trade fair devoted to education and concerning nursery, primary and secondary education General and professional. The mother of the Crown Princess Catarina-Amalia took the opportunity to make a stop on two stands that were particularly close to her heart. Those of two platforms of which she is honorary president: "Wijzer in geldzaken", dedicated to the promotion of responsible financial behavior in the Netherlands, and "Meer Muziek in de Klas", a music education program for pupils Of primary education.
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