They censor videos of a bailecito of Máxima in Seville

1999 In Spain, 20 years ago, Máxima met King Guillermo.

The ruler danced with Toni Benjumea, a member of one of Seville's most influential families, founders of the Abengoa Company. We saw the complicity between them and Máxima in an unknown facet in which he shows that he gives nothing wrong with flamenco dancing and that he is also pbadionate. And although these images were viewed with total naturalness by the Spanish press, the government vetoed them.

During the week, in an official statement, the executive branch banned the country's media from broadcasting these images, as they contribute nothing to the role of the queen and her role as monarch. And in the Netherlands, the real privacy is very protected and nothing that is private can be published, as would be this dance with friends in Seville.

I had already danced sitting on a chair

The same thing happened in 2018, during an official visit to Curacao, today the kingdom's autonomous territory and former Caribbean colony. Dressed in turquoise gauze and a straw hat, she could not get up from her chair for protocol reasons, but she "danced" while the rest of the procession was clapping her hands. In April 2018, the women's magazine Margriet produced a list with "the seven things we like most about Máxima", the first being her Latin accent. "He has an Argentinian who speaks Dutch, which is exotic and charming", was the first thing to emphasize in this publication.