Queen Máxima: painted her story on the walls of the palace

1. MODELS OF COMMITMENT

On January 19, 2001, while they were skating on Lake Huis Ten Bosch, Guillermo surprised Máxima with an engagement ring.

2. YOUR DOGS AND THE KING'S LAYER

Family farmers, Skipper and Nala. By 2018, Nala had seven puppies and the palace announced that one of the puppies would continue to live with the royal family, the rest would be "a warm hearth". The ermine cloak with which Guillermo Alejandro I proposed to pledge allegiance to his people on the day of his coronation is also discovered.

3. THE GALA CAP WHICH WAS TAKEN IN MARRIAGE

The King did his military service in the Royal Navy in 1987 and, after a training of several months at the Royal Naval Institute in Helder, he boarded several navy ships.

4. THE MEMOIRS OF THE KING

The Olympic Order in Gold was awarded to Guillermo Alejandro of the Netherlands in 1998. After years as head of the Dutch Olympic Committee, he was named a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In this area of ​​the mural was placed an image of the king's oldest table knife. And most importantly, you can see a pilot badge (this one was received twenty-three years ago).

5. THE BANDONEÓN

February 2, 2002 is an unforgettable date for the King of Holland after his marriage to Máxima. On this day, Dutch bandoneonist Carel Kraayenhof performed "Adiós Nonino" by Astor Piazzolla (in honor of Máxima's father, Jorge Zorreguieta, to whom the Parliament did not allow him). 39 to attend the wedding) and delighted the bride to tears. On a sheet that is next to the bandoneon, there are the signatures of the authors of the mural, Schelten & Abbenes.

6. TYPICAL DUTCH CERAMIC

It also pays tribute to the famous Delft blue pottery (known as Delfts Blauw by the Dutch), which had its moment of glory between 1600 and 1800, for its particular badembly process and subsequent work. hand drawing. Today, there is only one factory in the city of Delft, located 60 kilometers from Amsterdam.

7. PRINCESSES AT THE TABLE

To represent the early childhood of the princesses, chairs were pulled where they ate. In one, the name "Alexia" appears.

8. THE CRADLE OF THE HERITARIES

In each official presentation of their daughters, the kings posed next to their newly born heiresses in front of the same cradle with columns. And the saddle refers to the pbadion for horses that Máxima inherited from his father, Jorge Zorreguieta, and his godmother, Marcela Cerruti. Although all the princesses practice riding, it seems that Alexia is the most dedicated.

9. A CONDOR

Typical Patagonian skies, observe from above. Bariloche and La Angostura, where his brother Martín lives, are among the favorite destinations of Máxima and his family.

10. THE COSTUME OF THE QUEEN

The Sovereign caused a sensation on the day of her enthronement with a spectacular dress embroidered with stones and crystals, which she combined with a cape of the same tone made by the Dutch designer Jan Taminiau.

11. THE UN FLAG

In honor of Máxima's role in the organization as Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General on Financial Inclusion for Development and Honorary Chair of the Global Alliance for Global Development. Financial inclusion (GPFI).

12. TRADITIONS

An Argentine clbadic. I could not miss the companion that special mention of the Queen of Holland in her native country. The fan remembers the day that Máxima and Guillermo met. It was during the Feria de Abril, in Seville, two decades ago.

Entering the blue hall of the palace Huis Ten Bosch, it is obvious that unforgettable memories and objects representing all members of the royal family are drawn on its walls. On the left, King William is represented in the center by princesses Amalia, Alexia and Ariane and on the right Queen Máxima. This room is undoubtedly the most moving place of the palace, where we remember the lives of those who live there, their "treasures" and where we pay tribute to their loved ones.

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The three-dimensional textile was designed and manufactured by the artists duo
Schelten & Abbenes, who badured that during a conversation with the royal couple "was born the idea of ​​using the archives of the royal family" and then realize a three-dimensional collage.

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