Willem-Alexander & Maxima visit Morocco: November 13-16, 2005

[carlota]

such a cute photo... :)

[pollyemma]

I love the images of them peaking through the window. those are so cute!

[imane44]

it's too bad that there aren't any pictures of lalla salma and maxima. i read that salma only meets with kings and queens but it's not true, when she came to new york she met with hilary.

[misshelen]

New picture ANP without watermark:)

[misshelen]

Pictures from Colourpress

[carlota]

some more form anp

[carlota]

various ones... from anp

[carlota]

some nice ones from getty images :)

[ap3]

I love pretty much everything she is wearing. She looks like she has lost all of her pregnancy weight, and looks great in her clothes.

My favorites so far: the red dress she arrived in, the long pink jacket with the white dress (lovely color!, and the cut makes her look so slim), the beaded top (which mimics the mosaic work behind her) with the brown pants, and the blue pantsuit (lovely color and cut, and really shows how much weight she has lost)

My quibbles:
- the purple dress (I think it makes her legs look chunky)
- the pointy shoes which make her feet look really big
- her skirts are a little high I think for a visit to a muslim country. I think it's considered inappropriate to the culture (if not disrespectful to the religion) to show your knees - are there any moroccans on the board who could help me out on this?

[Humera]

I think Maxima is dressed just fine.
You'll see women showing a lot more skin when meeting the moroccan royals at the Marrakech Film festival.

btw, this top is striking
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...6&d=1132090125
And its funny how it sort of matches the mosaic on the wall behind Maxima.

[purple_platinum]

From the visit to l'institut francais of marrakech :
(courtesy of deadline)

[purple_platinum]

From Deadline :

Official Visit of Crownprince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima of The Netherlands to Morocco. The visit will take 3 days and is about the 400 year realtionship between The Netherlands and Morocco.

Here the couple walks in the medina.

[Marengo]

There was a rumour in the dutch press that Maxima had a fight with photographers on this market. Apparently it is not true, but they were annoyed as some photogaphers were so 'agressive' that they almost demolished a small shop to get better pictures of the royal couple. The shop was financed by th UN microcredit fund, of which Maxima is an advisor, so she was appaled. After the visit the shopowner received the card of the office of Prince and Princess of Orange and a request to contact them if his shop suffored any financial damage during this visit.

[purple_platinum]

More from first day (from abaca):

[La la]

Originally Posted by Marengo

After the visit the shopowner received the card of the office of Prince and Princess of Orange and a request to contact them if his shop suffored any financial damage during this visit.

That's really kind of them.

[Little_star]

"her skirts are a little high I think for a visit to a muslim country. I think it's considered inappropriate to the culture (if not disrespectful to the religion) to show your knees - are there any moroccans on the board who could help me out on this?"

I don't think that would be the case. Morocco has a booming tourism industry so I think the residents of Marrakesh are used to seeing a woman's knees.

[purple_platinum]

More from seegerpress of visit to Koran School :

[purple_platinum]

still from seegerpress :
visit to Koran School & visit to Dar Si Said Museum

[pollyemma]

I loved Maxima's hair, earrings and top for this event. very elegant! and very appropriate to the setting.

but those pants... when will Maxima wake up and realize that that style of pants is uniquely unflattering to her figure???

[Princess Maxima]

Thanks everyone for the wonderful pics!!!! Máxima looks great! Can't wait to see her and all her family at Alexia's chrsitening!