State Visit from Mexico to The Netherlands: January 27-28, 2003

[Jacqueline]

Willem Alexander, Marta Maria Sahagun de Fox, her husband Mexican President Vicente Fox, Queen Beatrix and Princess Maxima Zorreguieta pose for an official photo prior to hosting a dinner at Royal Palace Noordeinde in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday Jan. 27, 2003. The Mexican President is on a two-day visit to the Netherlands.

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[Jacqueline]

Princess Maxima posing prior to the state-banquet on January 27, 2003.

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[Jacqueline]

Prince Willem-Alexander, Mrs. Marta Fox, Mexican President Vicente Fox, Queen Beatrix, Princess Maxima, and Pieter van Vollenhoven.

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[Julia]

Hi Jacqueline! Thanks for the information and pics. Maxima is also sporting a new tiara! I guess Queen Beatrix is very fond of her.

 

[samitude]

Maxima's tiara is actually pieces taken from two other tiaras that the family already has.

 

[Julia]

Hey Sylvia! Henri M wrote on the Royal Jewels Board: "HRH Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau in splendid outfit during the State Banquet for the president of Mexico.
Her diademe looks like the long-not-seen base of the Stuart diademe with the upright pearls from Queen Anna Paulovna's diademe.

The pearl-button on her necklace looks like one of the pearl-buttons of Queen Sophie's Coronet diademe.

Woooow!"

 

[Julia]

I don't care for Maxima's dress, though...

 

[Jacqueline]

Hi Julia and Sylvia!

I normally love Maxima's sense of style, but this gown isn't very flattering on her. The color is a bit harsh (wrong shade of red for her-I think) and I don't care for the sleeves. It just looks a bit odd.

 

[Julia]

Hi Jacqueline!

I have to agree. The red that Maxima chose is a little bright and the cut of her dress is a little matronly? It looks matronly to me.

 

[Jacqueline]

Originally posted by Julia@Jan 28th, 2003 - 9:11 pm
Hi Jacqueline!

I have to agree.  The red that Maxima chose is a little bright and the cut of her dress is a little matronly?  It looks matronly to me.  

I agree Julia. "Matronly" is exactly the word that I was looking for. It makes her appear much older than she actually is. She's in her early thirties, yet she is wearing a dress that would be wonderful for a woman in her fifties.

 

[Julia]

Hi Jacqueline! Exactly! It looks like a gown that a well-heeled woman in her fifties would wear.

Also, I know lots of people are crazy about the latest diadme that Maxima has assembled, but I don't care for it

 

[Jacqueline]

Hi Julia! I am not crazy about the diademe either, but I love the necklace that she is wearing. I wish that I we had a clearer photograph of that pearl. It is stunning IMO.

 

[Julia]

Hi Jacqueline!
The diademe is no great shakes, but I absolutely agree that the necklace is exquisite!

 

[Julia]

Hey Jacqueline!

Found a clearer picture of Maxima's stunning necklace. The photo is a little fuzzy or something....her skin looks odd

 

[Jacqueline]

Thank you Julia!

 

[Josefine]

was there more pictures from this state visit?