Queen Máxima as UN Advocate for Inclusive Financial Services: 2009 - present

[Lady Daly]

Originally Posted by lula

The palace, the flag, the dress, the necklace, the bracelet ... the whole staging ... and the queen is barefoot ... I understand that she is at home, but there are a lot of comfortable shoes ...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsRVf9EW...jpg&name=large

Covid has turned some of our norms a bit upside down, hasn't it I kinda like that she works with her shoes off!! I know it may seem odd, but as you said, she does work from home. The video camera isn't trained on her feet under the table. We only know about her barefeet because of the separate still photos documenting her video conferences Most likely the room itself isn't staged so much as Maxima just happens to be in a room in a royal palace.

Queen Maxima is such an intelligent highly educated polyglot with a Masters degree in economics. Many of her conferences aren't just a formality of niceties but actual lengthy functional working meetings with international leaders, the UN Secretary General, etc. trying to help women and children who live in poverty throughout the world. If she can kick off her shoes during a long meeting, why not.

[SLV]

She is at home and nobody from the videocall can see her feet. Can't blame her for getting rid of the shoes, in her own house.
If their had not been this promotionsl pictures, we wouldn't have known either.

[EvaH]

Originally Posted by Lady Daly

Covid has turned some of our norms a bit upside down, hasn't it I kinda like that she works with her shoes off!! I know it may seem odd, but as you said, she does work from home. The video camera isn't trained on her feet under the table. We only know about her barefeet because of the separate still photos documenting her video conferences Most likely the room itself isn't staged so much as Maxima just happens to be in a room in a royal palace.

Queen Maxima is such an intelligent highly educated polyglot with a Masters degree in economics. Many of her conferences aren't just a formality of niceties but actual lengthy functional working meetings with international leaders, the UN Secretary General, etc. trying to help women and children who live in poverty throughout the world. If she can kick off her shoes during a long meeting, why not.

This so much.

[eya]

Queen Máxima is virtual in panel discussion of the event "Resetting Digital Currencies" during @wef . She talks about how digital forms of money could contribute to better access to and safe use of financial services.


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[Duke of Marmalade]

Originally Posted by lula

The palace, the flag, the dress, the necklace, the bracelet ... the whole staging ... and the queen is barefoot ... I understand that she is at home, but there are a lot of comfortable shoes ...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsRVf9EW...jpg&name=large

in addition, Maxima has been shopping at bol.com during the meeting as her tablet shows...

https://www.ruetir.com/2021/01/21/qu...-zoom-meeting/

[eya]

Queen Máxima had a video calling with President Ramaphosa of South Africa on how cooperation between African countries can contribute to better access to and safe use of digital financial services.


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[iceflower]

Queen Máxima in her capacity as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development provided virtual opening remarks at a high-level event to launch a global call to action on reaching financial equality on International Women's Day today, March 8:


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[iceflower]

Today, March 22, Queen Máxima as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development held a virtual speech during the opening programme of the international Global Money Week 2021:


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[iceflower]

Queen Máxima in her role as United Nations Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development participated in a webinar on the importance of financial health in the context of financial inclusion today, March 26:


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