According to BUNTE article of last September the youngest son, Juan, is living in Vienna
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Why should it be a matter for us? What she does in her time is entirely her prerogative, IMO.
When royals take excessive vacations or travel frequently outside their countries for leisure, it has always been discussed in this forum, and also in the press in their countries when it is a bit critical (the Danish suffered such criticism at the beginning of the year). In less than a month, Máxima has been on vacation in Greece, Argentina, and now Spain. In recent months, her leisure trips abroad seem to be frequent, so it's normal for this to raise questions.
They do like this event - I am just back from Seville myself and it reminded me how the couple met at the Feria. Didn't they do a family trip to it a few years agoMáxima is continuing her vacation and party at the Sevilla April Fair.
La Reina Máxima de Holanda regresa a la Feria de Sevilla, donde conoció al Rey Guillermo
Ha sido agasajada por el alcalde, José Luis Sanz, que refleja «el idilio que mantiene con Sevilla»
How many private trips abroad has she taken since the beginning of the year? It seems she's a bit bored in the Netherlands.
I guess the question is what is excessive? Some of us do 4-5 trips a year. But this is a very personal matter on how one chooses to spend their down time. Being a member of the RF does not, IMO, mean that one is bound to that country only.
That makes sense, as he lived there at the time of his wedding & he married there. i believe he is now divorced. Vienna and Bratislava are only one hour away by car.
her schedule when she is in the netherlands is quite packed so i highly doubt she is bored. she is at the stage in life when her daughters are old enough and they have more freedom to travel, along with, let's be honest, quite a lot more disposable income and privileges when it comes to travelling than the average person, so why not? she is hard working in her role as queen, and she is allowed some down time to go see family and friends.Máxima is continuing her vacation and party at the Sevilla April Fair.
La Reina Máxima de Holanda regresa a la Feria de Sevilla, donde conoció al Rey Guillermo
Ha sido agasajada por el alcalde, José Luis Sanz, que refleja «el idilio que mantiene con Sevilla»
How many private trips abroad has she taken since the beginning of the year? It seems she's a bit bored in the Netherlands.
i didn't know this either, how sad.
this is interesting. i've never heard anyone in the same situation whose second language, when fully immersed and working and living in the acquired language culture, gets worse with time - it typically just improves or stays the same. i don't speak dutch so i cannot judge but this seems strange. if this type of error wasn't more than once i think it is just the odd one out as opposed to saying categorically her dutch got worse.
It's a general pattern that has been discussed on TRF before as well. Of course, people can make mistakes, especially in their second (or third or fourth) language; so a one time issue would not necessarily be problematic (even native speakers might make mistakes once in a while) - however, this was the most obvious one in this case but her pronunciation was sloppy as well. While Máxima at first made a very great effort to speak correctly, it seems that same effort is no longer in place. Hence, the observation by several people over time that her Dutch is getting worse instead of better. I guess, she still regularly uses three languages and it seems Dutch is not the primary one but rather English with Spanish as a close second?!
Interesting. Thanks for the context. This is interesting to hear as someone who doesn’t speak Dutch. I guess then that maybe these days quite a bit of her meetings happen in English perhaps as she is heavily involved with the UN and travels abroad often for that? Maybe they speak English at home? Or even Spanish between herself and the girls?
To ensure their daughters grew up bilingual, Máxima spoke Spanish with them from the start, while Willem-Alexander would speak Dutch to them. The princesses speak Dutch among themselves, so I guess that is also the 'family language' for example if they share a meal together. I am not sure what language Willem-Alexander and Máxima speak between just the two of them.
It is? I had no idea. I would have thought that since she became queen her Dutch would naturally improve even more, simply from added exposure .
It is. 81% of the respondants at the mediacourant think it is time for Maxima to do something about her language skills and start an intensive course with the nuns in Vught.
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