Willem-Alexander, Máxima and Family, General News 5: Aug 2023 -


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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 .
Yes its a bit off topic but in the Maxima thread it was mentioned that in NL some TV channels have even used subtitles when Maxima spoke in Dutch (to get attention but obviously she made grammatical mistakes that point to a neglect of practice).
 
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That must have been quite a surprise for the guests and staff!

There are videos on social media apparently, I notided one on tiktok where they are standing in line and are talking to bystanders.
 
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.
Queen Silvia's Swedish skills stopped developing and then even started regressing quite a few years ago.
 
King Willem-Alexander, queen Máxima and princess Alexia were spotted in Rotterdam yesterday - first at a terrace of a popular restaurant and later at a famous snackbar where the king ordered the signature dish: a kapsalon. I wonder whether it was a (one-day) late birthday celebration for Alexia.

See: In Rotterdamse shoarmazaak kijken ze verbaasd op als koning een kapsalon bestelt
The king explained at the end of the photo session that they went with four couples (friends) and their children (all adolescents or young adults I assume) on a 'snack-fari', trying out different snacks that the youngsters recommended. On the question whether he liked the Kapsalon, the king answered that it was an interesting experience (he was pressed for a more specific answer but this was all they got, so I take it as he wasn't that impressed).
 
It's a special anniversary for King Willem-Alexander today, July 2, he received his pilot's license 40 years ago.

The Palace has shared a nice look back:



The King is a passionate aviator. Today, he received his pilot's license – exactly 40 years ago. On July 2, 1985, King Willem-Alexander received his Private Pilot's License, Second Class. (📸 1) On his first solo flight, he had a special passenger on board: his father, Prince Claus (📸 2). He continued his pilot training and obtained, among other things, the Military Pilot's License in 1994 and the ATPL for civil aviation in 2001. As the Prince of Orange, he flew for a time in Kenya, volunteering for AMREF and the Kenya Wildlife Service (📸 3). To keep track of his flying hours, the King continues to be a guest pilot with KLM (📸 4 & 5). He also occasionally flies as a co-pilot on the Dutch government aircraft, such as last month to Prague in connection with the state visit to the Czech Republic (📸 6).

 
such a cool thing for the King to be able to fly commercially on KLM
 
The king explained at the end of the photo session that they went with four couples (friends) and their children (all adolescents or young adults I assume) on a 'snack-fari', trying out different snacks that the youngsters recommended. On the question whether he liked the Kapsalon, the king answered that it was an interesting experience (he was pressed for a more specific answer but this was all they got, so I take it as he wasn't that impressed).
Well, what else could he say?
When you call something interesting, it really means you didn't much like it.
 
a snack bar? i never heard about that concept but sounds fun.
 
Carlos Ancapichun (76), a caretaker of -what the Argentine press says- 'one of Máxima's properties on the Cumelén country club in Villa La Angostura, has disappeared after a visit to his brother in the area of Puyuhúe, Chile three weeks ago.

His truck was found in the woods, search teams have been looking in the area but no trace can be found yet.

 
The government plane was spotted in Greece three days ago, so it seems the summer vacation has started.

The King will be back at August 15th for the commemoration of end of WWII in the Pacific and the Dutch victims and survivors of the Japanese occupation of the former Dutch Indies/ Indonesia.

Other than that the first thing on the agenda for Queen Máxima is on September 3rd, so they may be on vacation for two months. Lucky them.
 
Blauw Bloed created a compilation of loving moments of the king and queen. There are several really cute moments but also check out the 3 minutes mark where Máxima tries to sing and Willem-Alexander seems to be teasing her by singing loudly (and probably not fully in tune) in her ear.

 
Now I want a kapsalon for dinner! The ones I saw online looked yummy. The King’s? Not so much.
 
On Friday July 4, the king, queen and their daughters visited concentration camp Auschwitz privately. After attending the Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of Liberation of Auschwitz on January 27, Willem-Alexander and Máxima decided to come back privately and bring their other daughters as well (Amalia was in attendance in January as well).

Source (in Dutch): Koninklijk gezin brengt een privébezoek aan Auschwitz
 
Apparrently they made it public as there were questions of a journalist about the movement of the government plane.
 
Maxima, Alexia and Arianne paid an official visit to the Holy Metropolitan Church of Agios Nikolaos in Spetses.

The Queen should have covered her shoulders.
 
It's a shame the King and Queen and their daughters can't have complete privacy during their Greek vacation. Their home in Greece looks wonderful.
 
It seems that Pss Alexia has a photo on her instagram profile which was taken in the villa in Greece.

 
It will be hard getting the official dutch media to not report on the private life of the dutch royals if the dutch royals start sharing their own stuff on social media 😉
It has to me long felt pretty forced that the dutch media are not allowed to mention their life 'outside work' while media from other countries do
 
Maxima, Alexia and Arianne paid an official visit to the Holy Metropolitan Church of Agios Nikolaos in Spetses.

The Queen should have covered her shoulders.

She has a white shawl in her hands, I assume to cover her shoulders.



It will be hard getting the official dutch media to not report on the private life of the dutch royals if the dutch royals start sharing their own stuff on social media 😉
It has to me long felt pretty forced that the dutch media are not allowed to mention their life 'outside work' while media from other countries do

I believe they are on vacation for 40 days already. That alone would be newsworthy enough to publish.
And you are right, it is ridiculous that anybody can find these photos online while the Dutch press can not publish it.
 
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The photo was removed from the account of the priest who posted it. It may be on his own initiative or not.
And a Dutch blog -modekoninginmaxima- was approached by the RVD to remove it, which they did.

The King has been away for 43 days on vacation.

Let's see if he/the family will be at SAIL Amsterdam which will start tomorrow. Nothing is in the agenda but attendance is possible as in the past he was there too, with the Groene Draeck (sail boat of Queen Beatrix).
 
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Accodring to a supplement of French newspaper 'Figaro' the King and Queen are 'disconnected' due to their long luxery vacation.


They refer to media and observers in the Netherlands. I am not sure there is all that much polemic.
 
Well...it doesn't make much a difference really where they are, country is run by others anyway, and even though the government is in shambles at the moment, i don't think anyone really thinks the King being in the NL would make any difference?

But to be honest: maybe that indifference is a bigger threat to a monarchy than republicanism
 
True.. but let's keep that quiet because if it doesn't make a difference if they are there or not.... the next question would then be what is the point of having them at all ;).

You are right, I also think most people are simply indifferent. And I imagine most will think they vacation much of the time anyway, so a week more or less does not make a difference.

Still, Máxima seeing Maria Teresa as a role-model is not something that bodes well I suppose.

Anyway.... forbidden in the Netherlands but visible anywhere else, the vacation photos in Hola Argentina/ La Nacion:

 
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