The Royal Family of the Netherlands

Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.

The new King and Queen of the Netherlands.

The smiling happy royal family of the Netherlands.

The King with his eldest daughter and heir, Princess Amalia, the Princess of Orange.

The Queen and King of the Netherlands with their three lovely daughters.

The Queen with her three daughters.

Princess Alexia, Queen Maxima, Princess Ariane, King Willem Alexander, and Princess Amalia.

The couple with one of their newborn daughters.

On a skiing holiday with their three daughters and Princess Beatrix, at right.

Willem-Alexander and Maxima with their two eldest daughters, Amalia and Alexia.

The young King and Queen with there three daughters.

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands poses with the cast of the musical Hij Gelooft in Mij (He Believes in Me), after a benefit performance in Amsterdam.

A young King Willem-Alexander.

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima

The King and Queen of the Netherlands with their three beautiful daughters.

The entire Dutch royal family, with Queen Beatrix at its center. The pic also includes Prince Johan Friso, who died last year after being in a coma, with  his wife Princess Mabel; Prince Constantijn and his wife, Princess Laurentien; with Princess Maxima and Prince Willem Alexander.

Willem-Alexander, Maxima and Beatrix, with Maxima's two oldest daughters.

Princess Alexia, King Willem-Alexander, Princess Amalia, Princess Ariane, and Queen Maxima.

The King and Queen with their kids, on a skiing holiday.

A beautiful group shot of the royal family.

King Willem-Alexander with his eldest daughter, Princess Amalia, and youngest daughter, Princess Ariane.

The Dutch royals on a train.

Willem-Alexander and Maxima at the time of their engagement.

Princess Maxima and Prince Willem-Alexander at the christening of their youngest daughter, Ariane.

I'm a twin, and it was bad enough being dressed like her, so I can't imagine how embarrassed Amalia is to be dressed exactly like her two younger sisters!

As with any person marrying into a famous family, Maxima must have faced challenges when she first married Willem-Alexander, but she has obviously become much more relaxed and comfortable in her role as the female figurehead of her country.

Pass the Royal Hollandaise

Princess Mabel, Prince Constantijn and his wife, Princess Laurentien. Constantijn is Willem-Alexander's brother.

The newly made Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.

The official Abdication document, showing Queen Beatrix's and King Willem-Alexander's signatures.

Queen Maxima, when still princess.

Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima at the christening of one of their children. Not sure who all is in the background (they're the godparents, assuming), but in the middle is Queen Mathilde of Belgium.

the Lovely Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander.

Queen Maxima, Princess Beatrix, and King Willem-Alexander.

The new king and queen being sworn in.

 Maxima, Beatrix, and Willem-Alexander.

 

New King and Queen! Mathilde's simple tiara of a large diamond riviere is beautiful!

Queen Beatrix, from a decade-old photo.

The King and Queen of the Netherlands.

The newly-made Princess Beatrix.

Maxima and Willem-Alexander.

Maxima the Beautiful

 The Dutch Royal family kindly offers high resolution images of their members on their website. I was in the Netherlands when Maxima turned 40, and the image below with Maxima in a tiara was on Dutch magazines. I always wondered how the magazines got such good pics! Turns out, we can all use these pics, as long as it's for nothing political or otherwise inappropriate.

Maxima on her 40th birthday.

40th Birthday shot of the then Princess Maxima of the Netherlands.

Máxima Zorreguieta in her homeland of Argentina.

Máxima Zorreguieta as a baby in Argentina.

Máxima Zorreguieta as a baby.

Maxima early on in her marriage to King Willem-Alexander.

The Princess of Orange.

Maxima on her wedding day to Prince Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange.

Maxima at the time of her engagement to the King.