On Tuesday, September 16, 2014, Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands along with Their Royal Highnesses Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands attended the opening of the 2014 Prinsjesdag at the Ridderzaal in Den Haag.

During today’s opening of the new parliamentary year of the Staten-Generaal (Dutch Senate and House of Representatives) His Majesty delivered a speech highlighting the budget and policies of the Dutch government for the coming year.

Thereafter, Their Majesties and Their Royal Highnesses returned to Paleis Noordeinde in Den Haag to wave to the Dutch people.

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On September 11, 2014, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands attended the 2014 Nederlandse Bank (DNB) Pensioenseminar, held under the theme, De Deelnemer in Beeld, at the Theater Spant in Bussum.

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On September 9, 2014, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands arrived at the Nieuwe Kerk in Den Haag to attend the 2014 NWO Spinozapremies (NWO Spinoza Prizes).

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On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 9, 2014, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands met with the President of Myanmar, Mr. Thein Sein, at Paleis Noordeinde in Den Haag.

Earlier in the day, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, in her capacity as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, participated in a meeting with President Sein at Villa Eikenhorst.

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On Thursday, September 4, 2014, Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands attended the opening of Paviljoen Nederland en de Eerste Wereldoorlog (Pavilion Netherlands and the First World War) held on the grounds of the Museum Huis Doorn in Doorn.

According to the Dutch photo agency, PPE, the permanent exhibition at the museum is “…based on five themes [and] pictures the daily life in the years [between] 1914-1918…”

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On Wednesday, September 3, 2014, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands opened the new Centrum voor Onderwijsexcellentie (Center for Educational Excellence) at the University College Roosevelt in Middleburg.

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On Wednesday, July 23, 2014, Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands accompanied by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mr. Mark Rutte, His Royal Highness Prince Laurent of Belgium, the Governor-General of Australia, Mr. Peter Cosgrove, the Australian Foreign Minister, Ms. Julie Bishop, various dignitaries as well as families and friends attended a solemn ceremony at Eindhoven Airbase to witness the arrival of planes from Ukraine carrying the remains of the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17).

MH17 was shot down last Thursday, July 17, 2014, by a BUK ground-to-air missile killing 298 innocent passengers and crew members.