Category Archives: Dutch Royal Family

HM Queen Maxima of the Netherlands Christens a New Rescue Boat. (VIDEO)

On Wednesday, April 2, 2014, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands christened the new Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij Nh1816 rescue boat in IJmuiden.

According to the photo news agency, PPE, the new rescue boat was donated from “…the charity foundation Nh1816 insurance. Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij was founded in 1824 and saves more than 3,000 people in the North Sea.”

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Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands Attends the 10th Anniversary Celebrations of the ROC Midden Nederland.

DutchOn the afternoon of Thursday, March 27, 2014, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands attended the 10th anniversary celebrations of the ROC Midden Nederland in Utrecht.

According to RVD, the ROC Midden Nederland is a “…regional training center for vocational education, continuing education for adults, corporate participation and education in the province of Utrecht.”

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Photo courtesy of EVD/HKH

Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands Participates in the 4th Morningstar Investment Conference Europe.

maximaOn the morning of March 27, 2014, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, in her capacity as the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, gave a speech during the 4th Morningstar Investment Conference Europe in Amsterdam.

According to RVD, Morningstar provides:

“…investors with independent information on stocks and mutual funds. Listeners include top executives from other European pension funds, insurance companies, banks and asset managers.

Following her speech, Her Majesty participated in a panel discussion [entitled], ‘Financial Stewardship 2014 and Beyond.’ An international panel addresses the question of how investment can win back the confidence of investors and how their social role may be fulfilled even better.”

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Photo courtesy of RVD/HKH