On July 30, 2012, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands along with their three daughters continued to enjoy the 2012 London Olympic Games.
The royal family watched the Men’s Preliminary Field Hockey match, Group B, between the Netherlands and India held at the Riverbank Arena. Final score: 3-2, Netherlands. Princess Maxima and her Princess Ariane also enjoyed a Judo match this afternoon.
On July 29, 2012, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands along with their three daughters attended various Olympic competitions during day two of the London Olympics.
On their agenda today, the royal family cheered on Team Netherlands during a great Women’s Hockey match against Belgium. The final score: 3-0. Team Netherlands basically dominated the game! 🙂
Also, the family enjoyed the intense Women’s Road Cycling in which Team Netherlands cyclist, Ms. Marianne Vos, won a well-deserved gold medal. Click here and here to view photos. Click here to watch a video.
In the evening, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima visited the Holland Heineken House in London.
On Wednesday, July 11, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands was in Rotterdam to officially close the Maasvlakte 2 seawall. According to the Dutch company, Van Oord (one company commissioned to oversee the project), back in 2008:
… the Port of Rotterdam Authority commenced construction of Maasvlakte 2, the land reclamation project in the North Sea for the development of the port of Rotterdam.
The port of Rotterdam [grew] 20%, the Netherlands [is now] 2,000 hectares larger, and the coastline is 3.5 km farther into the sea.
For more detailed information about project please visit Van Oord’s official website here. (in English)
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Sources: Van Oord and RVD
On July 7, 2012, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Willem-Alexander, Princess Maxima of the Netherlands and their daughters (Amalia, Alexia, and Ariane) posed for a family photo-op at the Horsten estate in Wassenaar. Afterward, Prince Willem-Alexander spoke to the press.
On July 6, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands visited the province of Fryslân. According to RVD, Her Majesty first arrived in the town of Heeg where she was warmly greeted by the local people as well as by the mayor. Afterward, she took a boat cruise, visited a farmhouse in Oudemirdum and much more.
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Source: RVD
On July 5, 2012, Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands was at the Broekerveiling Museum in Langedijk to open the new exhibition entitled, Leven van Het Land.
According to RVD, this new interactive museum focuses how the people “… previously lived and developed on the island of Broekerveiling…”
Click here to watch a video news report (in Dutch).
Source: RVD
Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands was in Amsterdam on July 4, 2012, to attend the 3rd Introduction of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Again, according to RVD, Princess Maxima is patron of the “… orchestra and she has played an important role in the creation of the first introductory concert in 2009. The theme of the evening is Play Together, Work Together, Live Together.”
Source: RVD
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