King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands and Queen Maxima of The Netherlands are making a state visit to Ireland as the guests of Irish president Michael D Higgins. The visit takes place in Dublin and Cork from 12 to 14 June 2019. The state visit began in Dublin, where President Higgins and his wife, Sabina Higgins, received the King and Queen at áras an Uachtaráin, the president’s official residence. Next, the King and Queen, in accordance with Irish tradition, planted a tree in the garden and ringed the Peace Bell.
On the evening of June 12, 2019, Irish President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina Higgins hosted a State Dinner at áras an Uachtaráin in honour of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of The Netherlands.
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima visited the Lord Mayor of Dublin at the Mansion House. The royal couple then visited Trinity College Dublin and the Old Library. In the afternoon, The King and Queen met with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar at the Government building.
Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima hosted a traditional reception and a performance of modern ballet at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin, in honour of Irish President Michael Higgins and his wife Sabina Higgins.
On June 20, 2019, Dutch Queen Maxima visited Hoogeveen city within the scope of ‘’More music in the classroom’’ programme.
In the afternoon, Queen Maxima visited De Delerij, an initiative of the Refugee Children Foundation (Stiching Vluchtelingkinderen), which helps refugees and asylum seekers to integrate, in Driebergen.
On June 25, 2019, Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opened the exhibition 'Gek op Geld' at Tax and Customs Museum in Rotterdam. Afterwards, Dutch Queen Maxima opened the "No Limits Noordwijk Riding School" in Noordwijk aan Zee.
Dutch Queen Maxima is attending the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, in her capacity as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA) and as honorary patron of the G20’s Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI).
As the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development and Honorary Patron of the G20’s Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion, Queen Maxima attended the G20 Summit held in Osaka, Japan. On the second day of the summit, the Queen attended an event on women's empowerment during the G20 Summit in Osaka. At the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Queen Maxima gave a speech at the G20 side event.
Queen Máxima visited the Met je Hart Foundation (With your heart) in Breda .
The Queen's second engagement was to visit and open children's exhibition Superstraat (Superstreet) in the afternoon, held in the Wereldmuseum (World Museum) in Rotterdam.
On July 7, 2019, Dutch King Willem-Alexander, Crown Princess Amalia and Princess Ariane attended the final match of FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 at Lyon Stadium in Lyon, to support women's football team of the Netherlands in the game played between The Netherlands and United States of America.
From the evening of July 9 to July 11, in her capacity as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA), Queen Maxima is making a three day visit to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. The Queen arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, and welcomed by Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen.
On the second day of her visit to Bangladesh, Queen Maxima firstly met with development partners and representatives of the fintech sector at the local UN office. Queen Maxima then visited a representative of iPay, which has developed the iPay e-wallet that customers can install on their smartphone and use to make online payments. Afterwards, The Queen visited ShopUp, which is a business that helps small enterprises to sell their products via Facebook.
On July 16, 2019, Queen Maxima of The Netherlands attended a meeting with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to mark 10th anniversary of UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA) at United Nations headquarters in New York.
On July 19, 2019, Dutch royal family held a photo session on the occasion of the 2019 summer holiday in the garden of Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague.
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