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Independent research into House of Orange-Nassau and Dutch colonial history 06 December 2022
King Willem-Alexander has commissioned independent research into the role of the House of Orange-Nassau in Dutch colonial history. The research will t...
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Queen Máxima pays a virtual visit to ‘StudentinzetopSchool’ 14 April 2021
Students from ‘StudentinzetopSchool’ help schoolchildren and gain valuable teaching experience at the same time. In an online visit on 13 April, Queen...
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Jos Gommans guest curator exhibition 'India and the Netherlands in the Age of Rembrandt' 18 October 2019
Jos Gommans is guest curator of the exhibition "India and the Netherlands in the Age of Rembrandt", from October 17th to December 16th 2019 in the Chh...
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Stop disregarding safety, says Pieter van Vollenhoven 05 June 2019
He’s sometimes called Your Safeness. Leiden law alumnus Pieter van Vollenhoven, husband of Princess Margriet and the driving force behind the Dutch Sa...
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Dutch royals in Leiden 26 April 2019
King Willem-Alexander celebrated his 52nd birthday on 27 April. He studied at Leiden University and is a regular visitor here.
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The Leiden moments of Princess Beatrix 30 January 2018
Princess Beatrix celebrated her eightieth birthday on 31 January. She has a warm bond with Leiden University, having studied Law and Sociology here. S...
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Exhibition shows the wondrous world of rowing club Asopos De Vliet 27 October 2017
Boudewijn Röell's Olympic medal, an ancient skiff and photo's of memorable rituals. Asopos de Vliet - Princess Beatrix was a member - is celebrating i...
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Pieter van Vollenhoven: 'People aren't always happy to hear the truth.' 21 March 2017
A symposium with a festive touch was organised at Leiden University on 20 March to mark the 50-year anniversary of the marriage of Princess Margriet a...
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King opens new wing of Leiden Instrumentmakers School 06 December 2016
King Willem-Alexander visited Leiden on 6 December to open the new wing of the Leiden Instrumentmakers School. Students of this vocational programme m...
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King and Queen consult China experts in Leiden 05 October 2015
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima attended a meeting at Leiden University on 1 October to prepare for their state visit to China. China experts i...
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Queen Máxima opens renovated tropical greenhouse at Leiden's Hortus 04 September 2013
On Wednesday 4 September, Queen Máxima opened the renovated tropical greenhouse complex of the Leiden Hortus Botanicus, an event that attracted wide p...
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Queen Beatrix writing history 29 January 2013
This is a good time for it to happen, in the opinion of Professor of Fatherlands History, Henk te Velde. The abdication of Queen Beatrix is a good sta...