Queen Maxima of the Netherlands cuts a stylish figure at a business awards ceremony in Amsterdam

Monochrome monarch! Queen Maxima of the Netherlands cuts a stylish figure in a black and white ensemble to announce the winners of the King Willem I Award in Amsterdam Queen Maxima of the Netherlands cut stylish figure at annual awards ceremony  Monarch, 49, looked polished in a monochrome ensemble and blue face mask Announced winners … Read more

Flying car Netherlands: Three-wheeled flying car wins approval to drive on the roads

A £270,000 three-wheel flying car built in the Netherlands has won approval to drive on the roads.  The PAL-V Liberty has been cleared for lift off by Europe’s motor vehicle regulator, who gave its Dutch creators permission to register the machine as a car. Eighty orders have already been placed for the flying car and … Read more

Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands issue public apology

Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands issue a public apology after failing to practice social distancing while posing for a photo with a restaurant worker during Greek holiday Dutch royals have apologised for not social distancing in a photo taken in Greece Snap shows them standing less than one metre from a restaurant … Read more

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands’ niece, 18, is taking Instagram by storm

She’s King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands’ niece and fifth-in-line to the Dutch throne, yet Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau says she ‘didn’t expect’ her huge social media following after taking her private life public. A true up-and-coming Instagram star, with 75,000 followers so far, having jumped by 45,000 in just a day, the 18-year-old is offering royal … Read more

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands shares her mother’s recipe for her ‘favourite cookies’

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands has delighted royal fans by sharing her mother’s recipe for her ‘favourite cookies’ Argentine alfajores. The royal, who was born in Argentina, posted the instructions to Instagram yesterday to mark her 49th birthday, which she spent at her home Huis ten Bosch in The Hague. Glamming up for the occasion, King Willem-Alexander’s … Read more

MDMA use on the rise in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany according to an analysis of wastewater

Europeans appear to be developing an MDMA habit according to a new study that analyzed wastewater for drug metabolites and biomarkers. The study, conducted by the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), found that there was six times more MDMA residue in wastewater samples collected in 2019 compared to 2011. The samples came from … Read more

Hilarious images show creative solutions to everyday problems from Arizona to the Netherlands

Are these the best brainwaves ever? Hilarious images show some VERY creative solutions to annoying problems The humble coffee cup holder has all sorts of extra uses, it turns out  Want to keep your pizza warm in the car? Time to turn on the heated seats A jumper can act as a makeshift lock for … Read more