Amalia from the Netherlands just turned 21, she celebrated it last Saturday, and she’s already a veteran when it comes to gala dinners. The heir to the Dutch throne attended a banquet in honor of Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa this Tuesday with his parents, Kings William and Maxima. It is the second time that the Princess of Orange has attended this type of event, after April she debuted an evening at the highest level given to Kings Felipe and Letizia.
© Getty ImagesFor the date the princess chose a dress full of mauve sequins with a Tadashi Shoki cape with stunning diamond jewelry including the star tiara, famously because it was the one her mother chose to marry King William. This headband has already become a heirloom favorite. She premiered it at Ingrid’s 18th birthday party in Norway in June 2022, when we first saw her wearing this type of headpiece.
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© Getty ImagesThe tiara consisted of two parts and although it had pearls on top, with which her grandmother ascended the throne, her mother removed them and replaced them for her wedding with the stars that belonged to William III’s wife, Queen Emma. , and it seems that they have the taste of Amalia. The princess completed her spectacular outfit with earrings, a chaton necklace, a bracelet and diamond ring. In her authorized biography, Amalia from the Netherlands already states that she loves jewelry (she knows the jewelry of all the queens and princesses of Europe) and does not hesitate to wear important pieces of Dutch royal wealth.
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At this state dinner, where Queen Máxima Jan Tamineau and The The chose a red dress Parure From Mellerio, Princess Amalia received an ornament that directly linked her to Princess Leonore. President Rebelo de Sousa distinguished her with the Order of Christ, which he bestowed on the Princess of Asturias when she made her first official visit abroad last July. It is a red band that Amalia wears on her dress and a cross that identifies her as a lady of this order, whose Grand Master is the President of Portugal.
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© Getty ImagesThis is the second foreign decoration that Amalia of the Netherlands has received. There is a certain tradition in which heads of state present signs on their foreign visits. During her debut at a state dinner before Don Felipe and Dona Letizia, she was awarded the Royal Order of Isabel la Cattolica.
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© Getty ImagesThe Emperor gave a speech in which he said: “Portugal and the Netherlands are historically linked. Your state visit, Mr. President, gives an opportunity to strengthen our cooperation by respecting the past and giving a better opportunity to the element that has always connected us: the sea (…) Mr. President, the day after tomorrow, December 12, is his birthday. will observe Congratulating someone before their birthday brings bad luck. So I’m not going to do that. Instead, I congratulate you and your countrymen on fifty years of the Carnation Revolution, which brought new prosperity to Portugal,” the King concluded.
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© Getty ImagesThe Portuguese president’s visit will continue this Wednesday with an appointment at the States General, a lunch with the government, a tour of the Peace Palace and a trip to Delft to learn about the solutions the Netherlands has taken to maintain its delta. Its safe and livable river area. In the evening he will give a reception at the old Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam which will conclude the state visit.
