The Olympics may be over, but royals have continued celebrating their nations’ athletes and champions. In the Netherlands, the King and Queen honored the achievements of Dutch medalists during a palace reception in The Hague.
On Tuesday, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima joined in the celebrations of Dutch athletic success at the recent Olympic Games in Paris, inviting medal winners to Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague for a reception. The athletes and the royals posed for photographs on the palace steps during the celebration.
Members of the Dutch royal family took advantage of the close proximity of the Olympics in France to attend multiple events during the Games. Above, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima cheer on Dutch volleyball players with two of their daughters, Princess Amalia and Princess Alexia. You can read more about Maxima’s Olympic jewels in my previous article on the subject here!
Maxima kept her attire mostly casual while attending Olympic events, but she dressed up a bit more for the palace reception last week. UFO No More tells us that her dress for the occasion came from one of her favorite brands, Natan. ModeKoninginMaxima reminds us that it’s been in Maxima’s closet for more than a decade.
Maxima opted to leave her necklaces in her jewelry box for the occasion–a smart decision not to try to compete with the dress’s draped neckline–opting for a pair of statement earrings instead. She has multiple pairs of tassel earrings in her collection. This particular pair is set with diamonds, rubies, and seed pearls.
Maxima has been wearing the earrings for several years, often with red or multicolored ensembles that coordinate with the color of the rubies. Here, she wears the earrings with a red ensemble in Haarlem in November 2021.
More recently, we saw her wear the tassel earrings with a floral dress and red accessories in Cape Town during the couple’s state visit to South Africa last October.
Maxima, as usual, also wore her engagement and wedding rings and stacks of bracelets on each wrist. On her left wrist, she wore her watch with a pair of delicate gold bracelets.
And on her right wrist, she wore three interesting gold bracelets. One features an evil eye design, one of Maxima’s favorite motifs, and another is a chunkier bangle depicting stylized elephants.
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