Máxima from the Netherlands does not yet see her daughter Amalia as queen: "For me she is still my child"

An interview on Dutch public television this Monday marked the 50th birthday of Queen Consort Máxima of the Netherlands. Without great celebrations due to the pandemic, the hour of conversation between the wife of King William and a well-known Dutch presenter has closed the day of their anniversary. During the talk, she acknowledged that the truncated family vacation in Greece, in October 2020, was "an error of judgment that seemed little supportive." It happened three days after the Government asked for containment in the exits abroad, and this episode, together with the purchase of a luxury yacht for two million euros, has damaged its popularity. Justifying the ship has been more difficult. After noting that everything they do as kings in private "is seen and commented",and that the ship should not obscure her husband's work in the country, she pointed out: "The king really wanted it and I think he deserved it." The meeting took place at the Huis ten Bosch palace, the official residence of the royal family, in The Hague, and its interlocutor was Matthijs van Nieuwkerk. The meeting has aroused great interest among citizens and has achieved great audience success, being the most watched of the day in the Netherlands with 3.2 million viewers, in a territory of 17.5 million inhabitants.The meeting has aroused great interest among citizens and has achieved great audience success, being the most watched of the day in the Netherlands with 3.2 million viewers, in a territory of 17.5 million inhabitants.The meeting has aroused great interest among citizens and has achieved great audience success, being the most watched of the day in the Netherlands with 3.2 million viewers, in a territory of 17.5 million inhabitants.

During the meeting, the interviewee and the interviewer exchanged presents. He has given her a book by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971, the year Máxima was born. To the presenter's surprise, she in turn offered him a copy of the poems of the American writer Louise Glück, 2020 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, taken from her personal library. The tone of the meeting has been relaxed and has been filmed in the queen's office, occupied years ago by Prince Claus, father of King William. Decorated with modern art, classic furniture and abundant family photos, Máxima has assured that she is very comfortable there, "although sometimes I also work where the girls are." As they spoke, he recalled a little-known episode from his past:her solo and car trips in 2001, camouflaged under a black wig. He wanted to know his adopted country and its people without attracting attention.

Máxima of the Netherlands, with her husband King William and their three daughters, Amalia (right), Ariane and Alexia, last week when they attended a show at the Carré in Amsterdam.

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Guillermo and Máxima met in 1999 at the Seville Fair, and shortly before, an Argentine friend had promised her "the signing of a contract with a foreign man."

The stranger turned out to be a Dutch prince, a detail that made Van Nieuwkerk laugh.

“It wasn't a good start, because they asked me to take photos at a party we both attended, and Guillermo looked at me suspiciously.

I didn't know if I was a

or where the images would end up. "

Now he says that he is her anchor and her strength.

The absence of her parents at her wedding in 2002 is an unavoidable theme in the biography of the Dutch queen. The father, Jorge Zorreguieta, was Secretary of Agriculture in the Government of the dictatorship of General Jorge Videla, and she has thus summarized the emptiness felt during the link: "We don't always have what we want." At another time, he has been moved to remember the death of his little sister, Inés, who committed suicide in 2018 at the age of 33. “She was not well for the last seven or eight years of her life, but we did not know how to help her. He suffered from depression and a personality disorder, and he thought it was the only way out, when he was so talented and couldn't see it. " Aware of the power of what they represent as kings,he has admitted that his work for the UN in the field of inclusive finance serves to bring people together and try to solve problems. "If I wasn't here I would have worked in something similar, maybe in a bank focused on development aid." Proud of her daughters, she has told her interlocutor that she believes they will know how to live up to their position and handle themselves in the future. Of course, he still does not see the heiress, Amalia, as the future queen. "For me she is still my girl," he acknowledged.It has been recognized.It has been recognized.