{"id":3141,"date":"2015-02-02T18:43:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T18:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=3141"},"modified":"2015-02-02T18:43:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T18:43:15","slug":"a-dutch-love-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/a-dutch-love-story\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dutch Love Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The month of love has begun and I am happy to be able to do all the cheesy romantic\u00a0things that come together with <i>Valentijn&#8217;s Dag<\/i>. I am a bit sad that I haven&#8217;t found too many decorations for the house for such a beautiful month, but I am getting by with pink, red and white candles. A romantic dinner for two has already been planned as well because this is the month of\u00a0<em>liefde!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The first\u00a0<em>liefdesverhaal<\/em> I will write about is of the king and queen. <i>Koning\u00a0<\/i>Willem-Alexander and k<em>oningin<\/em> Maxima married on February 2nd, 2002. Today is their thirteenth anniversary as husband and wife, and I am sure they have a lot to celebrate! They have three daughters, Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane, who always seem to be beautifully dressed and are have a resemblance to both their parents. I don&#8217;t know how the princesses feel about it, but I absolutely love that their dresses match when they have a formal\/official event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Koning\u00a0<\/em>Willem-Alexander and\u00a0<em>Koningin<\/em> Maxima meet back in 1999 in Spain. After meeting, they made plans to continue seeing each other (she lived in New York). Their relationship eventually led to something more serious, and, in 2001, the\u00a0<em>Koning <\/em>and\u00a0<em>Koningin<\/em>\u00a0announced their engagement.\u00a0There was some debate about their relationship because of Maxima&#8217;s father (he was part of the cabinet during Argentina&#8217;s terrible dictatorship). Fortunately love triumphed and their wedding was accepted by the Dutch government. On February 2nd, 2002, they were married first in the <em>Beurs van Berlage<\/em> in Amsterdam, and after in the\u00a0<em>Nieuwe Kerk.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Huwelijk Prins van Oranje en M\u00e1xima Zorreguieta (2002)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tjbYHhgzGM4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><i>Koningin\u00a0<\/i>Maxima had a lot to do in order to become the integrated Dutch citizen that she is now. She first had to do what we are all doing: learn Dutch! I have seen videos of her, and I admit that it is refreshing to see someone who has started in the same place as we all have be able to speak it so well. Lucky for us, there is no royal pressure in learning Dutch so we can take our time and be content knowing our blunders at the grocery store will not make it to the evening news.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">So\u00a0<em>van harte gefeliciteerd<\/em> to the King and Queen on their anniversary! May they continue to love and cherish each other!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The month of love has begun and I am happy to be able to do all the cheesy romantic\u00a0things that come together with Valentijn&#8217;s Dag. 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