Moments from the life of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Queen Maxima of the Netherland

Behind every great man is a great woman. We tell an amazing story about how a simple Argentinean girl turned the life of the heir to the crown into a real fairy tale (exactly like that, and not vice versa). This prince today is the king of the Netherlands, who is still happy with his queen. We offer you to admire the joint photos of the couple and remember how it all began. The current king was born on April 27, 1967 and celebrates his birthday three days before the birth of his grandmother Juliana. This made it much easier to change the Dutch national holiday from "Queen's Day" to "King's Day" (the former was celebrated on 30 April under both Queen Julian and Queen Beatrix, who chose not to move the date to 31 January in memory of her mother). After graduating from public school in the Netherlands and serving in the Royal Navy, Willem-Alexander received a master's degree in history from one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands, the University of Leiden. Continuing military service and state activities, the future king mastered the knowledge of English, Spanish and German, in addition to his native Dutch. In 2002, Willem-Alexander married Maxima Zorregueta Cerruti, an Argentinian with Portuguese, Italian and Basque roots. Queen Maxima is four years younger than her husband - she was born on May 17, 1971 in Buenos Aires. She has two siblings and one sister, as well as three half-sisters.

There, in Buenos Aires, she graduated from high school and the economics department of the Catholic University. After a short period of work in Argentina, the future queen moved to the United States, where for several years she held managerial positions in major international banks (HSBC James Capel Inc., Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, Deutsche Bank). In the spring of 1999, during the spring carnival in Seville, Spain, at a private party, she met Prince Willem-Alexander. At first, Maxima did not suspect that she was communicating with the heir to the royal throne - he introduced himself to the girl, giving only his name and not mentioning the title ... continued next time.