Dutch royals arrive in Germany for 3-day state visit
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands have arrived in Germany for a three-day visit that was delayed from last year because of the coronavirus pandemic
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Your support makes all the difference.King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arrived in Germany on Monday for a three-day visit that was delayed from last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The royal couple were greeted with a 21-gun salute after landing in wet weather at Berlin s airport at the beginning of Willem-Alexander’s first state visit to Germany since he became king in 2013.
Later Monday, they will be received by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at his Bellevue palace. They are also expected to visit Berlin's Brandenburg Gate
A meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel also is on the agenda during this week's visit.
Willem-Alexander and Maxima were last in Germany in 2019, when they visited the state of Brandenburg, which surrounds Berlin. The king has some German roots — his father, Prince Claus, was German-born.