On the afternoon of Tuesday, October 28, 2025, Dutch Queen Máxima visited a military training area of the Education and Training Centre of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee in Harderwijk. The visit focused on recruitment and selection.
Queen Máxima was briefed on the duties and training programmes of the Marechaussee and subsequently visited two field camps — one of the Marechaussee Security Training Course and one of the Defence Year Programme of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee.
A Defence Year is a voluntary programme that allows young people to explore life and work in the Dutch armed forces for one year. The programme provides opportunities to learn military skills, includes both physical and mental challenges, and helps participants develop competencies such as teamwork, leadership, and self-discipline.
Con tutta la simpatia per Maxima, ma per lei è come partecipare ai "giochi di ruolo" che appassionano tanti ragazzi e adulti.
ReplyDeleteLa differenza che alla fine lei torna a "casa", i militari veri restano e fanno sul serio.
Fair point, Rossella. Her visit nevertheless is likely to bring positive help towards recruitment, which may be the idea.
DeleteHet zijn zorgwekkende tijden, gezien de manier waarop veel zaken zich momenteel ontwikkelen... Er zijn nogal wat optredens van de koninklijke familie te midden van het leger met buurlanden en bondgenoten...
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Sono pienamente d'accordo con Lei e mi rattrista molto il modo in cui “queste” persone si mettono in mostra...
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Even voor de buhne, ze heeft nog wel haar Rolex horloge om .
ReplyDeleteYou must have searched for it ... it is not really visible and sure not identifiable as a Rolex, only if one knows that she has one. - But even if she wears it, is it really a problem? Should royals try to hide the fact that they have much more wealth than average people?
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DeleteYou did not understood what Anon. 13:55 was trying to say.
"Even voor de Bühne" can be translated as "Just for the show". The brand of the watch doesn't matter, she could have said she still wore her Cartier instead of Rolex. I noticed the red nails (last picture) which anon. didn't mention. It has nothing to do with having more wealth or not, but everything with the fact that as a queen, Maxima never will serve in the army of The Netherlands. Besides she never had any military training at all. I also understand Rosella's reaction.
Now that in many European countries one is busy to start recruitement again due to the international situation, the little show which Maxima is trying to perform there will maybe not be appreciated by a part of the Dutch people. If she had a son in the Army like Queen Mathilde or a daughter in the air-force like Queen Letizia she would perhaps have thought not to do this.
Anonyme 20 : 03, je suis 100% d'accord avec vous. Paloma.
Delete20:03: I fully agree too. For me, it is impossible not to shudder when I see stuff like this. It is always easy to think of the military in abstract terms, but if you think of the troops as someone´s sons, it´s a different story. A German politician stated the other day, that in the case of a war (which is the direction they´re heading), 1000 soldiers per day (!) will have to be replaced. Replaced... like broken light bulbs. 1000. Daily.... If stuff like that doesn´t shock people, I really wonder about their sanity. Yet here is Maxima, smiling in combat gear, knowing full well that it isn´t her children that will be targeted with campaigns like this.
DeleteI urge all people in Europe to respond to this. At the very least emotionally - it should send shivers up your spine - but do respond politically as well. Discuss this, oppose this, protest this. It is not an acceptable prospect, and if the ruling elites have collectively lost their minds, it is all the more important that common people show the courage to stop this madness.
I just love how Maxima immerses herself in all these various activities, many of them strenuous, and always with a smile and good humour. She even makes camouflage look chic, lol.
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Nothing wrong with dressing up in the uniform so you have an actual idea of how comfortable or uncomfortable it is for the military personnel. She is such a good sport and engaging, even putting camouflage paint on her face.
ReplyDeleteHad ze haar rolex horloge niet even af kunnen doen ? Hebben de andere militairen toch ook niet .
ReplyDeleteOphouden met dit gemuggenzift; het was oorspronkelijk niet eens de bedoeling dat KM hieraan mee zou doen
DeleteWerving voor het leger, zolang het maar niet haar kinderen zijn.
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DeleteLove this woman….wish we had a photo of the camo makeup from the front!
ReplyDeleteHa, ha, ook nog lange gelakte nagels.
ReplyDeleteHet zijn zorgwekkende tijden, gezien de manier waarop veel zaken zich momenteel ontwikkelen... Er zijn nogal wat optredens van de koninklijke familie te midden van het leger met buurlanden en bondgenoten...AstridB
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful, seeing the Queen out in the field and participating and working side by side, love it! She looks sensational in fatigues.
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