Harry and Meghan rely on royal family for brand says expert

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King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Ben Knapen arrived in Norway at the military zone of Gardermoen airport, near Oslo. They were welcomed by the Dutch Ambassador to Norway, John Groffen when they arrived.

The Dutch King and Queen then travelled to the Royal Palace, where King Harald, Queen Sonja, Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Princess Märtha Louise were waiting for them.

King Willem-Alexander inspected the guard of honour assembled for the welcome ceremony.

The Dutch royals gave the Norwegian King and Queen two glass bowls created by artist Geir Nustad along with a clock for Princess Märtha Louise.

During their official welcome the royals also laid a wreath at the Norwegian War Memorial which signifies the two countries commitment to peace.

On Thursday, the Dutch royals are expected to meet the Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander, who ascended to the throne following his mother’s abdication in 2013, of the Netherlands live in their royal residence, Palace Huis ten Bosch, in the Hague, Netherlands.

Queen Beatrix was third successive Dutch monarch to abdicate, following her grandmother and her mother.

Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander married in 2002 and welcomed Princess Catharina-Amalia in 2003, Princess Alexia in 2005, and Princess Ariane in 2007.

The second of the couple’s three daughters left to study at a boarding school in Wales in August.

Alexia is studying for her International Baccalaureate at the UWC Atlantic College in Llantwit Major, Wales.

She will spend the next two years studying there, joined by the heir to the Spanish throne Princess Leonor, 15 – the eldest daughter of King Felipe and Queen Letizia.

Also, in a major rule change last month Royal Family members in Holland were allowed to marry a same-sex partner without giving up the right to the throne.

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Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Tuesday the rules allow the Dutch crown princess to marry whomever she likes without having to abdicate from the Royal Family.

The Dutch Prime Minister said times have changed since one of his predecessors last addressed the issue in the year 2000.

Especially considering the Netherlands was the first country to legalise same-sex marriage in 2001.

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