Rose Wedding
It does not happen every day that a crown prince couple gives an interview on television. For her 10th wedding anniversary, Princess Máxima (40) and Prince Willem-Alexander (44) made an exception. For a Dutch broadcaster they told the well-known presenter Linda de Mol (47) of that time. The small interim balance of a very big love ...
Willem-Alexander comes into raptures: "These ten years have gone by in a flash. So much has happened and it is wonderful to celebrate this day. "
Willem-Alexander and Máxima are extremely popular with the Dutch - especially because they always feel so close to the people. So Linda de Mol wanted to know if the two actually know their neighbors. "Yes absolutely. For example, we go out together on St. Martin's day and do other things together, "says Máxima - and Willem-Alexander adds:" Many local children go to the same school as our daughter because of course they know their parents. "
A great passion of Maxima is the music. Recently, she started a project to encourage children to learn an instrument. Can she play herself? "Yes, guitar, Amalia is learning violin, Alexia and Ariane piano, " she says. Naturally, Willem-Alexander does not want to stand back: "I played recorder and xylophone for four years."
It was also the music that provided the most touching moment at their wedding on 2 February 2002. Unforgettable are the tears Máxima shed when the tango "Adios Nonino" sounded and she let her feelings run wild. The song from her Argentinian homeland was a surprise gift from Willem-Alexander. His consolation that Máxima's parents were not allowed to attend the wedding for political reasons - and a touching gesture of love, which is still as big as the first day ten years later ...
