Today another Cross of Honor in the House Order of Orange was awarded and so Máxima put on a beautiful, festive dress.
The cross of honor was awarded to Janine van den Ende because of her efforts for the More Music in the Classroom Foundation, in which she and her husband Joop van den Ende have been involved for almost ten years.
The More Music in the Classroom Foundation has been committed to structural music education for all primary school children in the Netherlands and the Caribbean since 2015 and has expanded since 2023 to making a broad cultural offer accessible to children and young people for whom this is not self-evident. The More Music in the Classroom Foundation is one of the initiatives supported by the VandenEnde Foundation, which was founded in 2001 by Joop and Janine van den Ende. With this foundation they have been playing a crucial role in strengthening the cultural climate in the Netherlands for decades. Joop van den Ende received the Cross of Honor in the House Order of Orange in 2007, as a thank you for his great services in the context of the silver jubilee of the then Queen Beatrix.
Fashion
The pink dress that Queen Máxima wore during the festive ceremony comes from the studio of fashion house Natan. The design with a round neckline and gathered skirt debuted in 2017.
With the dress during the regional visit to Krimpenerwaard, February 2017.
UN work in New York, March 2017.
Erasmus Prize Presentation, December 2017.
Anniversary of the Foundation It Begins With Language, March 2018.
