DUTCH ROYALS GET REAL
Sep 10, 2021
4 minutes
COMPILED BY NICI DE WET
HEARTFELT hugs, lumps in throats and promises to call home – it’s never easy saying goodbye to a child who’s off to boarding school. For any parent it’s a moment that tugs at the heartstrings, whether you’re blue-blooded or just like us.
King Willem-Alexander (54) and Queen Máxima (50) of the Netherlands surely felt no different when they bid farewell to their middle daughter, Princess Alexia, who left for her new boarding school in Wales recently.
It was a proud moment for the pair and they couldn’t resist sharing a photo on
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