Maxima of Holland, who is the queen who ended up in a TV series: from the chance meeting with the prince, to the wedding proposal on skates to her father’s cumbersome past

Everyone’s crazy about Maxima of Holland! It is right to say this after Rai 1 decided to dedicate to the Queen of the Netherlands a tv series, Maxima, in which she retraces the life and history of one of the most famous and beloved crowned heads. After all, Maxima Zorreguieta’s story is one that really deserves to be told for the events and twists and turns of a screenplay. And love with King Willem-Alexander It really seems like a fairy tale.

But who is the woman who arrived at the court of Holland from Argentina? Born in 1971, Maxima was born in Buenos Aires on May 17th. His very own Argentine origins are an important piece in the love story with the king. Maxima, in fact, is Jorge Horracio’s eldest daughter and Maria del Carmen Cerruti. The father is a famous name in the history of the country: he worked, in fact, as Minister of Agriculture for the dictator Jorge Rafael Videla at a particular historical moment for Argentina: the season of the colonels.

Maxima spent her childhood in Argentina. Passionate about sportsespecially skiing and hockey, in 1995 degree in economics at the Catholic University. In the same year he moved to New York where he put his knowledge in the economic and financial fields to good use: he worked for important banks and companies, from Hsbc to Deutsche Bank.

Four years later, In 1999, the meeting that changed his life took place: the one with King William Alexander. A meeting that happened by chance, like in the best fairy tales. And also told in the Rai 1 series. Maxima was in Seville: she had gone to visit a friend on the occasion of the famous Feria de Abril, the spring festival. The two meet, chat and dance, the spark is ignited. Then she leaves but they continue to talk on the phone. They will never leave each other again. He declares his feelings to her and then the marriage proposal. Even in this case not without a romantic twist. It seems, in fact, that he asked her to marry him with skates on their feet while skating on a frozen lake. And she, who in the meantime had moved to Brussels where she worked, could only answer yes.

Today’s royal outfit: Maxima of Holland, so chic with those trousers that look like a skirt

The sovereign, once again, confirmed her strong sense of style with a beautiful look with a casual chic attitude. The protagonist of the outfit? The wide trousers. So wide that they seem like a long skirt ideal for the summer

After the official engagement which took place live on TV, the two They got married on February 2, 2002 in the New Church in Amsterdam. Since then, she has been known to everyone as Maxima of Holland. But even at the wedding, there is no shortage of surprises. At the wedding, in fact, due to Zorreguieta’s cumbersome past, the bride’s family was absent. The Dutch royal family, in fact, had given the go-ahead to the marriage but on one condition: Zorreguieta, accused of several crimes, was not welcome. Maxima, on the other hand, who at the time of the events was only a child and could not know anything about her father’s work, could marry the heir to the throne.

Then, in 2013, after 33 years of reign, Queen Beatrix announced that she was leaving the throne to her son Willem-Alexander. Since then, she has reigned over the Netherlands together with Maxima.

From the love between Maxima of Holland and her king three daughters were born: Catherine Amalia in 2003, the Princess of Orange, that is, the heir to the throne, Alexia in 2005 and Ariane two years later. A female clan, in short. And, perhaps also for this reason, Maxima d’Olanda has always been committed to women and the female universe with initiatives related to inclusion and pink entrepreneurship. This is also why she is beloved in her country. And not only that. Maxima d’Olanda is a modern queen who is not afraid to dare with her looks (sometimes eccentric and showy) and who does not fail to defend her daughter Amalia, a victim of body shaming. In short, a career woman, mother, wife and queen: this is how Maxima d’Olanda has conquered everyone.