Queen Maxima's daughter Princess Ariane poses in rare royal portraits for milestone moment

On April 10, the young woman reached the age of majority; throughout her life she was impacted by several events, including the death of her godmother and a series of hospitalizations for health conditions.

She is “a bit of a dreamer,” her eldest sister Amalia once said about her, and mother Máxima once described her as “incredibly sweet, very feminine and ethereal, but at the same time enormously powerful.” Princess Ariane, the youngest member of the Orange family, will blow out eighteen candles on April 10. A special milestone, both for her and for the royal couple. “We already have an empty nest, this is a confirmation of that,” Máxima said abou…

Ariane is the youngest daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. She studies in Italy.

All royal children are now adults as Princess Ariane celebrates 18th birthday

Princess Ariane turned 18 on Thursday. This means that all King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima’s daughters are now adults. Ariane will not be celebrating her birthday with her parents on Thursday. Queen Maxima had said previously that her daughter is very busy with her studies at United World College Adriatic in Italy. “We are very proud of her. But she will be very busy with her final exams during her birthday and afterward," the Queen said …

The third of the Dutch princesses is now grown up. So it goes on for Princess Ariane.

After Catharina-Amalia and Alexia of the Netherlands, it is around Princess Ariane to take the pose in front of Frank Ruiter's goal for her 18th birthday. The young woman is entitled to four new official portraits for her birthday.