Many years have passed now and Máxima speaks Dutch very well. In 1999 she took classes for the first time to learn Dutch when she was still living in New York. ... Already during her engagement to Willem-Alexander, the Dutch people were amazed at how well Máxima already spoke their language!

What nationality is Queen Maxima?

Born to a well-to-do landowning Argentinian family, Queen Maxima was a high-flying international banker working in New York before she married then-Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands in 2002.

Where is Princess Maxima from?

Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 17 May 1971.