Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
King of the Netherlands since 2013
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| December 10 2024 | Willem-Alexander will receive the Grand Collar of the Military Order of Christ in Portugal. |
| March 26 2024 | He was named a Knight of the Collar of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III. |
| December 12 2023 | Willem-Alexander received the Grand Order of Mugunghwa in South Korea. |
| March 7 2023 | He was honored with the Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross in Slovakia. |
| October 31 2022 | Willem-Alexander received the Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer in Greece. |
| July 5 2021 | He was awarded the Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. |
| October 2020 | Willem-Alexander publicly apologized for a family holiday trip to Greece that occurred during a partial lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, stating that it 'hurts to have betrayed' people's trust. |
| August 2020 | Willem-Alexander and his wife were photographed with a restaurant owner in Greece, violating social distancing rules in place at the time. |
| 2019 | Willem-Alexander and his family moved from Villa Eikenhorst to the newly renovated monarch's palace of Huis ten Bosch in The Hague after his mother abdicated. |
| December 7 2018 | Willem-Alexander became a Member 1st Class of the Amílcar Cabral Order in Cape Verde. |
| June 13 2018 | He received the Order of Vytautas the Great with the Golden Chain in Lithuania. |
| June 6 2018 | Willem-Alexander was granted the Commander Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of the Three Stars in Latvia. |
| June 5 2018 | He was awarded the Collar of the Cross of Terra Mariana in Estonia. |
| March 20 2018 | He was awarded the Collar of the Order of al-Hussein bin Ali in Jordan. |
| June 19 2017 | Willem-Alexander received the Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. |
| May 2017 | Willem-Alexander revealed that he had served as a first officer on KLM flights for 21 years, flying KLM Cityhopper's Fokker 70s twice a month, even after his accession to the throne. |
| 2014 | He became a Knight of the Order of the White Eagle in Poland. |
| January 20 2014 | Willem-Alexander was awarded the Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour in France. |
| 2013 | Willem-Alexander was honourably discharged from the armed forces before his investiture as king, as the head of state cannot be a serving member of the armed forces. |
| September 8 2013 | Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands was awarded the Gold Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee. |
| April 30 2013 | Willem-Alexander was officially titled His Royal Highness The Prince of Orange. |
| April 30 2013 | Willem-Alexander was proclaimed His Majesty The King, becoming the first Dutch king since Willem III. |
| April 30 2013 | Willem-Alexander succeeded his mother, Princess Beatrix, as King of the Netherlands upon her abdication. |
| January 28 2013 | Queen Beatrix announced her intention to abdicate the throne. |
| January 2012 | It was confirmed that Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima had sold their villa in Machangulo, following public and parliamentary controversy over their investment. |
| January 10 2012 | He was honored with the Supreme Order of the Renaissance of Oman. |
| October 10 2010 | Willem-Alexander and Máxima attended the Antillean Dissolution ceremony in Willemstad, representing his mother, Queen Beatrix. |
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