Green to be seen! Queen Maxima of the Netherlands looks elegant in a feathered dress during a school visit in Rotterdam
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Queen Maxima of the Netherlands looked typically stylish as she stepped out for a presentation in Rotterdam today.
The 53-year-old royal cut an elegant figure in a bottle green dress as she headed to an education presentation at secondary vocational education school, Albeda.
The mother-of-three oozed confidence in the chic sleeveless gown which featured a feathered hem.
She accessorised with matching green heels and an elegant shawl which she draped over her shoulders, enhancing her sophisticated look.
Her blonde locks were styled in a chic side parting, with Maxima opting for a glamorous makeup look.
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands looked typically stylish as she stepped out for a presentation in Rotterdam today
To finish her look, the Dutch royal added three bracelets, a statement ring and green floral earrings.
Albeda is a regional educational institute for secondary vocational education and adult education, which offers 120 courses.
It's been a busy few weeks for Maxima, on Friday, she attended a Netherlands war commemoration event in Mesch.
The royal donned a dusty pink dress for the occasion with a statement belt feature. She accompanied the outfit with a matching floral fascinator and a pair of brown suede heeled shoes.
The celebrations marked the country's 80th anniversary of liberation from Nazi occupation.
King Willem-Alexander accompanied Maxima for the occasion and looked dapper in a navy suit and light blue tie.
The royal couple greeted World War II veteran Kenneth Thayer, 99, at the event and joined him a jeep.
The mother-of-three oozed confidence in the chic sleeveless gown which featured a feathered hem
She accessorised with matching green heels and a stylish shawl which she draped over her shoulders, enhancing her sophisticated look
Her blonde locks were styled in a straight side parting and Maxima opted for a glamorous makeup look
The Dutch Queen beamed at the education presentation at Albeda in Rotterdam on Wednesday
Children lined the area waving Dutch flags as the royals and Kenneth entered the remembrance event in an army jeep.
Maxima held onto a colourful bouquet of flowers as she walked arm-in-arm with Kenneth.
Her long, blonde tresses were styled into a sleek updo, and Maxima opted for a glamorous make-up look that accentuated her eyes.
Walking arm-in-arm with the Dutch queen, American World War II veteran Kenneth Thayer returned on Thursday to the tiny Dutch village that he and others in the 30th Infantry Division liberated from Nazi occupation exactly 80 years ago.
Thayer, now 99, visited Mesch, a tiny village of about 350 people in the hills close to the Dutch borders with Belgium and Germany, and was greeted by Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima for a ceremony beginning nearly a year of events marking the anniversary of the country's liberation.
After Thayer and the king and queen were driven in a vintage military truck into the village along a mud track through orchards and fields, Maxima reached out and gave a hand of support to Thayer as he walked to his seat to watch the ceremony paying tribute to the American liberators.
Maxima appeared in great spirits as she chatted to people at the education event at Albeda
The 53-year-old wore her signature smokey eye shadow, which she paired with pink lipstick
American troops from the 30th Infantry Division, known as Old Hickory, were among Allied forces that liberated parts of Belgium and the southern Netherlands from German occupation in September 1944.
Thayer still recalls the day. He said he was sent out on a reconnaissance mission the night before the liberation and saw no Germans.
'And so we went up the next day and we found that I had accidentally crossed the border and, we didn't think anything of it, you know, it was just another day on the front line,' he said.
Maxima took the opportunity to make her own speech at the event in front of a room full of officials
Queen Maxima posed for a slew of snaps before the event with local officials
While Thayer was one of the guests of honor at the event, he paid tribute to his comrades who didn't make it through the war and said he was representing them.
'It wasn't just me and there (are) hundreds and hundreds of guys who didn't make it. They're not here, you know,' he said.
Residents of Mesch were among the first Dutch citizens to taste postwar freedom, at about 10 a.m. on Sept. 12, 1944, when Thayer and other American infantry troops crossed the border from Belgium.
A day later, they reached Maastricht, the provincial capital of Limburg and the first Dutch city to be liberated. It would take several months more for the whole country to finally be freed.
The fighting in Belgium, the Netherlands and into Germany took a heavy toll on American forces. An American cemetery in the nearby village of Margraten holds the graves of 8,288 servicemen and women.
In an enduring symbol of Dutch gratitude to their liberators, local people have 'adopted ' all the graves, visiting them regularly and bringing flowers on birthdays and other special days.
