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50 Fashionable years: the bold and colorful fashion of Queen Maxima [Photos]

11 daring and fashionable looks from a royal style queen


Andrea Pérez
Deputy Editor Miami
MAY 17, 2021 5:49 PM EDT

Queen Maxima, who turns 50 years old today, has shown us over the years that it pays to be daring and not be afraid of colors when it comes to fashion. This Dutch queen is very well known for her colorful and bold fashion.

In this gallery, you will see that either with fluorescent and bright colors, casual, cocktail or evening gowns, the Queen of the Netherlands is not afraid to take risks when it comes to fashion. Wether, she is doing charity or attending a royal concert or diplomatic event, she always makes an impression with her style.

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Wearing a beautiful, ruffled, mustard yellow dress at the opening of the parliamentary year Prinsjesdag in the Grote Kerk, on September 15, 2020

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Queen Maxima visits Excel Arts Academy in Curacao wearing a bright green dress.

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Queen Maxima attended an on-the-water capability demonstration on HMS Belfast between the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps and the Royal Marines wearing a super bold and fluorescent pink, with touches of black that matched her hat.

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Queen Maxima wore a cobalt blue dress to a Seminar at the The Hague Institute for Global Justice. Even in academic settings, her style is bold.

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Queen Maxima visits an equipment company in Rotterdam in a fashionable belted purple dress.

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Queen Maxima is on a walkabout with her husband in Alleppey, India wearing a clementine orange dress and hat.

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Lady in red: Queen Maxima is seen getting our of the car at the education school Pabo wearing a bright solid red dress

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Smiling in a full electric yellow suit, Queen Maxima is seen walking at the forest Zeeuwse Helden and camping Ons Buiten to learn more about the impact of covid-19 on the tourism sector in The Netherlands.

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This might be beige, but it is different not a dull look. Queen Maxima is seen wearing a belted modern dress with puffed sleeves.

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Queen Maxima also wears pastels. Here she is at the opening of No Limits horse stables.

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Like any other classy queen, when the occasion calls for it, Queen Maxima has also been seen in black dresses at gala dinners.