![Dutch Crown Prince Willem Alexander and his new bride Crown Princess Maxima Zorreguieta wave after their wedding February 2, 2002 on the balcony of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, Holland](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-0427-01-maxima02.jpg?resize=1200%2C793&ssl=1)
Today is King’s Day in the Netherlands, the national holiday held each year on King Willem-Alexander’s birthday. We’ll be covering the jewels from today’s festivities very soon here, but first, we’ve got a bejeweled tribute to the royal couple: a closer look at Queen Máxima’s Diamond Wedding Bracelet.
![Queen Maxima of The Netherlands attends activities during their one day visit to Groningen and Drenthe provinces on May 28, 2013 in Assen, Netherlands](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-0427-01-maxima04.jpg?resize=1200%2C1852&ssl=1)
The classic diamond bracelet features pavé-set links in its design. Each link has a round brilliant in the center, giving the jewel a diamond-and-dot pattern. The provenance of the piece appears to be unknown, but it’s part of Máxima’s personal jewelry collection.
![Dutch Crown Princess Maxima Zorreguieta waves from the Golden Coach after her wedding to Crown Prince Willem Alexander February 2, 2002 outside the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, Holland](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-0427-01-maxima03.jpg?resize=1200%2C1536&ssl=1)
Máxima wore the bracelet for the first time in public on her wedding day: February 2, 2002. Above, you’ll spot the bracelet on her right wrist as she rides in the carriage procession after the civil and religious ceremonies.
![Maxima Zorreguieta (L) and Dutch Crownprince Willem-Alexander (R) sign the marriage certificate during their civil marriage 02 February 2002 in the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-0427-01-maxima01.jpg?resize=1200%2C1611&ssl=1)
We also got an excellent look at the bracelet as Máxima signed the register during the civil ceremony.
![Princess Maxima arrives at a dinner party given by Norwegian Princess Martha Louise and Ari Behn May 22, 2002 in Trondheim, Norway](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-0427-01-maxima09.jpg?resize=1200%2C1290&ssl=1)
Máxima has worn the bracelet consistently in the two decades that have passed since she joined the royal family. Here, the then-Princess Máxima wears the bracelet on her left wrist in Norway during the wedding celebrations for Princess Märtha Louise and Ari Behn in May 2002.
![Dutch Queen Maxima arrives at the Temple restaurant in Beijing on February 8, 2018. Queen Maxima, who came with her husband Dutch King Willem-Alexander, is on a two-day visit to China](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-0427-01-maxima05.jpg?resize=875%2C1165&ssl=1)
She also often stacks the bracelet with other bracelets from her collection. Here, during a visit to China in February 2018, Máxima wears the wedding bracelet on her right wrist with a bracelet featuring her family members’ initials and hearts in diamonds.
![Queen Maxima of the Netherlands waves wellwishers from the Cathedral place in Trier during a three day visit to Germany, on October 11, 2018](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-0427-01-maxima07.jpg?resize=1200%2C1632&ssl=1)
And here, during a visit to Germany in October 2018, she stacks the wedding bracelet with several other bracelets, including her diamond and sapphire tennis bracelet.
![Queen Maxima of The Netherlands waves to supporters during her visit to German President Joachim Gauck at Bellevue Palace on June 3, 2013 in Berlin, Germany](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-0427-01-maxima08.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
But sometimes she also still wears the bracelet alone. It’s not overly large, but it’s substantial enough to stand out on its own. Here, she pairs it with other diamond jewels—her diamond floral earrings (which she’s also had since the early days of her marriage) and diamond moth brooch—for an official visit to Berlin in June 2013.
![Queen Maxima waves to bystanders from the glass carriage on the way back to Noordeinde Palace on Prinsjesdag in The Hague on September 17, 2019 on the Prinsjesdag (Prince's Day)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-0427-01-maxima06.jpg?resize=1200%2C1765&ssl=1)
And here, she wars the bracelet on her left wrist for the Prinsjesdag festivities in The Hague in September 2019.
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