![Queen Maxima, Princess Amalia, Princess Alexia, and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands wave from the balcony of Noordeinde Palace on Prinsjesdag in The Hague on September 19, 2023 (KOEN VAN WEEL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-0919-03-prinsjesdag01.jpg?resize=1200%2C752&ssl=1)
The Dutch royal family was in The Hague this morning for an important event on the royal calendar: Prinsjesdag, the opening of the nation’s parliament.
![King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, with Princess Amalia, leave Noordeinde Palace on Prinsjesdag in The Hague on September 19, 2023 (FREEK VAN DEN BERGH/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-0919-03-prinsjesdag11.jpg?resize=1200%2C896&ssl=1)
The King and Queen of the Netherlands were joined by the heir to the throne, the Princess of Orange, as they arrived for the Prinsjesdag ceremony in The Hague.
![King Willem-Alexander reads his speech from the throne on Prinsjesdag in the Royal Theater in The Hague, on September 19, 2023 (REMKO DE WAAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-0919-03-prinsjesdag06.jpg?resize=1200%2C837&ssl=1)
King Willem-Alexander delivered his speech from the throne, outlining the government’s plans for the coming year, during the ceremony. Queen Maxima was by his side during the speech.
![Princess Alexia, Princess Laurentien, and Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands arrive at the Royal Theater in The Hague for Prinsjedag on September 19, 2023 (Albert Nieboer/DPA Picture Alliance/Alamy)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-0919-03-prinsjesdag16.jpg?resize=1200%2C1584&ssl=1)
Willem-Alexander and Maxima are usually joined by his brother, Prince Constantijn, and sister-in-law, Princess Laurentien, on Prinsjesdag. This year, Constantijn and Laurentien rode in a carriage with another member of the family: the King and Queen’s second daughter, Princess Alexia.
![Princess Amalia of the Netherlands leaves Noordeinde Palace on Prinsjesdag in The Hague on September 19, 2023 (KOEN VAN WEEL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-0919-03-prinsjesdag10.jpg?resize=1200%2C858&ssl=1)
Alexia recently turned eighteen, and this year marked her first appearance at Prinsjesdag.
![Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands waves as the Glass Carriage pass by on Prinsjesdag in The Hague on September 19, 2023 (JEFFREY GROENEWEG/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-0919-03-prinsjesdag12.jpg?resize=1200%2C1415&ssl=1)
The gathered crowd also got a glimpse of the King’s mother, Princess Beatrix, who watched the festivities from the window of a nearby building.
![King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, with Princess Amalia, arrive at the Royal Theater for Prinsjesdag in The Hague, on September 19, 2023 (LEX VAN LIESHOUT/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-0919-03-prinsjesdag08.jpg?resize=1200%2C1545&ssl=1)
Prinsjesdag has a unique formal daytime dress code, which means that the ladies wear evening dress with daytime hats and accessories instead of tiaras. Queen Maxima pushed the envelope with her ensemble this year, wearing a light pink top and trousers with a colorful long jacket, made by Claes Iversen.
![Queen Maxima listens as King Willem-Alexander reads his speech from the throne on Prinsjesdag in the Royal Theater in The Hague, on September 19, 2023 (ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-0919-03-prinsjesdag07.jpg?resize=1200%2C2248&ssl=1)
She accessorized with pink jewels, wearing her statement-making diamond and kunzite earrings.
![Queen Maxima of the Netherlands waves from the balcony of Noordeinde Palace on Prinsjesdag in The Hague on September 19, 2023 (KOEN VAN WEEL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-0919-03-prinsjesdag02.jpg?resize=1200%2C1821&ssl=1)
Maxima also wore the diamond and kunzite floral bracelets from the set on her left wrist, plus her diamond initial bracelet on her right.
![Princess Amalia of the Netherlands arrives at the Royal Theater in The Hague for Prinsjedag on September 19, 2023 (Albert Nieboer/DPA Picture Alliance/Alamy)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-0919-03-prinsjesdag14.jpg?resize=1200%2C1998&ssl=1)
Princess Amalia was gorgeous in royal blue and tan for Prinsjesdag this year, wearing a dress made by Safiyaa.
![Princess Amalia arrives at the Royal Theater for Prinsjesdag in The Hague, on September 19, 2023 (KOEN VAN WEEL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-0919-03-prinsjesdag13.jpg?resize=1200%2C1599&ssl=1)
She borrowed the earrings and ring from her mother’s diamond and tanzanite suite to go with the rich purple-blue shade of the gown. Amalia changed up the earrings a bit, wearing the diamond-shaped tanzanite and diamond drops on a longer diamond chain.
![Queen Maxima of the Netherlands attends the opening of the exhibition "Royal embroidery - stories and craftmanship", at the Textile Museum in Tilburg on November 30, 2022](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022-1202-01-maxima04.jpg?resize=1200%2C1629&ssl=1)
Here’s a look at the same tanzanite drops worn by Queen Maxima in November 2022.
![Queen Maxima of the Netherlands attends a state banquet for President Ram Nath Kovind of India and his wife at the Royal Palace on April 5, 2022 in Amsterdam (Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023-0307-01-juliana18.jpg?resize=800%2C1036&ssl=1)
The Dutch royals have used this particular diamond chain with other drops from the collection, too. Above, Queen Maxima wears it with Queen Juliana’s aquamarines.
![Princess Amalia of the Netherlands waves from the balcony of Noordeinde Palace on Prinsjesdag in The Hague on September 19, 2023 (KOEN VAN WEEL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-0919-03-prinsjesdag03.jpg?resize=1200%2C1843&ssl=1)
Amalia also added an heirloom diamond bracelet to her right wrist, wearing one of the Dutch East Indies Bracelets. The bracelet was originally part of a larger bracelet given to Queen Juliana of the Netherlands as a wedding present in 1937.
![Princess Amalia of the Netherlands arrives at the Royal Theater in The Hague for Prinsjedag on September 19, 2023 (Albert Nieboer/DPA Picture Alliance/Alamy)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-0919-03-prinsjesdag15.jpg?resize=800%2C1162&ssl=1)
She also wore her mother’s sapphire and diamond tennis bracelet to complete the look.
![Princess Alexia of the Netherlands arrives at the Royal Theater in The Hague for Prinsjedag on September 19, 2023 (Albert Nieboer/DPA Picture Alliance/Alamy)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-0919-03-prinsjesdag18.jpg?resize=1200%2C2080&ssl=1)
Princess Alexia was gorgeous in a deep berry red ensemble for her first Prinsjesdag appearance, wearing a dress by Zhivago with a modified floral headpiece from Queen Maxima’s collection.
![Princess Amalia of the Netherlands leaves Noordeinde Palace on Prinsjesdag in The Hague on September 19, 2023 (KOEN VAN WEEL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-0919-03-prinsjesdag09.jpg?resize=1200%2C1717&ssl=1)
She wore a pair of lovely diamond drop earrings from the royal collection for the occasion, as well as a teeny diamond stud earring in a second piercing.
![Princess Alexia of the Netherlands arrives at the Royal Theater in The Hague for Prinsjedag on September 19, 2023 (Albert Nieboer/DPA Picture Alliance/Alamy)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-0919-03-prinsjesdag19.jpg?resize=508%2C672&ssl=1)
Alexia picked up the red color of the gown with ruby jewelry as well, wearing a ruby and diamond cluster ring and her mother’s ruby and diamond tennis bracelet.
![Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands arrives at the Royal Theater in The Hague for Prinsjedag on September 19, 2023 (Albert Nieboer/DPA Picture Alliance/Alamy)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-0919-03-prinsjesdag17.jpg?resize=1200%2C2364&ssl=1)
Rounding out the royal party was Princess Laurentien, in a lovely saturated green gown from Hardies Couture.
![Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands waves from the balcony of Noordeinde Palace on Prinsjesdag in The Hague on September 19, 2023 (KOEN VAN WEEL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-0919-03-prinsjesdag05.jpg?resize=1200%2C1823&ssl=1)
She wore a modern set of silver-toned jewelry with green stones, including a necklace with an eye-catching beaded tassel pendant.
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