Queen Maxima: 'There are no fairy tales, only hard work' | Talk to Al Jazeera
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2022
- A banker and financier by training, Queen Maxima of The Netherlands has travelled the world as the United Nations secretary-general’s special advocate for inclusive finance for development.
But once the media are gone and the red carpets are rolled up, how does the queen ensure her advocacy reaches those who need it the most?
Her Majesty, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, talks to Al Jazeera.
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I simply love that woman. What a great human being! Compliments to my dutch neighbours, you hit the jackpot! ;-) Greetings to you all from South Belgium.
Name one active monarch doing actual work. Most monarchs go to flower shows, seniors homes, and horse racing. Queen Maxima is working on financial inclusion for developing countries. She had a career before marrying into a royal family. She's smart, educated and driven. She's giving back. I heard one king-in-waiting tell a Ukrainian refugee he met that all he could contribute were a few smiles here and there. Huh?? That's his skill set?? Queen Maxima is using her skills for the betterment of humanity.
It's going to produce nothing..it just a photo ops
She was a hostess in Brussels. After the relationship with Willem became more serious ‘they’ moved her ‘upstairs’ to a more fancy office. Guess why.
@@louisdewit4429 a hostess? Lol, read Wikipedia.
Totally agree
No she isn't. She works for the destruction of humanity.
Intelligent, was able to address some tricky futile questions. As a Latinamerican woman myself, I admire Maxima for her work in the Netherlands and Africa, and her role as a queen and within her family. She has made some mistakes but then she is a human being.
From Argentina I want to thank you for posting this interview. The journalist made so intelligent questions and Maxima answered so sincerely and transparent . I am proud of her
She is intelligent, beautiful, thoughtful, articulate.. much respect for Queen Maxima.
she sells The Netherlands to the WEF !!!!!!!
@@sytskebierma255 How do you mean...sorry i do not understand.
She is such breath of fresh air. Very intelligent and full of energy.. I believe her Argentinian background really helps shape her world view and personality. Such a gem of the Dutch Crown.
According to Times Magazine in 2016 she ranked in the top 100 most influencial people in the world. She's more than a royal gem or a glamorous beautiful woman.
Why does the interviewer make an issue of Maxima´s father as a Minister of Agriculture in a military regime? True as it is, I think it was quite unfair to the queen, because it was not the topic.
The commentator think she is talking about the crisis in 2001 but Maxima was talking about Argentina 1985
Queen maxima is inspirational. Wonderful hardworking woman.
Thank you, your contribution to empower women of poor countries really appreciated and humanity needs humans like you to come up for the betterment of humans.
Which higher cast are you from ? Stretching out to the parias.
Why didn't the British queen study something proper to become someone TRULY useful?🤔
I don't think you understand what being useful is
@@freemanol Haha, please, enlighten me🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
Different backgrounds, times, upbringing. Unfair to compare.
Which british Queen? The current one? She could only excel at drinking brandy with Charles or having power naps
Queen Elizabeth was a hard working lady ,she did a lot for a lot of people around the world ,especially African countries,but to be fair these are two completely different generations ,she also did a lot for the fine arts in her country and that is one amazing contribution that will live for generations to come !
Queen Maxima, Queen Noor, Queen Rania.. these are trailblazer queens!
Queen Maxima is such a smart,beautiful and warm lady ,she is so right ,it’s not a fairy tale being royal is a lot of work and she is one hard working woman !
What a different between the UK
Royal,and the dutch
this is my Queen and i'm proud of her
She lives a fairy tale! She married Prince now King and became Queen! I do not know what is fairy tale if this is not?!
Wish you a very happy birthday and wishing you many more happy returns of the day
the difference between her hardwork and the underprivileged's hardwork is profound.
She's an Economist not a banker...
She is doing great job success result unfortunately the journalist was more focused on nonsense questions
Greetings from Quincy, Massachusetts. There are nothing but fairytales around me. Sick fairytales. I study the sickness still.
You are just a uneducated American who never traveled. Your opinion is worthless
Because of financial inclusion, I was able to open a bank account and take out products on hire purchase to be able to “live”. Not everyone has loads of cash to purchase stuff and live comfortably. Some of us need help. Everyone wants to benefit and there’s nothing wrong with that. We live in a world where EVERYONE wants to win. So if the financial institutions are making money off of my money, then ok, at least I’m getting to live comfortably. If I am a billionaire that owns a financial institution, I too would try to profit off of your money so I could reach a trillion. Financial inclusion isn’t for everyone but in a world like this, it can be helpful.
Does the Queen have to work? She works day and night for things you as voters did not care even to vote for! The Norwegian King (85) and his whole family work as hard as Maxima - not spending much time enjoying their privileges. Not caring about themselves, some of these people put in what they can muster of energy and competence for the betterment of the world. Who cares if this comes from a royal palace or from a slum? At least I am fully competent to appreciate this kind of work.
No, Queen Maxima does not "have to work". In fact, most people here in The Netherlands are not even fully aware of her activities as a UN volunteer in this regard.
This is volunteer work that she freely choses to do in her spare time.
In my own (paid) work experience in other countries with major charitable organisations, I often saw this paradox: that extremely hard working & busy people are yet often those who still find time to do volunteer or charitable work. They are usually, like our Queen, driven by personal commitment and strong sense of social purpose.
As well, volunteer community work is highly valued and developed in The Netherlands, and strongly encouraged and supported by our Government. She's being Dutch.
Queen Maxima, if anything, is simply "using" her status as Dutch Queen to help open doors and encouraging leaders in developing countries to see the value of micro-financing, especially of women, in making changes in impoverished communities. She does the same in The Philippines where I have lived - many Filipinos are not even aware of her full-time job as Queen Consort here.
@@theon9575 what common people goign to get from her visit... nothing ..very useless...unless and until those countries political system became efficient only this thing going to change...otherwise its just photo ops...better she denounce her royal titles and pay tax as others(Dutch) people do...then we can see her "involuntary" kindness
These people can do these volunteer jobs in their sparetime, because they have staff who does the work we commoners have to do ourselves in addition to our breadwinning job.
They don't have to commute to their workingplace in overcrowded trains year in, year out, or queue in the supermarket, or worry if they can afford their children's education.
heel goed Maxima als argentijse ik ben heel trots op jou👏👏👏 een groote 🤜🤛voor de journaliste🤣
ماشاءالله تبارك الله عليكم منورين يا سيدي الملك الهولندي
ماشاءالله تبارك الله عليكم جميعان منورين
Very much good nice
Brilliant Queen 👑
She is a very inspirational woman. Hard working, usually well dressed (but has awful misses), she seems to be an asset to King Willem Alexander.
One huge criticism: her hair!!! She needs a good hairdressers. Only when she wears a tiara or hat is her hair presentable.
She also should give her daughters some fashion advise when they appear in public. She has lots of experience and excellent taste.
Queen Maxima has influence a lot of languages
I'm thinking of Diane in her passion for Africa
LOL
Poverty is a very serious topic. It involves an unseen struggle with money.
Not for Maxima!!
g-d is in the details - not the devil !
aroundtheworld!!...
Huhhh "hard work"
Have you ever been to Africa and South Asia to see how people work hardly to meet their daily needs?
The thing about common infrastructure is that, once you've built it up, it reduces the need for labor.
Yes, she did and does. Have you done anything to change the world around you?
Yeah, Africans work so hard. That's why it's heaven on earth there.😂
And they do it so efficiënt to
@@oranjeboven6363 what you seeing Africa and in south Asia is colonial repercussions.
Shout-out to Siavash
Very intelligent Queen Maxima
Hard work
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Observe and identify.
NO fairytales? Only WORK! LIKE PRISON TIME.
King and queens still relevant in 21st century...🙄🙄
Only because the people make them relevant. During the American revolution we had many people still supporting the King. Afterwards, people begged George Washington to become, basically, a King. Fascists rose in the US along with the Nazis in Germany, and we see certain similar trends now. Certain types of people desire those figureheads and/or overlords.
@@kylesmith8128 Overlord? And that is why they refer to Willem of Orange as the Father of the Father Land? Do you know anything about Dutch history, the Spanish Inquisition, the 80-year war, or how the Netherlands became their own country?
@@kylesmith8128 How are you gonna compare The Netherlands, their kingdom, and bloodline which date back to the 8th century to Amerika? How do you compare the Netherlands, a country that fought to be free of colonialism and opression, to America, which seized territory and whiped out indigenous peoples?
@@oranjeboven6363 Pretty sure Joe Xavier was generally opining about the fact that Kings and Queens are still talked about at all...I don't think we were referring to the tiny nation of the Netherlands at that point.
(you may note that I did not mention it at all in my post about overlords....)
@@oranjeboven6363 You know the Dutch killed entire islands full of people just to control the supply of Nutmeg, right? You are hilarious. HAHA.
Just to be clear, it was actual genocide, where you left no living members of entire genetically distinct communities.
Mentioning the past, blaming other nations.....it's really dumb. All nations have stupid things in their past. The Dutch are simply completely ignorant of theirs, it seems.
There are many more examples like this, of murder for the sake of commerce.
No bank would do something without thinking on profits , a second scramble fro Africa , despicable . I hope no private bank is involved . World Bank should be the only one supervising this neocolonialism
Colonizing Indonesia also not a fairy tales, only hardwork from netherlands
Yeah, because Indonesian kingdoms never colonized, only the Dutch.😂
That is a ridiculous comparison, those were very different times.
@@oranjeboven6363 yess true indonesia never been colonized by the dutch cause the dutch is loosing 😂
@@birdyascion6505 Whether they win or lose, the Dutch, unlike the Indonesians, will always look after their people. We will never allow our people to live in such poor conditions as people in Indonesia do.
@@oranjeboven6363 don't think Dutch have only one colony in entire world
A beautiful woman. Everything a woman should be. How could any woman not want to be her, and how could any man not want her?
Wait a little longer!
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Maxi ❤
Where people lacking self respect & respect on life itself involved in unlawful, unhealthy, unfair life & activities. Poverty comes down to individual to collective scale. Mental health matters how a person or nation capable of living & living how
King Alex lucky
3:25 pm 10/6/2022
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Baby!!!
to się okaże.
Już wkrótce .
A, waiting
MY QUEEN,I DONT LIKE THAT WOMEN ENTERVIUEWING YOU.
SHE IRISTATES
MY LOVE MY QEEUN MAXIMA
A lady using the Dutch government plane for shopping trips while never having to pay any taxes telling poor people how they should spend their money
and she never worked hard her whole life
You can be a Republican but this is ordinary fake news.
How do you know she uses the government plane to go shopping? Afaik she has never done that. And what have you done lately to empower the poor and help them support themselves financially?
She fly's commercial.
@@pieterpietersen3517 Sometimes yes. Other times no.
I’m sorry but Monarchy and hard work are The definition of Opposites 🤷♂️😂
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Lucky people
People should denounce these colonialist instead of licking their boots for no reason. 😡😡
"colonialist"
Dude, she's from Argentina. She has no background in colonialism whatsoever.
Colonialists? Yeah the Moors who invaded Europe licked the boots of Saint willem of Orange 😁
@@electron5271 - HER nation (Spanish) occupied that space and wiped out the natives. THINK !!!
Do you know how many of our money she brings to those corrupt shitholes? Keep licking.
Uneducated fool
very inspirational is gates foundations, aimed at the extermination of the childbearing population around the world
4:21 Let me research what her kid's budget is according to a Dutch newspaper, her daughter turned 18 and her annual budget for 2021 was 1 million 587 thousand Euro. So as you can see, this is a very normal average budget.
Which she, the crown princess, rejected as she didnt feel entitled to it as long she's still studying and not performing any official tasks in her function.
It seems your research laks big time, while she, princess Amalia, declined this during her college time, because she feels she doesn't do compensation in the form of work. Also, she has worked in a beach club as a waitress during part of her high school years (from 16, because before that time they are not aloud to work in environment where alcohol is served).
Yeah, Faisal, as if the king of Morocco, Saudi Arabia, etc. doesn't even make more
She decided to not receive that money. The budget is to have her own staff, etc to be able to fulfill her role as crown princess. Its is not to have fun wiyh it. You should do a better job when Googling before making stupid comments like this
one thing, as an citizen of the Netherlands, their income is very, very high , and the Oranjes belongs to the wealthy familys in the world
Chanel bag ...
Which Royal Lays Down The Law To Rest In Eternal Sleep Best ?
Queen Nissan Maxima 3.5 liter . Is worse vehicles ever. Lot's of check engine codes
Please stick to your daily job, whatever you do for work. Comedy sir is not in your future!!!🙄😏
It is luck what people are doing & capable of doing. I met & talked to people from different countries. Poverty is sign of bad luck bad mind bad deeds. Wherever bad take upper hand , poverty comes down. Unlawful, unrighteous, unjustifiable , unfair life & living is poor
It’s ridiculous to hear a “queen” who is a banker/financier as a professional lecture people on “working hard”.
It's ridiculous to comment on a headline without hearing the whole interview, because in a half an hour see explains all and you hear what she exactly does.
And about 'working hard'. Working hard can be in other ways than literally making roads, houses etc. I work in (!, I'm officially employee) my family's company and though it's mostly working on computers, I also have to help clients carrying boxes (some 15 kg), work about 50 to 60 hours s week, get paid for 32 and my hourly earning less than my colleagues based on the 32 hours (and not including overtime). You judge on what you hear and with f.e. Queen Maxima, the photo ops you see, the clothes she is wearing. You don't know what she does behind the screen and how hard it can be, mentally or physically. Don't judge a book by its covers.
Have you actually looked up all the work she has done for so many years?
@@madamnicknack Nope. Watched the whole thing. She’s only helped herself in the guise of helping others.
@@randyxl2119 So one hand washes the other. Got it.
Perhaps educate yourself a bit more before you say things like this 🤷
If I could pick one person to erase from history, it would be the one who invented make-up.
I have to add, this Queen is well-spoken and if she is not just being "on-brand" then I think she may be a good representative for her country.
not at all , A I by children, positive?
I don't trust none of them.
We don't trust your corrupt governement but still we send you millions of our money.
@3:43 She said she worked with the gate foundation,and now i don't trust them anymore either
Yeah, me neither and let’s be honest royalty is all about tradition, fairytale and privileges. They don’t need to sell us how “hard they work” while wearing expensive clothes and ancient jewellery.
@ Queen Máxima often wears h&m clothes.
Who cares?
I got to get rid of this guy/queen maximum it's not your PlatForm😆😊
We support the new Multipolar world 🌎. Thank you Russia.
Let’s be honest, her title is Princess. Queen is sort of a gloss for her position to give a semblance to the monarchy. However, she does wear the pants (and everything else) at home. Less important than she thinks. Needs to keep quiet more.
I don't believe a word of what she says. Her father was Secretary of Agriculture in Argentina between 1979 and 1981 during the dictatorship. Thousands of people were killed or went missing at the time. Babies were kidnapped and placed with military families. If that was her family environment, nothing good come from her.
Dont you think you are being a little irrational?
ES LA MEJOR REINA DE TODA EUROPA.HERMOSA SIMPÁTICA INTELIGENTE PORTEÑA!!
Eu tava pensando em NÓIS naquela madrugada na praia....foi tão bom.
Tu tão velhinha maxima....u ki aconteceu contigo. Agenti tem a mesma idade. Ti lembra aquele verão NÓIS. Foi tão bom
Comigo . Não tem conversa. Já tão presos. Diabo velho. Já sabe né. Só por esse momento 🔥 🌎 🎶
Ну можно вечно копать траншеи…
You can make a deposit now Kim and Ben....
Eu podia ti falar tudo...pra ti.
Agenti....precisa conversar a sós....pra mi ti explica direitinho.....máxima.
Bom...ti avisei dinovo....depois é tarde. 🔥🌐🎶
Vc sabe né....naquele verão....vc tava Taõ legal....porque vc fico assim?
Não adianta. Porque o diabo velho. Tá preso. Kem fica com eles....vai pro inferno saco. Já tudo preso. OH TEMPO VOA.🔥🌐🎶
Mi diz....u ki vc kér....saber....
I am so proud of her! She is educated and humble with deep knowledge and clear goals.Way to go Argentina 🇦🇷 ❤
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