Overview
- On Dec. 1, the Dutch royals attended a state banquet at the Presidential Palace in Paramaribo hosted by President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons.
- Queen Máxima paired a deep V-neck, cape-backed gown in burnt orange—a hue closely associated with the House of Orange—with the striking headpiece.
- The Dutch Diamond Bandeau features 27 large round diamonds fashioned in 1937 from an 1879 diamond rivière gifted to Princess Emma, later favored by Queen Juliana and worn by Máxima since the mid-2000s.
- People reported the couple also met local schoolchildren and laid a wreath at the Mama Sranan monument during the visit, which their daughters did not appear to join.
- Tatler noted King Willem-Alexander used his banquet speech to praise increasingly close cooperation between the Netherlands and Suriname.