--- description: Kate Middleton arrived in the Netherlands to visit the Dutch King Willem-Alexander as part of her first ever solo non-U.K. trip as a Royal title: Kate Middleton Visits the Netherlands on Her First Solo Trip as a Royal image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd52383b8e2d39ecf/6988a98b0b72e3a83e6eb500/ap_346803798194.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [The Netherlands](/tag/the-netherlands/) ## The Netherlands Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kate Middleton Visits the Netherlands on Her First Solo Trip as a Royal by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 11, 2016 3:43 PM CUT  The Duchess of Cambridge visits The Netherlands for a day of official engagements in The Hague and Rotterdam. The Duchess of Cambridge visits The Netherlands for a day of official engagements in The Hague and Rotterdam.KGC-03/STAR MAX/IPx—KGC-03/STAR MAX/IPx by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 11, 2016 3:43 PM CUT [Kate Middleton](http://time.com/4447223/the-internet-thinks-this-olympic-cyclist-really-looks-like-kate-middleton/ "undefined") arrived in the Netherlands Tuesday to visit the Dutch King Willem-Alexander as part of her first solo trip outside the U.K. as a member of the royal family. Wearing a pale blue Catherine Walker pencil skirt and jacket, she set off on her day trip onboard a British Airways flight, just one week after her return from an eight-day [tour of Canada](http://time.com/4500903/prince-william-kate-middleton-canada/ "undefined") along with her husband Prince William, and children George and Charlotte. The Duchess of Cambridge’s packed schedule includes a visit with King Willem-Alexander and a tour of the Mauritshuis museum in the Hague, to see the exhibition _At Home in Holland: Vermeer and His Contemporaries_ _from the British Royal Collection_. > [](https://twitter.com/QueenVicMirror/status/785849559968800769) She is also hosting a roundtable discussion with two charities she supports: the Anna Freud Centre, a child mental health research, training and treatment center in London, and Action on Addiction, a charity that works with people affected by drug and alcohol addiction. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4526500/kate-middleton-visits-netherlands/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4526500/kate-middleton-visits-netherlands/"},"headline":"Kate Middleton Visits the Netherlands on Her First Solo Trip as a Royal","datePublished":"2016-10-11T15:43:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:16:04.460Z","description":"Her packed schedule includes a visit with the Dutch King","url":"https://time.com/4526500/kate-middleton-visits-netherlands/","keywords":["The Netherlands","Royal Family","kate middleton"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd52383b8e2d39ecf/6988a98b0b72e3a83e6eb500/ap_346803798194.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd52383b8e2d39ecf/6988a98b0b72e3a83e6eb500/ap_346803798194.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Royals - 10/11/16","caption":"Royals - 10/11/16","creditText":"KGC-03/STAR MAX/IPx—KGC-03/STAR MAX/IPx","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/the-netherlands/","name":"The Netherlands"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4526500/kate-middleton-visits-netherlands/","name":"Kate Middleton Visits the Netherlands on Her First Solo Trip as a Royal"}}]}] ```