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King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Princesses Amalia, Ariane and Alexia arrive in Zwolle for the King's Day 2016 festivities
King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Princesses Amalia, Ariane and Alexia arrive in Zwolle for the King's Day 2016 festivities - Credit: Remko de Waal / ANP / ZDF / obs - License: All Rights Reserved
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Tuesday, 16 August 2016 - 12:00

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Sports presenter mistakes Queen Maxima for windsurfer's wife

Oeps! De commentator van NBC ziet koningin Maxima aan voor de vrouw van Dorian van Rijsselberghe. #TeamNL #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/NhDfqt4f7P

— NOS Sport (@NOSsport) August 15, 2016

Queen Maxima was so enthusiastic about congratulating Dutch windsurfer Dorian van Rijsselberghe on his gold medal win on Sunday, that a presenter for NBC thought she was his wife. A video shows King Willem-Alexander helping Dorian on board a ship and congratulating him. The windsurfer then gets a hug from the Dutch Queen, which the presenter calls "Van Rijsselberghe's wife". The princesses are classified as "and friends and family".

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