Just hours before she’d been clinking glasses with Portugal’s president at a lavish state banquet to welcome the Dutch royals to the country.
But despite the late night, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands looked radiant on Wednesday as she joined King Willem-Alexander on a visit to a biomedical research centre in Lisbon.
The Queen, 46, wore a laser-cut midi dress in a pretty shade of pink, with brown suede heels, a pearl necklace, and a striking floral hair accessory.
Queen Maxima looked radiant on the second day of the Dutch royals’ state visit to Portugal
The Queen wore a pink laser cut mid-length dress with suede heels, and a flower hairpiece
The Dutch royals arrived in Portugal on Monday night for their first state visit to the country, during which they were due to tour Alverca, Sintra and Cascais as well as the capital as part of a whirlwind three-day schedule.
Queen Maxima carried a brown clutch bag that matched her heels, and what looked like a pair of brown gloves at today’s engagement.
It came after President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa threw a lavish banquet to welcome the King and Queen to Portugal at Lisbon’s Palace of Ajuda.
Cheers! Queen Maxima raised a glass with the Portuguese president at a banquet on Tuesday night in Lisbon’s Palace of Ajuda
The Queen and mother-of-three dazzled at the event in an emerald green gown thought to be the work of the Dutch designer Jan Taminiau.
It’s possible her chosen shade was a nod to the Portuguese flag, which is green and red.
A touch of sparkle came in the form of the Dutch Emerald Parure Tiara, a royal heirloom set with pearls and emeralds believed to to have belonged to Wilhelmina of Prussia, wife of William V of Orange.
The royals paid a visit to Portugal’s Champalimaud Centre, a biomedical research centre
King Willem-Alexander’s pale pink tie co-ordinated with his wife’s mid-length frock
The flower embellishment on Maxima’s triple strand pearl necklace echoed her headpiece
Queen Maxima accessorised with coral earrings that matched her pearl necklace
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima also met students on their second day in Portugal
Maxima’s show-stopping appearance at the palace followed an official greeting for the royals on a red carpet that day.
The Queen wore another eye-catching ensemble, a chic coffee-coloured knee-length dress, towering heels, and a statement hat.