MIAMI — After a visit to the White House on Monday, the Dutch king and queen have had a tight itinerary on Tuesday and Wednesday in Miami.
King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima stopped at the Shake-a-Leg marina on Wednesday morning in Coconut Grove.
The royals met with people with disabilities who are passionate about water sports and with a group of representatives of companies in the maritime industry.
“It’s wonderful to actually see the maritime industry in the Netherlands actually collaborated so well with the American one, so I think good for both countries,” the Argentine-born queen said on Wednesday in Coconut Grove.
The royal couple’s itinerary also included a visit to the Baptist Health Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute in Kendall, which works with Dutch companies.
The royals were also set to tour the “Libertad” exhibition at The Freedom Tower, a museum and national landmark in downtown Miami. There will be a reception, and the king will deliver a speech.
On Tuesday, the king delivered a speech before Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd to highlight the importance of the state.
“For three of the countries in our Kingdom – Aruba, Curaçao, and St. Maarten – Florida is the main U.S. trading partner,“ the king said. ”The islands are popular destinations for American tourists, and students from the Caribbean part of our Kingdom like to come here for their studies."
Also on Tuesday, the royal couple visited the Dr. Henry W. Mack / West Little River K- 8 Center, the Pérez Art Museum Miami in downtown, the Máximo Gómez Park, better known as Domino Park, in Little Havana, and the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science of the University of Miami in Virginia Key.
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