Today is King’s Day and for Willem-Alexander that means strolling through crowds for hours, shaking hands and keeping a friendly smile. Quite a physical ordeal…
The pedometer of Willem-Alexander and his Máxima is working overtime today and that immediately raises the question: can he still keep up? According to a critical reader of Story it has been looking a bit fuller lately. “King Willem-Alexander was so nice and slim, but seems to have gained some weight again. Is that correct?”, according to the reader’s question.
‘Difficult to pose’
At the time of writing, royalty fan Justine Marcella has not seen the king in real life for a while, so she answers: “That is difficult to say for sure based on recent images alone.”
She continues: “In current photos of his working visit to the US, Willem-Alexander sometimes looks a bit fuller than in slimmer periods, but that could just as well be due to posture, camera angle and the type of suit he is wearing.”
Slim and sturdy
Yet, according to Justine, it could be possible. “What is certain is that Willem-Alexander has visibly gone through different phases in recent years in which he looked slimmer or a bit firmer. So my honest answer would be: yes, he looks a little fuller again in some recent photos, but that ultimately remains an impression from the outside.”
According to her, it is ‘not a fact that you can really prove without him saying something about whether we can read his scales’. “Let’s just say he looks healthy and feels good about himself.”