Dutch queen's sister found dead at Buenos Aires home
Thu Jun 07, 2018 02:28:pm Gist
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The younger sister of Queen Maxima of the Netherlands has died at her home in the Argentine capital, reports say.
In�s Zorreguieta was 33 and is reported by local media to have taken her own life.
She was the godmother to Queen Maxima's youngest daughter, 11-year-old Princess Ariane.
Queen Maxima, a native Argentinian, married then Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander in 2002. They have three children.
Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant reported that Queen Maxima was shocked and devastated by the news of her sister's death.
According to reports, In�s Zorreguieta worked for the civil service in Buenos Aires, and had been suffering from depression.
In�s and Maxima's father, Jorge Zorreguieta, died last year.
He had served as agriculture minister during Argentina's brutal military dictatorship - a link that caused some controversy in the Netherlands, and led to a debate in the Dutch parliament, before his daughter married the crown prince.
BBC
In�s Zorreguieta was 33 and is reported by local media to have taken her own life.
She was the godmother to Queen Maxima's youngest daughter, 11-year-old Princess Ariane.
Queen Maxima, a native Argentinian, married then Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander in 2002. They have three children.
Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant reported that Queen Maxima was shocked and devastated by the news of her sister's death.
According to reports, In�s Zorreguieta worked for the civil service in Buenos Aires, and had been suffering from depression.
In�s and Maxima's father, Jorge Zorreguieta, died last year.
He had served as agriculture minister during Argentina's brutal military dictatorship - a link that caused some controversy in the Netherlands, and led to a debate in the Dutch parliament, before his daughter married the crown prince.
BBC
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