The Royal House
Some members of the royal family also belong to the Royal House. Ministerial responsibility applies to members of the Royal House.
The members of the Royal House
- the head of state (the monarch);
- the former head of state;
- members of the royal family who are related to the monarch in the first or second degree of consanguinity and are eligible for succession to the throne;
- the spouses of the above;
- members of the royal family who are members of the Royal House on the basis of the transitional arrangement provided for by the Membership of the Royal House Act.
Current members
- The Queen
- The Prince of Orange
- Princess Máxima
- Prince Constantijn
- Princess Laurentien
- Princess Catharina-Amalia
- Princess Alexia
- Princess Ariane
- Countess Eloise
- Count Claus-Casimir
- Countess Leonore
- Princess Margriet
- Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven
- Prince Maurits
- Princess Marilène
- Prince Bernhard
- Princess Annette
Countess Eloise, Count Claus-Casimir, Countess Leonore, Prince Maurits, Prince Bernhard, Princess Marilène and Princess Annette will no longer be members of the Royal House once the Prince of Orange becomes King.
Transitional arrangements under the Membership of the Royal House Act
On the basis of the transitional arrangement, Princess Margriet, her husband and her sons Prince Maurits and Prince Bernhard and their wives retain their membership of the Royal House until they lose their constitutional right to succeed to the throne. In other words: when they are no longer related to the monarch in the third degree of consanguinity. This will apply to Prince Maurits and Prince Bernhard and their wives once the Prince of Orange succeeds his mother, and to Princess Margriet and her husband once the Prince of Orange is, in turn, succeeded (most probably by his eldest child).
