Queen Maxima of the Netherlands’ sister was found dead of an apparent suicide at her apartment in Buenos Aires on Wednesday night, according to reports, including theBBC. She was 33.
“It is presumed that it was a suicide,” a spokesman of the Dutch government told the Argentinian newspaper,La Nacion.
Inés Zorreguieta, the younger sister of Queen Maxima, a native Argentinian, worked for the government in Argentina as an official in the Ministry of Social Development.
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Maxima has canceled all of her upcoming scheduled appearances and is believed to be making plans to travel to Buenos Aires.
Inés was the godmother to Queen Maxima’s youngest daughter, Princess Ariane, 11.
Queen Maxima, 47, married then Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander in 2002 after meeting in Seville, Spain, in 1999 during the Seville Spring Fair. They have three daughters.
Maxima has said that she didn’t know her future husband was a royal when they met, and that he introduced himself as “Alexander.” Their relationship initially resulted in controversy due to the fact thatMaxima’s father,Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta,was a controversial figure, who at one point even threatened Maxima’s marriage to Willem-Alexander.
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Though he wasn’t able to attend his daughter’s wedding, as it was seen as a state occasion, Zorreguieta did attend the christenings of all three of his granddaughters, which were considered private, family events.
Last summer, Maxima traveled with her husband and their daughters to attend the funeral of her father, who died in August at the age 89 following a battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
source: people.com
