The Best Photos of Queen Máxima and the Dutch Royal Family in 2016

After seeing these photos, you might be convinced that Argentina-born Queen Máxima and her family are the happiest royal bunch out there. The queen, her husband Willem-Alexander, and their three daughters — Princesses Catharina-Amalia, Alexia, and Ariane — are always smiling wide, waving to the crowd, and overall having fun — whether they're at an official meetup with other world dignitaries or hanging out as a family during a ski trip in Austria.

And because seeing the Dutch royal family having such a great time puts a smile on our faces, we've compiled some of their best moments this year. Scroll ahead for a look at their past few months.

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Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander attend an award ceremony in Amsterdam.

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Queen Máxima attends a Christmas gala in Amsterdam.

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Queen Máxima and Queen Mathilde of Belgium at the train station in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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Queen Máxima welcomes the Belgian king and queen in Amsterdam.

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Queen Máxima attends a digital workshop in Enschede, The Netherlands.

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Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander meet a kiwi in Wellington, New Zealand.

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Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander pose for photos in Sydney, Australia.

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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima at an opera concert in Sydney, Australia.

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Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander in an official visit to Australia.

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Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander visit Perth, Australia.

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Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander at The Netherlands Budget day in The Hague.

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The Dutch royal family at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima's Summer portrait.

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King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima, and Princesses Catharina-Amalia, Alexia, and Ariane at a Summer photocall.

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King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima, and Princesses Catharina-Amalia, Alexia, and Ariane in Wassenaar, The Netherlands.

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Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander with the President of Greece, Prokopis Pavlopoulos.

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Queen Máxima in Harlingen, The Netherlands.

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Queen Máxima at the Campus Middelsee in Sint Annaparochie, The Netherlands.

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Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander at the opening of the Holland Festival in Amsterdam.

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Queen Máxima at the Radboud University Medical Center.

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Queen Máxima in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima at the Liberation Day concert in Amsterdam.

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The Dutch royal family at King's Day in Zwolle, The Netherlands.

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The Dutch royal family at King's Day.

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The Dutch royal family at King's Day.

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Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and his wife.

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Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander in Nuremberg, Germany.

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Queen Máxima in Nuremberg, Germany.

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Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander in Munich, Germany.

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Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander at the Alte Pinakothek Museum in Munich, Germany.

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Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander in Paris.

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Queen Máxima at the Elysee Palace in Paris.

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Queen Máxima at the Museum and Fashion and Design in Paris.

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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima at the Halle Pajol youth hostel in Paris.

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Queen Máxima at the Annual Meeting of the Global Alliance for Banking in Zeist, The Netherlands.

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Princesses Alexia, Catharine-Amalia, and Ariane at their Winter photocall in Austria.

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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima in Arlberg, Austria.

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Queen Máxima in Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands.

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Queen Máxima at the opening of the Rotterdam International Film Festival.

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Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander at the New Year's reception for the diplomatic corps in Amsterdam.

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Queen Máxima at the Agriculture Entrepreneur Prize Award Ceremony in Lisse, The Netherlands.