The wedding of Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, and Máxima Zorreguieta took place on 2 February 2002 at the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam.

[citation needed] A week earlier, Willem-Alexander already told his mother and Prime Minister Wim Kok that he would propose to Máxima soon.

With hidden champagne and red roses by the pond of Huis ten Bosch, he invited Máxima to go ice skating.

[4][5] The intention was that the intended marriage remained a secret, so as not to get in the way of Willem-Alexander's brother Constantijn and Laurentien Brinkhorst, who would marry in May.

During the National Reorganization Process, Argentina's most recent dictatorship, Jorge Zorreguieta, Máxima's father, served as Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries.

At the request of the States General, Michiel Baud, a Dutch professor in Latin American studies, carried out an inquiry into the involvement of Zorreguieta in the Dirty War.

[6] Music during the service was provided by Bernard Winsemius, organist, Miranda van Kralingen, soprano, the Nederlands Kamerkoor and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by Ed Spanjaard.

[citation needed] In honour of the bride's parents, who were absent, Adiós Nonino, an Argentine tango by Astor Piazzolla was played.

The skirt was inset with panels of embroidered lace at the sides, flaring slightly from a close-fitting empire-line bodice.

[citation needed] The bride carried a cascading bouquet of white roses, gardenias, lilies of the valley and two kinds of foliage.

[citation needed] The Prince wore the full dress uniform of a captain in the Royal Netherlands Navy.

[6] After the service, the bride and groom drove through the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, Spui, Singel, Muntplein and the Rokin in the Golden Coach.