The phrase that opened a question in the first chapter of the Máxima series

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After so much waiting, the series Maximum landed this Thursday, August 15th in Max and Máxima Zorreguieta’s followers already have the first chapter available to enjoy for a while until the next installment. The series, which will have a total of six episodes, will review the Argentinean’s life until her adulthood, when she meets Prince William, and finally becomes the Queen Consort of the Netherlands. Like every story, not everything is rosy, and already on screen, a phrase brought to the present a controversy that almost many forgot.

Delfina Chaves and Martijn Lakemeier, in a scene from the series Máxima

He biopic It began in January 2001 at the Huis ten Bosch palace in The Hague, It has its protagonists, Máxima (Delfina Chaves) and Guillermo Alejandro (Martijn Lakemeier) embroiled in an argument about their wedding, which will take place thirteen months later, on February 2, 2002. But while the then princes are making preparations, she learns that her father will not be able to attend the big day. “Why didn’t you tell me before?” she asks him, while he replies: “Because I wanted to wait for the right moment. I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it.” Annoyed and in a raised voice, she retorts: “My father can’t be at our wedding, and you say it’s not a big deal?”.

But to get there, the director takes us through the beginning of their romance in Seville, Spain, where she was invited to a party by one of her best friends and he was present. Between drinks, dancing and knowing glances, they fall in love.However, Máxima has to return to New York, the place she chose to carry out her work as a graduate in Economics. Express trips are not long in coming until the moment when they decide not to separate and pay a visit to Holland, precisely to meet his parents.

An image from the Máxima series, available on the Max platform. It reflects the first meeting of Máxima Zorreguieta with her future mother-in-law, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

“When will you finish the report?”Nicholas asks his wife, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. “One of these days. Your father seems to be a problem,” she replies, a statement that raises many questions: “What happened to Jorge Zorreguieta?”; “Why didn’t he attend his daughter’s wedding?” and “What was he hiding?”many people wondered on social media. The man, who died on August 9, 2017, at the age of 89, He was Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock during the last Argentine military dictatorship. Holland, at that time, had been a country of political exiles, more precisely in 1976, the year in which the so-called Process of National Reorganization began.

Máxima Zorreguieta with her father Jorge (left) and her mother at the 94th Rural Exhibition of Buenos Aires, in 1980; next to them is the president of the SRA at that time.

Although it was not proven that Zorreguieta had any direct connection with the crimes against humanity, the news generated strong opposition among the Dutch. Because of this, Parliament had expressed its opposition to the wedding. However, they reached an agreement for it to take place, but without the presence of the former official.. Besides, He was also unable to attend the coronation ceremony of Máxima as queen consort.

On several occasions, The queen acknowledged the emotional impact of her father’s absence, whom she paid tribute to at the ceremony with the song “Adiós Nonino” by Astor Piazzolla. Millions of people watched as the then Dutch princess broke down in tears in front of the cameras.