Dutch royals visit Berlin’s Reichstag building

Berlin: Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima visited Berlin’s Reichstag building housing the German parliament for a meeting with Bundestag President Wolfgang Schaeuble on Tuesday, said dpa international. The visit to the iconic building near the Brandenburg Gate kicked off the second day of the Dutch royals’ three-day state visit that focuses on Berlin. A meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel was scheduled for later in the day. They were also to attend a session of the Bundesrat, the upper house of the German parliament, where Willem-Alexander was to give an address. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was to escort the royals to a concert in the evening. On Monday, the royal itinerary took in the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin’s Anne Frank Centre and Germany’s official disease control body, the Robert Koch Institute, which has played a key role in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.