Maxima and Michelle

It's always a meeting of minds and smiles and now we are promised another chance to see Queen Maxima alongside the First Lady of the United States. It's just been confirmed that the King of the Netherlands and his consort will meet with Barack Obama at the White House when they visit the US this summer. Which means it's time for another Maxima and Michelle moment.

Maxima and Michelle during their encounter at the White House in September 2009

The King and Queen of the Netherlands will visit the US from June 1st to June 3rd 2015. Their meeting with the Obamas will come at the very start of the tour and will see the royal couple return to the White House which they first stepped foot in back in 2009 when they met the US President and his wife during a week long visit to America.

The first meeting of the First Lady and Willem-Alexander and Maxima

On that occasion, Mrs Obama chose an orange dress in honour of the colour of the Netherlands. They were also snapped together in New York in November 2014 when both attended the UN General Summit and listened to a speech by President Obama. That time round it was the new queen's turn to don orange while the First Lady went for ochre.

The Queen of the Netherlands with the First Lady of the United States in New York in September 2014 - Queen Letizia of Spain was also at the UN meeting they attended

Both Queen Maxima and Michelle Obama had formidable careers of their own before marrying heads of state in waiting and both women have embraced big causes in their new work. Their own agendas have as much on them as those of their other halves. And it will be time to compare notes again when they chat in the White House in June. Get ready for Maxima and Michelle, part three.