Going for gold and silver and bronze

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands seemed to love every minute they spent at the Winter Olympics in Sochi so it's no surprise that they are keeping the flame of the Games alive back home in The Hague.  Today the king and queen held a reception for the winners of the twenty four medals their country brought back from Russia.

More to celebrate for medal winners from the Netherlands as they get a royal reception from their king and queen at the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague

Willem-Alexander had presented one of the eight gold medals won by his fellow citizens as well as one of the bronzes and Maxima had cheered plenty of winners from the stands.  And today they sealed the celebrations with a right royal reception and kept the Olympic spirit alive just a little bit longer.

Frederik rings the Olympic changes

After King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia coming over all tourist and posting a photo of themselves by the Olympic flame in Sochi, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark has gone one better and done a big group pose by the Olympic rings.  The prince is back in Sochi for the last few days of the Games and has been snapped with a group of Danish athletes jumping all over one of the most famous symbols in the world.

Prince Frederik, right in the middle in red, gets arty in his bid to win best royal photo of the Sochi Winter Games

It's one of the most eye catching images so far and made things a bit easier for Frederik - on his arrival, the temperature at the village was so warm he didn't even need to do his jacket up let alone try on one of the patriotic woolly hats other royals have been donning.  No doubt there will be a very fetching red and white number before the games are done.