PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – The Dutch royal family is turning Porto Alegre's Estadio Beira-Rio into a house of orange.
King Willem-Alexander and his wife Maxima were in Brazil for Wednesday's match between the Netherlands and Australia in the southern city.
It's a riot of color.
The sports-loving royals joined thousands of orange-clad Dutch fans at the stadium and thousands more Australians in their team's green and gold.
It is almost a home game for Maxima, who was born and grew up in neighboring Argentina.
Willem-Alexander and Maxima are regulars at sporting events like the Olympics when Dutch teams play. The king was a member of the International Olympic Committee before he ascended to the throne as head of the Dutch royal family, the House of Orange, last year.
— By Mike Corder — www.twitter.com/mikecorder
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Associated Press reporters will be filing dispatches about happenings in and around Brazil during the 2014 World Cup. Follow AP journalists covering the World Cup on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Sports/world-cup-2014
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