King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands are making a state visit to Slovakia at the invitation of President Zuzana Caputova. On March 7, The King and Queen were welcomed by President Caputova at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava. The King and Queen then laid a wreath at the Gate of Freedom in Devin, a memorial to those killed between 1948 and 1989 attempting to cross the Iron Curtain.