Posted by JH
on 14/10/2009, 4:16:04, in reply to "future of our monarchy"
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Constantijn enjoyed a private party organised by his mother at her home as a private person who doesn't get any income by the State and therefore is entitled to do what he likes whenever he likes just like us.Private.
But we all know "Tijn" is a great person,so I don't see the meaning or importance of this mentioning here.
I do hope the RF doesn't give in any further,it's the give 'm a finger and they'll take an arm with mobs,be they MP's or mortals in the streets.
I want Lubbers,or that sort of tough guys,back in the chair for the PM,not this flutje.
He would have known how to deal with all this.
And being pro-active here or there,I think they are,but don't turn it the other way around from what it is and as it is stated in our Constitution,The Minister is responsible.At all times.But then we got this nerdy toyboy running around with his scrapbook on the Oranges,our Zeeuws babbelaartje,how impressive
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--Previous Message--
: I know several posters want us to see things
: "in perspective" and also that
: people should not nag.
: This board is ofcourse a pro-monarchy board
: and therefore (al to) critical sounds are
: always frowned upon...
: Nevertheless I think the Oranges should
: beware!
: In my (hardly republican) surroundings I
: hear very negative sounds and the overall
: opinion is certainly not in favour of the
: royal family anymore.
: Ofcourse popularity is something very
: fragile, and the best of mankind have
: encountered the "hosianah" on one
: day and the "crusify him" on the
: next day...but I have a very irry feeling in
: the past weeks, a sort of build-up of
: negativity around our royal family that I
: myself cannot remember to have witnessed
: before.
: As if there is this unstopable force that is
: still growing and building a sort of
: anti-orange-athmosphere.
: Media (papers, radio, TV, magazines),
: politicians, people in the
: street...everywhere you go these days you
: hear about the Royal family and combined
: with words I have never heared before about
: OUR royal family: "out-of-touch with
: reality"...
: Who would have thought that THÁT would ever
: be said about our close-to-the-people,
: tactile, down-to-earth bycicling royals?!
:
: I hope this will all prove to be another
: storm in a glass-of-water but I have this
: gut-feeling it isn't just that, there is
: more to it this time.
: Constantijn had his 40th birthdayparty with
: royal guests from Europe, celebrated in the
: Queen home-palace, no press allowed, no
: photo's being published...I presume a family
: afraid for more negative publicity (about
: costs etc.)
: Private flights by the Queen can according
: to a majority in the parliament still be
: payed for by the state but the crownprince
: and his wife should start paying for these
: flight themselves. So the actual kneefall by
: the Prime-Minister towards the second
: chamber has proven not enough.
: What other priviliges will follow?
: As a staunch monarchist I cannot help
: feeling sorry for every (little) bit that
: the Royals have to give up on the other hand
: I think that things in the past months/years
: could have been arranged better and more
: pro-active by the royals (and their
: advisors) themselves.
:
: I fear for the future of our monarchy as we
: know it today!
:
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