First bit of news was mentioning over a 100 (!!) houses/app. but just a few days later it seems he & his company own much, much more. The Prince & his company tried to play the numbers down but with everything now out in the open it really did more harm to his overal reputation!
Especially as he recently was asking people to contribute with a million or 10 (!) to keep the well-known racing track at Zandvoort (another fav. toy of granddad Bernhard!) open & running (no pun intended ) and which Bernhard had acquired not too long ago after it was closed down due to complaints of pollution etc.
Both Bernhard and his brother Pieter-Christiaan are dedicated amateur racers and often participated in races there in the past few years.
Then, it suddenly became known that Princess Margriet and her husband, in all secrecy, had dissolved their own private Family Fund, which was mainly based on the millions they inherited from former Queen Juliana and her Consort Bernhard. So all 4 Van Vollenhoven princes got a neat & tidy extra sum of money. Yes, Santa arrived early
And, to top it all of, it has now been made known that former Queen Beatrix has handed over the ownership of the royal estate of De Horsten to her eldest son & heir, the present King, Willem-Alexander.
Those who have follwed this Board for a longer period of time are aware that not only are the present King, his wife & their 3 daughters living at the Eikenhorst, but also plenty cousins & their families have found themselves a nice home there in renovated farms/houses. Among them Van Vollenhoven cousins and Princess Margaritha de B-P. De Horsten is already nicknamed the "Orange Enclave".
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