I recalled Prince Bernhard represented the DRH at the Count of Barcelona's funeral, but I did not Queen Beatrix being present for the Countess's funeral.
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: Really strange. I could see his mother
: representing her sister but i don't get why
: he represented his aunt. Even if she
: considered him her fourth son.
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: He represented the Dutch Royal House at the
: state funeral for the Countess of Barcelona.
: Quite strange, IMO.
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: He represents his own house for occasional
: events but he is not a member of the Dutch
: Royal House so would never be asked to
: represent the King abroad. There are plenty
: of Dutch Royals available for that.
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: The duke of Parma is shooting himself in the
: foot. In the absence of his pursuit of his
: outlandish claim, he could represent the
: Dutch RF abroad at official occasions &
: become part of the network of royals.
: That'd seem a lot more satisfying than his
: current pointless quest.
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: I remember the Dutch ambassador to South
: Africa being replaced before a State Visit
: by Queen Beatrix to the country simply for
: having an extra-marital affair. My guess is
: that the only reason why Jaime is getting
: away with this is because he is the first
: cousin of the King of the Netherlands.
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: I think that hit the nail right on the head.
: Being close relatives of the Dutch king
: obviously prompts a 'turn a blind eye' or
: 'look the other way' reaction from the Dutch
: government when the BP brothers are engaged
: in efforts to undermine the head of State of
: a close friend and fellow EU country.
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: However, there appears to be no official
: protests from Spain about any of this taking
: place on Dutch territory so maybe there's an
: attitude of "if Spain aren't bothered
: about it, why should we be?"
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