I don't know where you get the idea that 't Loo as a museum is making money. It actually costs the taxpayer a lot of money to keep the palace open and the collections displayed.
The grounds are part of the crown lands (Kroondomein) and their revenue is limited as most if not all of it's income is needed to be put back into maintaining them.
The Dutch taxpayers have saved on spending on crown collections by letting the Orange family finance much of the pomp privately that means that they cannot claim those pieces as national items.
The public would not like HM to start a commercially successful business next to his job as monarch. So the only way he can finance the restoration of historic objects like the golden coach and glass coach is by using part of his annual income for it. That is why he gets an annual income!
He could of course opt not to restore the carriages and go by car. His wife could of course stop wearing jewels from the family collections and they could remain living at the Eikenhorst giving up all palaces and only have a core staff. But i doubt it would make the monarchy more popular. To be honest for me the pomp and spectacle are part of the monarchy and it's one of the reasons why i admire the Danish queen so much. In my view she is the last real monarch. She is not striving for political power or influence neither is there to act as a poster girl for big Danish corporations. However she is a glittering queen who combines the pomp and ceremony of state with a down to earth personality as well as humour and tact.
I would very much applaud any efforts of the king to resemble his godmother and her style of monarchy.
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: The King receives his annual dotation from
: the State and thus it is in fact taxpayers
: money which is used for the restoration !
: If the costs turn out to be higher as
: expected I'm sure there will be a payrise
: next year, or parts of the restoration will
: be handled by some Ministery or other.
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: One wonders though if such private property
: and belonging to the O-N Collection can't be
: financed by special means (e.g. via the
: revenues from Museum Het Loo and its
: visitors or other means of 'side
: income'...??)
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