Fully agree. However I do believe that the King, Queen and his mother receive a very generous dotation and should be able to invest plenty of that money wisely so that a secondary income is being generated. The British RF is also able to pay out of its own pocket for many family members, palaces, etc.

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: Well it's his income and he uses it partly to
: fund the upkeep of items that are used for
: the monarchy. It's not like he uses the
: golden coach for private trips.
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: 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.
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: 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.
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: 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!
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: 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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