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: Dutch royal watchers were in for a treat of
: exciting royal news these past few weeks
: (NOT!) as it first emerged that Prince
: Bernhard - named after his grandfather -
: really honoured his grandfather's reputation
: as a shrewd businessman with a keen eye for
: his own gain - as it became know he owns
: 'quite a bit' of real estate.
: 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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