on 15/10/2023, 12:10:35, in reply to "Re: Prince Bernhard's Nazi membership card found"
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The days that royalty thrived - when they could get away with pretty much everything - are long gone. These poor people have an exceptional position in a egalitarian society and have to live a life in a glass house with the vultures swarming outside. Every step is scrutinised, every word is caught and publicly weighed. And on top of that we take today's moral codes and retro-actively pass scathing judgements.
Bernhard was an exceptional man in exceptional times. Many royal and aristocratic men of his generation lived quite outlandish lives. He wasn't alone. How many people still have affairs, father children with other women. Plenty. How many people choose a partner at least partly based on the fact that they can provide a secure future. Be honest. Many! At least he wasn't boring and lived his life to the fullest. He had fun and it was a hell of a rride. God Bless him! Marrying Juliana was the opportunity of a lifetime. He seized it. Yes he made mistakes, yes he had some major flaws. Who hasn't.
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