His behaviour no doubt is embarrassing to them even though they were never close. Juliana did not continue a close relationship with her cousin after WWII unlike the relationship with her half-cousin queen Alexandrine of Denmark and her descendants.
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Prince Heinrich XIII Reuss, a junior member of the family, has been arrested with a group of co-conspirators who were plotting to overthrown Germany's government by force in order to restore the monarchy.
Yeah I know it's the Daily Fail, but it is an English-language story with pretty good details except they get the relationship wrong. He is a descendant of a younger brother of Fürst Heinrich IV (+1894) who united the Reuss branches when the Greiz line became extinct. This makes him a distant cousin to the current head of the house.
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