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: I remember the Dutch ambassador to South
: Africa being replaced before a State Visit
: by Queen Beatrix to the country simply for
: having an extra-marital affair. My guess is
: that the only reason why Jaime is getting
: away with this is because he is the first
: cousin of the King of the Netherlands.
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: I think that hit the nail right on the head.
: Being close relatives of the Dutch king
: obviously prompts a 'turn a blind eye' or
: 'look the other way' reaction from the Dutch
: government when the BP brothers are engaged
: in efforts to undermine the head of State of
: a close friend and fellow EU country.
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: However, there appears to be no official
: protests from Spain about any of this taking
: place on Dutch territory so maybe there's an
: attitude of "if Spain aren't bothered
: about it, why should we be?"
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