Hmmm...., so Princess Margarita is preparing to file a damages claim. So, it is money that she and her husband may want? What does everyone think?
Angry princess readies damages claim
21 February 2003
AMSTERDAM — The Queen's niece Princess Margarita is reportedly preparing to lodge a EUR 35 million damages claim against the royal family.
Newspaper De Telegraaf reported on Friday that Princess Margarita and her husband Edwin de Roy van Zuydewijn intend to sue the monarchy for running a boycott and smear campaign against Edwin that lost him business contracts.
He allegedly lost EUR 4.5 million in a business deal because of the smears and is prepared to call 35 witnesses, including top company managers, to prove his case, the newspaper said.
Princess Margarita is one of the lesser-known members of the royal family. She is the daughter of Princess Irene, a sister of Queen Beatrix.
Princess Margarita and her husband have scandalised the normally sedate Dutch monarchy in recent weeks by making extraordinary allegations in current affairs magazine HP/De Tijd.
The couple have alleged that the royal house disapproved of Edwin and tried to prevent the marriage with a smear campaign. They also claimed that they were bugged and that Edwin's bank statements were secretly taken and photocopied.
Worse still for the monarchy's image, Princess Margarita has claimed that Queen Beatrix initially opposed the marriage of her son, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, to Argentinean Maxima Zorreguieta.
Queen Beatrix allegedly felt that trained banker Maxima — whose father was a civilian member of the murderous military junta in Argentina in the late 1970s — was "not strong enough".
Princess Margarita told HP/De Tijd that the Queen had big arguments with Willem-Alexander and considered naming his younger brother Constantijn as her successor. The Queen turned 65 in February 2003.
The Dutch gossip magazines have lapped up the unproven revelations. They will take great pleasure in Princess Margarita's unsubstantiated allegations that the Queen's father Prince Bernhard had a 20-year affair with his personal assistant, "Cocky" Gilles.
Princess Margarita said he arranged for her to be given a private apartment at Soestdijk palace, and that he had later given her a house. The relationship was an open secret in court circles, the Princess claimed, adding that she was annoyed to have to ask permission from her grandfather's mistress when she wanted to see her grandmother.
Margarita had been required to address the secretary as "aunt" and to kiss her on the cheek when greeting her, Margarita said.
It has long been alleged that Prince Bernhard has had children from past affairs. A woman, who lives in France, told a Dutch radio programme recently that she had heard the rumours she was his daughter, but did not know if they were true.
Article From: Expatica News.com